is this britain of staging the poison gas attack in syria this as a team from the international chemical weapons watchdog travels to the site its findings could determine whether the u.s. launches retaliatory strikes also coming up the rape and murder of an eight year old girl in india as the conscience of the nation. once again puts the spotlight on the high incidence of rape in india and how hard it is to get justice for the victim. and reform but no revolution comes new outlines his plans for the world's biggest carmaker he says there's a long road ahead. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us russia says it has proof that britain took part in the poison gas attack in syria russia claims the attack was staged earlier the russian ambassador to the united nations accused the west of having this sole aim of overthrowing the syrian government he urged the u.s. french and the britain to us french and british leaders rather to for refrain from military action the us ambassador has said there should be no rush to launch military action on syria but added at one point you have to do somethin

team of international chemical weapons inspectors has now arrived in syria they are going to begin their investigation there to morrow what sort of challenges do they face the challenges that this region now is in the hands of the see it is you if you if i did this crime i make sure i hide the evidence ok so they're going to have a very tough time finding anything do you think they'll be able to come up with and come up with anything that will allow us to say the chemical weapon attack did take place and we can attribute it to a particular party it seems that when they left this sort of the. operation transfer the deed engineered by osha took some of the wounded some of the casualties with them maybe think some of the bodies maybe took a blood sample that is at least to try to to preserve something of allegedly happened because what these chemical weapons inspectors find is going to be very important for how this how the next stage of this confrontation unfolds if the united states carries out its threat to launch a missile attack or a military strike of some sort against syria which pre

i'm sumi so much going to have to have you with us russia has invited an international chemical weapons watch star to inspect the site of an alleged chemical attack in syria this is us president donald trump threatened imminent military action and were sponsored to with aid workers in the town of duma east of damascus a poison gas was used to kill dozens of people in an attack over the weekend moscow is said it found no evidence in the syrian government denies any responsibility. did these bombs dropped on the last rebel held area near the syrian capital damascus contain chemical weapons the answer could be cause for escalation in the conflict there most of all between the united states and russia. the two global powers faced off at the united nations security council in new york. russia's obstructionism will not continue to hold us hostage when we are confronted with an attack like this one the united states is determined to see the monster who dropped chemical weapons on the syrian people held to account yet. i call upon those slandering the regime to move forward with the assumption

headline news this hour the international chemical weapons watch told confirmed britain's findings on the type of nerve agent used to poison the script last month in the u.k. . germany says it will not take part in u.s. military action against syria on the chemical attack near damascus this is donald trump post tweet threatening syria with possible strikes. and saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed wins over the french president and his whirlwind tour of europe with president macross now asking critics of the saudis even the town. thursday afternoon at three here in moscow money was called in by this is your world news from c international first off for you the international chemical weapons will stop the o.p.c. w has within the past hour released the results of its investigation into the poisoning of a script last month in the inner city of salzburg the o.p.c. w. says it can confirm the u.k.'s findings in terms of the type of nerve agent used when i get more on this now life than on the poly because i take it through all the o.p.c. saying. well it says it's confirmed the identity of t

responders in rebel held areas to fake the gas attack in the town of duma inspectors from the international chemical weapons watchdog are due there on saturday the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov earlier told reporters that there was no evidence of a poison gas attack on the for you to do with chemical weapons inspectors will go to the city of duma where there is no evidence of the use of chemical weapons chlorine or any of the substance how specialists to examine the area did not find any we have irrefutable evidence that this was another fabrication the staging involved the special services of one of the governments that is now trying to be in the front lines of a russia for the campaign. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov well let's bring in syria analyst khaled yaka a waste is with us here in the studio good to see you khaled what do you make of russia saying that it has proof that the alleged chemical weapons attack in syria was staged by a foreign intelligence agency implicating britain you're talking about a country with his through for information country that does this information this

nerve agent attack or taken place moscow's invited investigators to visit the area the international chemical weapons watchdog is due to arrive there by the end of the week here's what some locals in juba have been telling us. is i'm only doing i haven't seen any chemical weapons here i don't believe it because i haven't seen it. i haven't seen anyone suffering from exposure to chemical weapons i haven't seen it and haven't even heard about it nothing at all but we got some expert opinion on america's possible strikes and trumps rhetoric on syria is going to be bombs or bombast that's what we don't know you know i've been waiting with bated breath like everybody else last night maybe tonight will he launch an attack or is he going to use this rhetoric is some kind of a means to set up a meeting with putin which he says he also wants to do and will he pull back at the last minute he's always said if you're going to do something militarily you don't talk about it you just do it but he's talking talking talking and weaving back and forth like this i am hoping it means something i hope it means he has so

to the conflict in syria where russia has called for international with chemical weapons was shocked to inspect the site of an alleged poison gas attack america's threatened to respond to the attack with the military action opposition activists say gas was used to kill dozens of people near damascus at the weekend they blame the syrian government which denies any involvement. did these bombs dropped on the last rebel held area near the syrian capital damascus contained chemical weapons the answer could be cause for escalation in the conflict there most of all between the united states and russia. the two global powers faced off at the united nations security council in new york. russia's obstructionism will not continue to hold us hostage when we are confronted with an attack like this one the united states is determined to see the monster who dropped chemical weapons on the syrian people held to account yet. i call upon those slandering the regime to move forward with the assumption that there was no chemical weapons attack. no russian troops have been deployed in syria at the reque

strikes take place before investigators from the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. starts their probe into the alleged poison gas attack in duma last week and experts are due to arrive at the scene later today. washington says it's confident the assad government was behind the chemical attack in duma and the evidence comes from various media outlets and n.g.o.s we take a closer look at those sources. a

chemical weapons by the assad regime cannot go unchallenged. president trump says no decision has been made on syria. the president will speak with theresa may and emmanuel macron later. the international chemical weapons watchdog backs the uk's assessment of the nerve agent used in the salisbury nerve gas attack. and a newsnight, the emergency cabinet today agreed on the need to ta ke cabinet today agreed on the need to take action over the use of chemical weapons in syria. but are we any the wiser about what that might be, and when it might come? good evening and welcome to bbc news. there have been mixed signals from the us today as donald trump appeared to take a step back from military action in syria. his defence secretary, jim mattis, called for more evidence on the chemical weapon attack, and tonight the white house says no final decision has been made on a military assault. france's president macron said that france had proof it was the syrian government which carried out the chemical attack near damascus at the weekend, and syria has said independent inspectors are due to arrive in the affected area over the next day or two. here, theresa may held a cabinet meeting to discuss

the international chemical weapons watchdog has just backed the british government's findings into thekeep children in its care safe from harm for 25 years. sir cliff richard arrives at the high court as his case against the bbc for a breach of privacy and data protection gets underway. the high court has begun hearing the case brought by sir cliff richard against the bbc for breach of privacy and data protection following coverage of a police investigation and raid of the star's home in 2014. the case is due to last two weeks and is expected to give guidance on the contentious issue of whether a suspect who has not been charged, can be lawfully named by the media. 0ur correspondent helena lee is outside the high court. perhaps you could bring us up—to—date with what has been happening this there morning and the wider implications of this case. well, as you say cliff richard arrived here at the high court. this is the first day of his trial. as you said, he is suing the bbc, and he is seeking damages from them. his barrister in court said he was one of the most distinguished entertaine

the international chemical weapons watchdog, the 0pcw, has confirmed the uk's assessment of the nervegent used to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in the english city of salisbury. the british government says the russian state must have been behind last month's attack. moscow denies any involvement. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner reports. investigating every possible site of last month's nerve agent poisoning in salisbury has been exhaustive. now, britain's findings have been backed up the chemical weapons watchdog, the 0pcw.

let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. wu has confirmed that former russian spy service scribal and his daughter yulia were poisoned with a nerve agent in the english city of saul's wary however the organization stopped short of naming the substance nor did it say where it was produced. these twelve people have been killed after taliban militants stormed a government compound in central afghanistan the gun gunmen overran a district headquarters in province triggering an hour's long gun battle at least three of the dead were were to local officials. afghan security forces eventual drove out the insurgents. algeria has begun the three days of mourning after a military plane crash that killed two hundred fifty seven people the russian built transporter went down shortly after takeoff on wednesday killing mostly soldiers and their family members the accident is the worst aviation disaster in algeria's history authorities have ordered an investigation. the human rights group amnesty international says the nu

was difficult to do nothing and that's why they're backing pressure from the p c w the international chemical weapons inspector it and in the un to put the pressure on syria at this time and as that pressure mounts i mean european countries definitely watching this very closely french president emmanuel mccrone in fact has been talking about the gas attack and talked of having proof max over to you now walk us through what exactly you said here and whether or not it might be more likely that military action could be taken there now. well you did say that at least chlorine was used in that it was used by the regime of bashar al assad so of course this strengthens the case for military action by the french because they want to crawl had said earlier that the red line for him was the use of chemical weapons in syria by the regime of bashar al assad so you think all right this is basically a go but it doesn't appear to be a go yet although the president said on tuesday that he would decide within days it seemed a little more mellow on thursday saying they would take the decision when it was useful and al

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thank you for joining us international chemical weapons inspectors have arrived in the former syrian rebel enclave of duma to investigate a suspected chemical attack ten days ago inspectors had been due to enter the russian controlled area twenty four hours ago the u.s. accused russia of tampering with the site while moscow blamed the delays on security concerns the team from the organization for the prohibit of chemical weapons will investigate what happened on april the seventh but it will not assign blame western powers accuse syrian forces of using nerve gas to kill dozens of people but the mask is and its ally russia is saying the holder has more now from. the o.p.c. chemical weapons team has been given access to they are investigating the alleged chemical weapons attack both the russian and syrian governments have been accused of delaying the work of the o.p.c. w. their team arrived in the syrian capital on top today they are now carrying out their work western nations accuse the russian government of the possibility of tampering with the evidence on the ground because you know

targeted in an apparent poisoning attack just over a month ago also coming up moscow invites international chemical weapons experts to inspect the alleged site of a poison gas attack in syria saying it's found no evidence it actually happened this as president trump threatens to strike syrian military targets. meanwhile the office of president trumps personal attorney is raided by the f.b.i. truong lashes out calling it a witch up to undermine his presidency. i'm sumi so much going to good to have you with us the daughter of a former russian spy has been discharged from the hospital and taken to a secure location some five weeks after both she and her father reports and yulia and circus group all were exposed to a nerve agent in the english city of salzburg last month both were in critical condition for weeks the apparent target of the attack survey screwballs remains in the hospital the case has plunged relations between russia and the west to the lowest in decades britain is accusing russia of masterminding the attack moscow denies involvement the hospital treating yulia her father and a police officer w

international chemical weapons inspectors have arrived in the former syrian rebel on paper duma to investigate a suspected chemical attack. ten days ago inspectors had to enter the russian controlled area twenty four hours ago yes accused russia of tampering with the site a moscow blamed delays and security concerns the team from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons will investigate what happened on april the seventh but it won't assign blame western powers accuse syrian forces of using nerve gas to kill dozens of people the damascus and russia deny this cinema has more. the o.p.c. w chemical weapons inspectors have been given access to do my the town in which that alleged chemical weapons attack happened on april the seventh now the russian government and the syrian government have been criticized for what they called preventing the team from entering western nations said that the team was not given access to other team arrived in the syrian capital damascus on saturday both the russian and syrian government cited security concerns and that's why there has been a delay now

minister sergei lavrov says last weekend's attack was fake told us from london a team of international chemical weapons inspectors has arrived in syria and will begin their investigation tomorrow also on the program. on un true full.

the international chemical weapons watchdog, the 0pcw, has confirmed the uk's assessment of the nervea former russian spy and his daughter in the english city of salisbury. the british government says the russian state must have been behind last month's attack. moscow denies any involvement. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner reports. investigating every possible site of last month's nerve agent poisoning in salisbury has been exhaustive. now, britain's findings have been backed up the chemical weapons watchdog, the 0pcw. today it published its report confirming the findings of the uk relating to the identity of the toxic chemical that was used in salisbury. britain's chemical defence laboratories at porton down quickly identified that toxic chemical as a novichok. today's report doesn't mention that word. but a second, classified, 0pcw report has been given to governments, identifying the name and structure of the nerve agent, which it said was of high purity. by itself, this is not going to be determinative. but, if you look at the contextual facts of what we know about novich

insights of the breaking story russia's foreign minister claims the international chemical weapons watchdog may not have correctly identified the nerve agent used to poison the script files in the. last month. this is r.t. international and one story dominating as maybe you'd expect the overnight events in syria and the ramifications from it american british and french forces pounded syria with strikes the attack took place in the early hours of saturday morning and came in response to allegations that the syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians claims which a u.n. watchdog is still yet to investigate. the u.n. security council rejected a russian draft resolution this evening calling for an end to the aggression against syria it happened during an emergency session which was called by moscow in the wake of the strikes as you would be sure to do today is a said day it's a said day for the world for the u.n. for its charter that has been brutally violated and for the security council that retreated from its duties with three votes in favor eight nose and four abstentions the

chemical weapons. there have been many instances we have seen the use of those chemical weapons but it should also be a message to us that the international community is not going to stand by and allow chemical weapons to be used with impunity. for nearly a century we have had a general understanding on chemical weapons convention that chemical weapons were illegal, their use was banned, and we have in recent times seem chemical weapons being used. is right the international community has come together and said we would not accept this and give a clear message to reestablish the international norm that chemical weapons are banned and should not be used. >> of chemical weapons are indeed used again in syria, will the united kingdom take part in more targeted strikes? if it is in coming weeks, parliament will no longer be in recess will you feel bigger pressure to actually ask for the green light? how important is it to you that pres. macroin his participating in this operation? how would you characterize the franco british -- about this operation? >> the parliamentary function, i should have made reference to this, i will be in parliament

actors in accordance with our responsibility but the use of chemical weapons in syria is an acceptable because it's a violation of international law and basic human rights morning france also released a document outlining its case for why it believes that a chemical attack took place and why it believes that the assad government was behind that attack it says it unless it has had analysts of the photos of testimonies and videos from do you know where the alleged attack took place and it says that after analyzing it has a high degree of confidence that this was not manufactured all recycled and it says that the symptoms they believe all characteristics of chemical weapons there's also been criticism here in france from some opposition leaders including marine le pen this is a major mistake for us and that is one of many mistakes we are mainly through resistance thousand and eleven we never stop making mistakes and interfering in foreign countries and affairs we see today the consequences of military actions in iraq where we were wise enough to reward our good and in libya the intervention without any u.n. they would remain or i

and in other news of russia's foreign minister claims that the international chemical weapons watchdog may not have the correctly identified the nerve agent used to poison this group in england last month. our broadcast director our studios in moscow this is our two international thomas certainly glad to have you with us american british and french forces have pounded syria with a missile and air strikes the attack took place in the early hours of saturday morning and came in response to allegations that the syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians claims which a u.n. wash dog is still yet to investigate. u.n. security council has rejected a russian draft resolution calling for an end to the aggression against syria it happened during an emergency session which was called by moscow in the wake of the strikes so you wouldn't be cheered we do today is a sad day it's a sad day for the world for the u.n. for its charter that has been brutally violated and for the security council so that retreated from its duty seriously views with three votes in favor eight nose and four

chemical weapons. and this collective action sends a clear message that the international community will not stand by and tolerate the use of chemical weapons. i also want to be clear that this military action to deter the use the chemical weapons does not stand alone. we must remain committed to resolving the conflict at large. the best hope for the syrian people remains a political solution. we need all partners especially the regime and its backers to enable humanitarian access to those in desperate need and the uk will continue to strive for both. but these strikes are about deterrings bhar bear ri inring syria. so there must be a wider diplomatic effort including the full range of political and economic levers to strengthen the global norms procehibiting e use of chemical weapon which is have stood for nearly a century. although of a much lower order of magnitude, the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the uk in recent weeks is part of a pattern of disregard for these norms. so while this action is specifically about deterring the syrian regime, it will also send a clear signal to anyone else wh

russia has been denied its request for a new inquiry by international chemical weapons inspectors into of the opcw —— the international chemical weapons regulator. jerry smith is a former weapons inspector at the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons. he told me a little earlier what the organisation looks at. i think the investigation that they are leaving on essentially is actually to take the material that it has received from the uk, perhaps it has received from the uk, perhaps it took samples, environmental samples of the locations in salisbury. they will take those back to the laboratories in the hague and split it in i understand it will be sent out to a number of opcw accredited laboratories around the world which will then do their science to identify it, but i think the key thing here is the laboratories will be looking purely at the samples from a scientific perspective, so they will come back with answers that what they believe the material to be will stop but i think it's more of a challenge for them to actually say either who manufactured it or who used it.

the international chemical weapons watchdog has backed the uk's assessment of what substance was usedspy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in salisbury. scientists at porton down identified the chemical as novichok, a military grade nerve agent developed by russia. moscow has strongly denied any involvement. from salisbury, duncan kennedy reports. removing the bench where sergei and yulia skripal were found was one of many clean—up operations in salisbury. police say traces of the substance of a nerve attack agent we re substance of a nerve attack agent were found in the city centre and at mr skripal‘s home in the suburbs of salisbury. the first confirmation that it was an over —— novichok nerve agent came from porton down then theresa may said russia was responsible. now the organisation set up to rid the world of chemical weapons has confirmed the british conclusions. after carrying out its own tests, the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons says... crucially, while the report does not namea crucially, while the report does not name a country where the nerve agen

the strikes take place before investigators from the international chemical weapons watchdog o.p.c. w start their probe into the alleged poison gas attack in dumont last week that experts are due to arrive at the scene on saturday. russia says it's confidence the assad government was behind the chemical attack in duma and the evidence comes from the various media outlets and then we take a closer look at those sources.

and in other news tonight russia's foreign minister claims the international chemical weapons watchdog may not have correctly identified the nerve agent used to poison the script pals in england last month. pm saturday night here in moscow i'm kevin zero in this is r t international warm welcome to one story then dominating the overnight events in syria and the ramifications from it american british and french forces pounded syria last night with missiles and air strikes the attack took place in the early hours of saturday morning and came in response to allegations that the syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians claims which the u.n. watchdog is still yet to investigate. in security council to say currently holding an emergency meeting still on the joint attack against the syrian government russia's drafting a resolution condemning those strikes let's get the latest on how that went what's been said samir cannes across a summer tennis is the situation at that debate then today played out for us well the russian ambassador was the first to speak at this meeting that

strikes take place before investigators from the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. starts their probe into the alleged poison gas attack in duma last week and experts are due to arrive at the scene later today. washington says it's confident the assad government was behind the chemical attack in duma and the evidence comes from various media outlets and n.g.o.s we take a closer look at those sources. a warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me thank you erin bringing you continuing live coverage of our breaking news the syrian capital damascus has been hit by missiles fired in a u.s. led operation against the assad government the pentagon said it also targeted two locations near the city of homs president trump announced a military action in a friday evening t.v. address it comes in response to an alleged chemical attack in the syrian town of duma a week ago artie's more than report. but we heard an announcement from u.s. president donald trump about the pending strike against the syrian god. raiment in coordination with the u.k. and france now he

other news now the breaking story russia's foreign minister claims the international chemical weapons watchdog may not and correctly identified the nerve agent used to poison the script polls in england last month. just to midnight in moscow and kevin zero in this is our international welcome to one story as maybe to expect dominating early saturday events in syria and the ramifications from it so american british and french forces pounded syria with missiles on airstrikes just a morning the attack took place in the very early hours of saturday morning and came in response to allegations that the syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians claims which a u.n. watchdog is still yet to investigate. the u.n. security council projected a russian draft resolution meantime calling for an end to the aggression against syria it happened to an emergency meeting last evening which was called by moscow in the wake of the strikes so you wouldn't be cheered they did today is a said day it's a said day for the world for the u.n. for its charter that has been brutally violated before t

the international chemical weapons watchdog confirms sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned withchemical weapons did not name the agent as novichok, but says it agreed with british findings so far. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news.

in other news tonight russia's foreign minister claiming the international chemical weapons watchdog may not have correctly identified the nerve agent used to poison the script polls in england. last month. good evening nine pm saturday night here in moscow my name is kevin zero in this is r.t. international and one story dominating the overnight events in syria and the ramifications from them where american british and french forces pounded syria with missiles and air strikes last night the attack took place in the early hours of saturday morning and came in response to allegations that the syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians claims which a u.n. watchdog is still yet to investigate. during urgently called un security council meeting just now the they've rejected a russian draft resolution condemning the joint strikes against syria for it came in the studio the syrian representative was speaking with looks like well russia has called force been knocked out samir a car has been across this emergency session for us because of the speed of what was said south to no

million casualties of chemical weapons that really started the whole ball rolling but it took until nine hundred ninety seven but the chemical weapons convention to come become international law there one hundred ninety two states that signed that convention now and basically they're saying this should be no chemical weapons used anywhere and while the three countries attacking syria i suppose are doing is saying syria is not obeying the requirements of the convention despite having signed it and they object to that and they are attacking syria telling it to you know don't use chemical weapons present alistair hay in the u.k. for us thank you very much for your expertise it welcome good night. now to some of the other stories making news around the world protests have been taking place across india over the gang rape and killing of eight year old aussies have been known the muslim girl's body was discovered in a hindu dominated area earlier this year demonstrators have been demanding justice for her and other victims of sexual crimes in is in india. montenegro is governing democratic party of socialists says its leader mellowed you kind of it has won the country's preside

international the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. has just wound up its meeting on the scribal poisoning case the u.k. delegation says a russian proposal for a joint investigation is perverse they also claim that the idea is part of a russian diversionary tactic we're going to go to the hague in a few minutes time and speak to our correspondent who's been following what three to four hours of talks will catch up with him a little bit later meanwhile we spoke to a former u.n. chemical weapons inspector in iraq a couple of hours ago he believes that it's almost impossible to determine the origin of the nerve agent. there is no one hundred percent assurance that you can determine the region so for chemical everything that we know about a chemical comes from its composition so the chemical is never a hundred percent pure they come from production at every stage reactions produce some byproducts and these byproducts can hear re to the final chemical no matter how hard you try to purify it every after every speech so by the view about the

another delay reports of gunfire in dumas appear to have blocked a team of international chemical weapons inspectors from entering the syrian city they have been tasked with analyzing the site of a suspected poison gas attack eleven days ago. i'm sumi so much donna good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump has confirmed that cia director mike pompei o travel to north korea and that leader kim jong un he tweeted that the secret trip went very smoothly the u.s. leader is currently at his mar-a lago resort in florida hosting another key stakeholder in the north korea nuclear arms race japanese prime minister shinzo abi . after welcoming shinzo abbé and his wife donald trump wasted no time in addressing one of the main issues on their agenda north korea the us president revealing a breakthrough in relations between washington and pyongyang we will see the story talking to north korea directly we have had direct talks at very high levels really high levels with north korea. and i really believe there's a lot of good will lot of good things are happening we'll see what happens as i a

the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w is expected to shed more light on the case as it meets in the hague shortly. to get the facts straight on this whole situation we have a final conclusion will be reached there as to what happened in seoul. president putin's remarks came during talks with turkey's leader in ankara where they're due to attend the trial and told the mess with iran. and the manchester united legend on the european champion peter schmeichel kicks off his new show on our t.v. he travels to one of the cities hosting the world cup matches in russia this summer . a very warm welcome you're watching our team international with me thank you aaron good to have you with us. countries around the world are looking to the international chemical weapons watchdog today for our answers in the script poisoning case the o.p.c. w. is set to meet slated the day to discuss the attack on the former spy and his daughter in southern england a month ago ahead of the meeting the chief of the british military laboratory may have

for so you source but we provided the scientific information to the government and the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. wu is expected to shed more light on the case as it meets in the hague. and american photo journalist who was once held by al qaeda in syria says he was betrayed by the f.b.i. he claims the intelligence service used him to track the terrorists and didn't try to help him. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me and good to have you with us this hour now countries around the world are looking to the international chemical weapons watchdog today for answers in this group power poisoning case the o.p.c. w. is meeting as we speak to discuss the attack on the former spy and his daughter in southern england a month ago ahead of the talks the chief of a british military laboratory may have partly debunked the u.k.'s core assertion that moscow was to blame he said that they couldn't tell where the nerve agent used was produced. we have not verified the for say source but we provided the scientific information to the government but you have not been a

international now the international chemical weapons watchdog has backed britain's findings regarding the type of nerve agent used against sergei and yulia screwball the u.k. foreign office in turn has seized on the o.p.c. w.'s report claiming it leaves no doubt that the russian state was behind the attack given the purity of the substance of this is despite the fact that the organization itself is not in a position to assign blame on his political and report. well it said that its team can confirm the findings of the u.k. relating to the identity of the toxic chemical that was used in souls the summary doesn't actually name the specific nerve agent used but the u.k. government lab porton down had identified it as know of a child very soon off to the script files were taken ill five weeks ago novacek originally developed in the soviet union by soviet scientists in the late eighty's so the summary that we've got confirms the u.k. labs identification it also says that its conclusion is based on the work of four independent laboratories around the world they all came to the same results

the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w is to meet on this group our case shortly. to morrow we're calling you know p c w meeting to get the facts trade on this whole situation we have a final conclusion we reached there as to what happened in salzburg. president putin's remarks came during talks with turkey's leader in ankara where they're due to attend the trial untold damage with iran. and the manchester united legend and european champion peter schmeichel kicks off his new show on our t.v. it travels to one of the city's hosting the world cup matches in russia this summer . a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me and karen good to have you with us this hour now the international chemical weapons watchdog the o p c w is set to meet later today there to discuss the poisoning of the double agent like a script pal and his daughter yulia in the u.k. a month ago ahead of the meeting the chief of the british military laboratory said it was unable to determine the precise thoughts of the nerve agent used in the attack well that costs doubt on ear