with international chemical weapons experts due to arrive in the uk — we'll have the latest.night. a breakthrough in the treatment of multiple sclerosis after a medical trial involving stem cell transplants. a sunday whiteout as driving snow, biting winds and ice much of the country. and the million dollar teacher from london who has scooped up a global award. good evening. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has accused russia of making and stockpiling the nerve agents known as novichok, used in the salisbury poisoning two weeks ago. sergei skripal and his daughter remain critically ill, but today president putin said it was nonsense to say that russia was responsible. we'll hear from our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg in a moment — but first our diplomatic correspondent james robbins. whatever their whether the decontamination work in salisbury goes on. two weeks after the chemical attack on circus ago and his daughter yulia it is clear that one focus of the inquiry is in bmw with suggestions that the agent might have been placed there to ensure that the occupants were

international chemical weapons experts have arrived in salisbury to begin verifying the type of nerve to poison sergei skripal, and his daughter yulia.

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accused russia of breaching the international chemical weapons convention it's off to london called for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council over the russian double agents poisoning in britain. mr president for more of this we can conclude that russia is in serious breach of the chemical weapons convention through its failure to declare the novi short program this fact alone means you should discount any arguments you hear about the possibility of other countries having inherited this technology. maupin's in new york who followed the meeting i guess is a guess is still ongoing isn't it color but think what other accusations have we heard. of well at after we heard the words from the u.k. ambassador who had called this emergency meeting of the fifteen member body that leads the united nations we then heard from the u.s. ambassador nikki haley now in her remarks she emphasized the special relationship between the united states and the united kingdom and from there she went on to fit the allegations against russia in with the broader narrative she talked about syria she talked

over to the hague and end up in a potential investigation and by the way under the you know international chemical weapons convention russia would have a right to participate in any investigation again i think the u.k. is not interested in that governments in general do things that i tend not to understand or agree with so i've no idea what their motivation might be but again to me the critical point is this why would you possibly make such a huge international incident without a trial without evidence without knowing what's actually going on and that doesn't make any sense when you see people who are that quick to jump to war to a very aggressive foreign policy when you see people with that quick to overreact it means that they're looking for something to react to it's not a normal scale reaction to the given circumstances earlier u.k. prime minister theresa may announce to britain would expel twenty three russian diplomats and suspend all scheduled bilateral meetings with russia artie's an associate you're going to has details now from london. well the british prime minister has said that russia

johnson's comments come as the international chemical weapons experts begin analyzing the nerve agent used in the attack. also coming up europe's human rights court condemns turkey of the jailing of two journalists it is a court's first such ruling into an action with turkey's crackdown on anyone suspected of having links to a failed coup attempt two years ago. and a sad day for conservationists the world's last male northern white rhino dies in kenya only two females remain can anything be done to stop the species from going extinct. the man. i'm swimming so misconduct to have you with us diplomats expelled by the u.k. have left russia's london embassy headed back to moscow this as international weapons inspectors have begun analyzing the talks and used to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in the city of salzburg russia has hit back at british allegations that it is behind the attack demanding evidence or an apology but police in the u.k. say their investigation is likely to take months. the daughter of ex russian spy sergei script all travelled home in this car after retu

international chemical weapons experts have arrived in salisbury, to examine the nerve agent used to rgei skripal and his daughter. the team — from the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons —will also visit the military research base at porton down, in wiltshire. it comes a day after the foreign secretary, boris johnson, accused the russian government of stockpiling nerve agents to use in assassinations. our correspondent, duncan kennedy, is in salisbury. the latest on the visits of these experts and what has been going on today? yes, that is a major team from the independent chemical weapons centre in the hague, which has come to the uk, to porton down, to carry out the first part of its investigation. they will spend a week briefing themselves and talking to the team at porton down and other experts involved and they will take away samples to be tested in other laboratories around the world. that is the process that could go on to— three weeks. at the same time as that, we have had a separate major police operation at durrington, ten miles north of salisbury, and this

a team of international chemical experts arrives in salisbury tomorrow.rther independent investigation. yet today, the foreign secretary went further than ever, blaming russia and lifting the veil a little on secret intelligence. borisjohnson says it shows that russia has been making nerve agent within the last decade. we have evidence within the last ten years that russia has not only been investigating the delivery of nerve agents or the purposes of assassination, it has also been creating and stockpiling novichok. the foreign secretary also dismissed and derided the suggestion from one of russia's most senior diplomats that the nerve agent used in salisbury could actually have come from britain's own military research facility. porton down, as we now all know, is the largest military facility in the united kingdom. it has been dealing with chemical weapons and research. and it is only eight miles from salisbury. you are not suggesting that porton down is responsible for this nerve agent? i don't know. however theresa may's government got solid support

international chemical weapons inspectors will arrive in southwest england later on monday.ll try to verify the type of nerve agent used to attack the former russian agent sergei skripal and his daughter. the british foreign secretary has accused russia of making and stockpiling the agent. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. whatever the weather, the decontamination work and forensic investigation in salisbury goes on. two weeks after the chemical attack on sergei and yulia skripal, it is clear that one focus of the inquiry is his bmw, amid suggestions that the chemical agent might have been placed there to ensure that the occupants were poisoned. a team of international chemical weapons experts from the global body which polices their prohibition arrives in salisbury tomorrow. they will begin a further independent investigation. today, the foreign secretary went further than ever, blaming russia and lifting the veil a little on secret intelligence. borisjohnson says it shows that russia has been making nerve agent within the last decade. we actually have evi

international chemical weapons inspectors are due there today to test samples of the nerve agent used in the attack. and his daughter yulia are said to be in critical condition after they were poisoned in the english town of salisbury two weeks ago the u.k. and its allies have blamed russia for the attack but moscow denies any responsibility well speaking in brussels a short while ago u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson said he believed russia was not telling the truth this is a classic russian strategy of trying to conceal the lead in the truth in a haystack all more use out of the stage and what really strikes me talking to european friends and partners today is a true view of to the assassination of alexander litvinenko you know i'm going. to be anybody you know. let's get more from london now with our correspondent barbara vessel who is there covering the story for us hi barbara we just heard foreign secretary of course john some there will he be pressing his parts for more concrete support. absolutely that's really his main goal in brussels because he really tries to sort of loo

investigators search a new site in the spy poisoning case as international chemical weapons experts arrive in the uk. the 26—year—old british woman killed fighting alongside kurdish militia in syria. ant mcpartlin is arrested for suspected drink—driving and goes back into treatment, his saturday night programme is taken offair. and the couple whose white wedding lasted a little longer than they expected after they were marooned by the mini beast from the east. and coming up on sportsday in bbc news, we look back on rugby union's six nations, which culminated in an irish grand slam when they won at twickenham at the weekend. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the uk and the eu have conditionally agreed a part of the transition deal that should smooth the way towards brexit. both the eu negotiator michel barnier and the brexit secretary david davis have called the agreement — for the period from march next year to december 2020 — a decisive step. these are the pages of the transition deal — highlighted in green is what's been agreed. in yellow, close to agreement, in white, the

international chemical weapons experts have arrived in salisbury to examine the nerve agent used to poisonsergei skripal and his daughter. the team, from the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons, will also visit the military research base at porton down in wiltshire. it comes a day after the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, accused the russian government of stockpiling nerve our correspondent duncan kennedy is in salisbury. i think the arrival of those weapons inspectors at porton down, distin the road, will be crucial to confirming that agent is russian. the foreign secretary, boris johnson, said today in brussels that russian accusations to the contrary were, in his words come increasingly absurd, but moscow has repeated what it believes to be the truth is the exact opposite of what britain is saying, they are saying that britain's claims are groundless. porton down is an isolated facility on salisbury plain that has operated since the first world war and it is that expertise built up over a century that is the foundation of its world—class reputation for testing chemical

government has accused russia of breaching the international a chemical weapons convention the statement came out of an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council called by london over the poisoning of russian double agent surrogate script and his daughter in britain last week. the u.k. government concluded that it was highly likely that russia was responsible for this reckless and we haven't seen anything but highly likely as of yet we have concluded that mr scruby pro and his daughter were poisoned with a novi shock a military grade nerve agent of a type developed by russia. if britain is so confident that it was not a truck gas from then that means they have the chemical formula samples and the ability to produce if 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 that material proof be provided before making any accusations against us in this high profile case. we requested the russian government to provide an explanation by the end of jews by the thirteenth of march on how this

they say that was done under the observation of the international chemical weapons watch dog that theresa may says if the government acknowledged they have the agent and it did fall out of government control, this is a case for international chemical weapons watch dog on inspection. already we are seeing theresa may, if you will, being out maneuvered by the kremlin. >>> thank you, nic. >> last week, gary cohn resigned. now he will pick larry kudlow to replace him. kudlow is a long time cnbc analyst and veteran of the reagan administration. he is also an avid free trader. firmly opposed to the decision to impose tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum. slamming both in the op-ed and on air. explaining the higher costs will be passed to consumers calling it a regressive tax. that was the main reason for gary cohn's resignation. he said he would not replace someone who opposes. now the president changes his mind. kudlow is the most recent pick. >> safe to say navarro would upset the markets. >> navarro would upset the markets. larry kudlow would soothe the markets and so would chris little. th

investigators widen their search in the spy poisoning case, as international chemical weapons experts

points the evidence of culpability points to the russian state johnson's comments come as international chemical weapons experts begin analyzing the nerve agent used in the attack. also coming up with the european court set rule in the case of two jailed turkish journalists who were in istanbul to look at how turkey's crackdown on the media and civil society is affecting thousands of lives. hello i'm terry marchant good to have you with us we begin in the u.k. we're international weapons inspectors have begun analyzing the talks and used to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in the city of solsbury that says russia hits back at british allegations that it's behind the attack moscow is demanding that britain provide evidence to back up its claims but police in the u.k. say their investigation could take months. the daughter of ex russian spy sergei script travelled home in this car after returning from moscow earlier this month now the british military has removed it for forensic tests iris after you the script returned to seoul spree she was found unconscious alongside her father on th

rather than the other way around now i think that will have to wait for the results from these international chemical weapons experts to see what moscow's response to that will be so we don't know yet but i think as long as russia doesn't get access to the samples and to the facts of the investigation which is what they've been asking for from the very beginning they have every reason and every reason to call cow fall afoul play if they want to or to say that these experts for example are biased we'll have to see what they say but so far russia is kind of acting as it as it often does when when and when accusations are level that it strategies so far for example also with the doping scandal was to deny then to kind of question and undermine the investigation the facts of the investigation as it goes along and also to portray this whole thing as part of an anti russian campaign emily sure in their reporting and you can watch the entire interview with the british foreign secretary a brief johnson the by going to our website w dot com i want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news ar

in critical condition following the attack in the english town of salisbury two weeks ago international chemical weapons inspectors are due there today to investigate the incident russia denies responsibility and says the u.k. has failed to provide proof in speaking in brussels earlier today u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson said he believed russia was not telling the truth. this is a classic russian strategy of trying to conceal the needle of truth in a haystack all lawyers sound a prescription and what really strikes me talking to european friends and partners today is that twelve years off to be assassination dogs on the libyan coast in london the norte brooding anybody in the movie. well let's bring in our correspondent gary mattis who is standing by for us in brussels hi garrick they even saying today it's taking britain's assessment extremely seriously that isn't a full endorsement why is that. all that is because the e.u. so unqualified solidarity is not directed towards blaming gratia up front but towards the case itself so the e.u. now practically has to wait until they get the verdi

international chemical weapons experts have arrived in salisbury to examine the nerve agent used to poisonand his daughter. it comes as eu foreign ministers meeting in brussels have expressed unqualified solidarity with britain, a move strongly criticised by the russian foreign ministry tonight. here, the met police has said it is highly likely the investigation could take many months. here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale. the focus today shifted to the village of durrington, ten miles north of salisbury, where investigators removed a car that was used to pick up yulia skripal from the airport the day before she and her father sergei were attacked with nerve agent. nearby, at the military research complex at porton down, inspectors from the global chemical weapons watchdog, the opcw, were due to start analysing the nerve agent that british experts believe came from russia. in brussels, the foreign secretary and to brief eu counterparts, saying russian denials were increasingly absurd. this is a classic russian strategy of trying to conceal the needle of truth in a haystack of

we stopped making it in september of last year under the watch dog of international chemical weapons no doubt will check on that. >> the uk foreign secretary said any potential punishment would be tomorrow. nic robertson, thank you. >>> let's get a check on "cnn money." global stocks mixed after dow and s&p fell after a trade war. the tariffs on steel steel aand aluminum would make it more expensive. shares fell 2% yesterday. amazon and apple hit all-time highs pushing apple's market value and on a path to becoming the first $1 trillion company. what is apparele doing? they are buying a digital service to let readers get a service for a fee. apple is committed to quality journalism. with a $925 billion market value, he explained to cnn why apple is not making bigger >> we're not after quantity. we're after quality. we don't try to sell the most smart phones in the world. we don't try to sell the most stuff. we try to make the best one. and hopefully the other piece happens. and so when you think of content -- great story telling is what's important. >> it's unclear how apple will int

international chemical weapons experts are set to arrive in the u.k. today to collect samples of the nerve agent used to poison russian spy sergei scribal and his daughter britain hopes that the test will verify its own results which indicate the substance called nova check came from russia. and two people have been injured in an explosion in austin texas the blast follows a series of parcel bombings in the u.s. city this month in which two people were killed authorities have warned residents not to touch unexpected packages u.s. allies are scrambling to seek exemptions from the tariffs that the trump administration has threatened to impose germany's economy economy minister is currently in washington for talks and the e.u. trade commissioner will follow on tuesday the clock is ticking do u.s. import tariffs on steel and aluminum could be imposed as early as friday the planned u.s. tariffs would hit europe's steel industry particularly hard germany's new economy minister says a trade war must be avoided at all costs so he's off to washington for emerge

have you with us all right the british government has accused russia of breaching of the international chemical weapons convention that came at an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council called by london over russian double agent to sergey scruples poisoning in britain was the president from all of this we can conclude that russia is in serious breach of the chemical weapons convention through its failure to declare the novi short program this fact alone means you should discount any arguments you hear about the possibility of other countries having inherited this technology after we heard the words from the u.k. ambassador who had called this emergency meeting of the fifteen member body that leads the united nations we then heard from the u.s. ambassador nikki haley now in her remarks she emphasized the special relationship between the united states and the united kingdom and from there she went on to fit the allegations against russia in with the broader narrative she talked about syria she talked about north korea she talked about the previous security council meetings and it was rath

in critical condition following the attack in the english town of solsbury two weeks ago international chemical weapons inspectors are due there today to investigate the incident russia denies any responsibility and says the u.k. has failed to provide proof speaking in brussels a short while ago u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson said he believed russia was not telling the truth she's a classic russian strategy of trying to conceal the lead of the truth in a haystack of lawyers out of the station and what really strikes me to do european friends and partners today is a probe you do the assassination or drugs on the indian tell you you know i'm going . to be anybody in the mood. to syria now where turkish forces have taken control of the northern town of a free it has been the target of turkey's two month campaign against the syrian kurdish militia it feels as terrorists the fall of african marks a major victory for turkey which is vowed to expand its offensive to other key towns along its border with syria. it was the moment turkey had been fighting for this town have being controlled by syri

international chemical weapons experts have arrived in salisbury to begin verifying the type of nerveon sergei skripal, and his daughter yulia. earlier, the foreign secretary, borisjohnson briefed eu ministers in brussels about the attack. he said claims by russia that it was not involved in the nerve agent attack are becoming "increasingly absurd". tom burridge reports from salisbury. the mod‘s top—secret scientific research centre at porton down. today, a group of international chemical weapons experts will travel there to work out how samples of the nerve agent used in the attack in salisbury could be transported abroad to be tested in an independent lab. the government says the only credible theory is that the nerve agent used to attack former russian military intelligence officer sergei skripal and his daughter came from russia, something moscow denies. but, as the police in salisbury continued their work over the weekend, the foreign secretary said the government has evidence that russia has, within the past decade, been stockpiling the type of nerve agent used in the attack. we

but also, we and the russian government are both signed up to an international chemical weapons conventiond of chemical and biological weapons. how much do you regret that your stance on russia seems to be dividing your party again? it's not dividing your party again? it's not dividing the party. i'm here today at the northern region conference. great support for what i said. the guardian article i put out has had enormous support around the country. yes, one or two people have misinterpreted what i said, like some of the mainstream media. i have been very clear on my position in this. i want to live in a world of peace. i want to live in a world where we do not see the use of chemical or biological weapons. that's why we are part of that convention and by the way, the origins of the chemical weapons convention go back to the first world war in 1925. their use is abominable and appalling. joining me is nick eardley. there are differences between the parties and possibly within the labour party. yes, i don't think everybody in the labour party has been com pletely co mforta ble in the labou

federation come close to the destruction over all existing stocks of chemical weapons and this says been verified by the relevant international entity namely the organization the probably bishan of chemical weapons by the way the united states is not to date destroyed of a chemical stockpile. middle of one nine hundred ninety s. the western special services moved to the west in number of zero specialists and their name a well names are well known and also some document documentation was taken out of a country and continue the war or in this in this area including in the u.s. and the u.k. . all of the positive results are that they've obtained creating a new chemical agents which who are some reason in the west are classified as novacek has been confirmed and reflected in more than two hundred open sources of nato countries and we do have the reference to that and we stand ready to provide you with them. with the z. identification per se of the toxic substance used in the incident was a carry out in port down which is a scientific center of the ministry of defense this is the place which was a basis for the development of chem

investigators widen their search in the spy poisoning case, as international chemical weapons experts arrive in the uk. china's president xijinping is delivering a speech to close the annual session of the national people's congress. it's been a significant people's congress with the presidential term limits being lifted, in effect making xijingping ‘president for life', should he choose to. our correspondent stephen mcdonell is following the people's congress for us in beijing. as we began to weeks ago, we have finally reached the end. —— two weeks. absolutely. we have seen this historic congress come to an end, with an already powerful xi jinping in an even stronger position with the abolition of the two term limit on the president. he can now effectively stay on as leader for as long as he chooses. we said before that he could have remained in power as the head of the central military commission and the communist party but he also wants to be the president and that is why they have made this change to the constitution to enable him to do that. he started off his speech by thanking

for the prohibition of chemical weapons if we don't speak the language of ultimatums and we won't allow anyone to speak to us this way according to the rules of the international organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons or p.c. w if any state believes that another country might have used chemical weapons it has to provide all the necessary evidence within ten days after the request experts we spoke to believe it's not russia but while that the u.k. which has broken the rules. the o.p.c. w.'s got set procedures in place that need to be followed through with and those are not being followed. those procedures investigation and formal steps are not being followed and from my understanding russia has offered to jointly cooperate but but they would like a formal request and they would like samples in order to do the analysis which makes complete sense to me and why wouldn't you want to cooperate together sometimes if you're trying to hide something or to shift the narrative in certain direction maybe you don't want to cooperate it's unfortunate but i i do not think this looks very professional of the u.k. and they're not following the conventions you've

today, a group of international chemical weapons experts will travel there to work out how samples ofgent used in the attack in salisbury could be transported abroad to be tested in an independent lab. the government says the only credible theory is that the nerve agent used to attack former russian military intelligence officer sergei skripal and his daughter came from russia, something moscow denies. but, as the police in salisbury continued their work over the weekend, the foreign secretary said the government has evidence that russia has, within the past decade, been stockpiling the type of nerve agent used in the attack. russia has not only been investigating the delivery of nerve agents for the purpose of assassination, but has also been creating and stockpiling novichok. we still don't know where the skripals came in contact with the nerve agent. but his car, which was taken away by the military late on friday, is of particular interest to the police. they want to hear from anyone who saw it in the hours before the couple fell violently ill. vladimir putin has told a victory ra

later today, experts from the international chemical weapons body will arrive in the uk to test samplesnerve agent used to poison a former spy. in a speech following his election victory, mr putin insisted that russia was not responsible for the poisoning of the double agent, sergei skripal, and his daughter, yulia, in britain. he denied that russia was running a chemical weapons programme and said it had no stockpiles of the nerve agent novichok. he also said moscow was ready to co—operate with the british investigation. translation: in relation to the tragedy you mentioned, i learnt about it from the media and the first thing that came into my mind was that if it was a military operation, people would have died straightaway. this is number one. secondly, russia does not have those weapons, russia has demolished all its chemical weapons under international supervision, unlike some of our partners who haven't done it yet. also making news today. syria's president bashar al—assad has visited soldiers in eastern ghouta outside damascus, an area his forces have been trying to retake from t

also tonight: investigators widen their search in the spy poisoning case, as international chemical weapons experts arrive in the uk. the minicab service, uber, suspends all tests of self—driving cars after a woman in arizona is killed in a collision. doctors take a major step towards curing macular degeneration, the most common form of blindness in the uk. and, following a suspected drink—driving crash, the itv presenter, ant mcpartlin, goes back into treatment and steps down from his television work. coming up on sports day on bbc news, britain's winter pa ralympian coming up on sports day on bbc news, britain's winter paralympian ‘s have returned home having reached their pregames target of seven medals. good evening. britain and the european union have reached broad agreement on a transition period after brexit. but there are still important issues to be resolved. in today's documents, highlighted in green is what's been agreed. in yellow, what's close to agreement. and in white, the parts still being negotiated. agreed so far is that eu citizens arriving in the uk before december 2020

international chemical weapons experts are due to arrive in the uk later today to test the nerve agentrgei skripal and his daughter yulia. president putin says claims his country was behind the attack are "nonsense" but borisjohnson claims russia has been stockpiling novichok for years. tom burridge reports. more than 80 drivers were stranded overnight on a major road in south western england. the a30 has just re—opened within the last hour. a 64—mile stretch had to be shut for the night after heavy snow fell in the area, making many roads impassable. devon and cornwall police are urging people not to travel until later on this morning. the television presenter ant mcpartlin has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving. police say they were called to reports of a collision involving three cars in south—west london yesterday afternoon. a child passenger in one of them was taken to hospital as a precaution. in a statement, scotland yard said a 42—year—old man was arrested at the scene after failing a breathalyser test. cardinal keith 0'brien, the former leader of scotland's roman cath

he's a former chemicals weapons inspector for the body that the international chemical weapons conventionraction between russia and the interaction between russia and the other nation states that are now demanding more clarification. certainly in regards to the chemical weapons convention this is pretty significant. now into what we call a chapter nine element, where basically nation states as in the uk and russia are now trying to clarify the situation. this is what russia has been pushing for. what form would that clarification take? well, i understand that the pm is instructing samples to go to the 0p cw, where they will be taken to designated laboratories, they are anonymous laboratories and potentially other laboratories around the world that are designated approved and they will have anonymous tests done on them to essentially free if the conclusion is drawn the same as has been found in the uk. —— to see if the conclusion is drawn. the other element today is the fact that russia has been asked to provide details of that novichok programme, which started many years ago. yes. about t

points the evidence with culpability points to the russian state johnson's comments come as international chemical weapons experts begin analyzing the.

today, a group of international chemical weapons experts will travel there to work out how samples ofk in salisbury could be transported abroad to be tested in an independent lab. the government says the only credible theory is that the nerve agent used to attack former russian military intelligence officer skripal and his daughter came from russia, something that moscow denies. but as the police in salisbury continue their work over the weekend, the foreign secretary said the government has evidence that russia has, in the last decade, been stockpiling the type of nerve agent used in the attack. we still don't know where the skripals came in contact with the nerve agent. but his car, which was removed by the military late on friday, is of particular interest. they would like to hear from anyone who saw red in the hours before the couple fell violently ill. the focus for the business world is the future of russia's economy — the world's 12th biggest — hit by sanctions from the west and still too heavily reliant on oil. nina trentmann from the wall street jounal joins me now. she is a

johnson's comments come as the international chemical weapons experts begin analyzing the nerve agentused in the.

chemical weapons. this is a threat to international peace and security. therefore it should be a matter of concern for this council. we commend the united kingdom for bringing it to our attention. after the recent chemical weapon attacks in syria, another -- the attack in the u.k. is another warning to the world that we must step up our vigilance to prevent the use of these weapons of mass destruction. we underline the important role of the opcw in the hague in this regard. this brings me to the third and final point, accountability. there can be no impunity for this crime. the government stated that a kingdom of the netherlands fully supports the uk in the quest for the truth. we call on all countries to do so as well. uk urged questions answered. we can understand why, after russia's failure to do so, theresa may stated other measures today. we see no reason for russia to continue to refuse the uk's request, nor any reason why anyone should try to delay, side track, second-guess or discredit the investigation carried out by the uk authorities. the intern

since comments come as international chemical weapons experts begin analyzing the nerve agent used in the attack also coming up britain and the e.u. agree on plans for a two year transition period after breaks it will provide the security that businesses and services have been looking for. and facebook shares done after work some call a data grab on millions of users who go to the frankfurt stock exchange to assess the damage. plus with the european court set to rule on the case of two jailed turkish journalists were to stumble with a look at how that country's crackdown on the media and civil society is affecting thousands of block its. fellow i'm terry martin good to have you with us. we begin in the u.k. where international weapons experts have begun analyzing the talks in years to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in the city of solsbury says russia hits back british allegations that it is behind the attack moscow is demanding that britain provide evidence to back up its claims but police in the u.k. say their investigation is likely to take months. the daughter of ex r

international chemical weapons experts arrive in the uk to examine