james landale, bbc.ay that you are following due process and abiding by the rules of the international community when you see will not accept the findings of this body unless russian investigators are involved. and can you clarify the answer to my colleague, when he asked, what is russia's current theory behind the salisbury attack? we have heard many different theories from different russian voices as to who might have been responsible. which other countries that you've mentioned? you said, and i quote, we are not naming anyone. cani i quote, we are not naming anyone. can i be clear, as of 20 past two, today the official position of the russian state is that they are not blaming anyone. this is the conclusion in the answer to your question. after the evidence we will make the conclusions. that was also my statement about the russian involvement. it's not only the russian involvement, it is also the involvement of the other countries. we need a transparent investigation and we don't want to see the monop

let's bring in james landale. in the post—brexit world. let's bring injames landale. hearing from prince charles talking about the need for the commonwealth to find a renewed relevance. some of its critics will say it isn't very releva nt a ny its critics will say it isn't very relevant any more, it is just a hangover from the old days of the

james landale, bbc news. five—time world darts champion eric bristow has died after suffering a heart attack. he was 60. bristow, known as the crafty cockney, dominated darts in the 1980s and helped popularise the game on television. joining us now from bbc sport is our very own olly foster. at the age ofjust 60, shock has gone round the darts community? he was working this evening in hospitality at the liverpool echo arena and was taken ill very suddenly, a professional darts corporation event, and there was absolute shock. and tears among the thousands of darts fans there and the players as well. peter wright, a well—known player, was at the oche and you could tell he had heard the news and he was in tears at the end of his match against carol gurney. it is shock that will resonate across the world of darts because he was the first real superstar winning all those world titles but becoming all those world titles but becoming a household name in much the same way that phil taylor, the greatest player who's e

our correspondent, james landale, gave us more details.ocuments circulated internally at the home office over two years ago warned that theresa may's attempt as home secretary to create

our diplomatic correspondent james landale is here. extraordinary images.national reaction? the international reaction? broadly welcome, but a cautious welcome. welcome, but a cautious welcome. good things are happening, but only time will tell. time will tell. secretary borisjohnson has in the last few minutes issued a statement. last few minutes issued a statement. said this summit is not the end in itself. itself. there are still many questions to be answered. questions to be answered. into concrete steps towards denuclearisation. denuclearisation. welcomed byjapan and china, but a very broadband cautious welcome. very broadband cautious welcome. was portraying himself as a man of peace. is he genuine? that is the big question. big question. reflects a substantial de—escalation of tensions between both sides. of tensions between both sides. military conflict between the sides, so it is significant. so it is significant. but we have been here before. been here before. point is that there was very little detail today about denuclearisation. detail today ab

let's turn to james landale at the foreign office. foreign office and international thinking on this? we know the un will be meeting tomorrow on this. there have been a lot of conversations between senior officials at the foreign office with counterparts in paris and washington. the first fruits of those conversations has been the us security council meeting that will happen tomorrow morning. that's significant. there is a sense of wanting to play this by the book. the initial focus is on saying, let's find out exactly what happened as much as we can, and then let's also set up a long—term investigation process to make sure the weapons inspectors can get in at the weapons inspectors can get in at the right time and things like that. one official said to me that we want to get it right. we are not yet at the stage of swapping lists of targets. when a security official says nothing can be taken off the table, he means exactly that, diplomatic as well as military options are being considered. there are options are being considered. there

diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. james: the missiles launchedity american, h, and french forces over the weekend were aimed at syria'suspected chemical-weapons facilities. this is just some of the destruction the missiles caused on the ground. but russia's foreign minister says the attacks on syrian allies have left relations between russia and the west worst than -- worse than the cold war. in a bbc interview, sergei lavrov accused western allies of having a pbia about russia, which he described as genocide by sanction. mr. lavrov: we lose basically the last remnants of trust to our western friends, who prefer to berate on the basis of very weird logic. they punish us in douma, in ria, and then they wait for the inspectors to visit the place and inspect. james: but as journalists wereal wed into douma to film life returning after months of fighting, it emerged that inspectors from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons had not been allowed in for what russian and syrian tyofficials said were secu is

with me is james landale, the bbc‘s diplomatic correspondent. president trump says there will be a big price to pay, what does he mean exactly? lot of clever people are trying to work out what means right now, because the tweet was ambiguous. his response to syria has been inconsistent. a year ago, in response to the syrian government's bombing with chemical weapons of a village, president trump decided to launch 59 tomahawk missiles against the airbase in syria that was used to deploy chemical weapon, which was seen as a big change compared to the regime, which was reluctant to use military action. but that was a one—off, there was not much warning or follow—up, and there has been no us response to other, subsequent users of chemical weapons, which have grown in recent months, so nobody is sure whether that's a president or a one—off. there is clearly a discussion going on this evening. the president is meeting his national security advisers and he'll have to decide whether or not now is a moment that he wants to drive a line in the sand and say

james landale, bbc news, at the commonwealth summit. tom bower, who has recently published an unauthourised biography of prince charles, called rebel prince. he gave us his view of how charles came to be nominated as the future head of the commonwealth. it is the culmination of a 15 year crisis which was in the end resolved probably in the last 18 months by the queen personally taking a very direct line in appealing to the commonwealth leaders to support her son as her successof commonwealth leaders to support her son as her successor which until about a year ago was in doubt because prince charles in the last 15 years has shown a marked lack of interest in the commonwealth and he refused to travel at the request of the secretary—general of the commonwealth, of the foreign office and other nations, to countries which he did not quite like. he liked going to canada and australia and new zealand but not to kenny and nigeria and pakistan. he showed a lack of interest in the commonwealth —— not to kenyatta. that manifested itself in the pre

james landale was in windsor to the summitand sent james landale was in windsor to the summit and sents report. changing the guard at windsor castle. only today, it wasn't just the soldiers. world leaders gathered beneath the battlements to decide who should replace their host as head of the commonwealth when her reign ends — a role that's never been hereditary. last night, the queen treated her guests and herself to a much—needed drink and gently reminded them she had a son who could take on the job when the time came. but today, she stepped back and gave them the run of her castle for their private deliberations without advisers or even a table. and they decided the prince of wales would, one day, be their next symbolic leader — a decision by consensus, according to one president, but by unanimity, according to the prime minister. his royal highness has been a proud supporter of the commonwealth for more than four decades and has spoken passionately about the organisation's unique diversity. and it is fitting that one day he will continue the work of his mother, her majesty the queen

james landale has more.than one month on in salisbury, the investigation continues into a nerve agent attack that britain believes was carried out by russia. an assessment based on science, yes, but also intelligence. no other country has a combination of the capability, the intent and the motive to carry out such an act. but the head of the porton down military laboratory muddied the waters by saying it was not the job of his scientists to say where the nerve agent had been made, contrary to what the foreign secretary had appeared to suggest. the people from porton down, they were absolutely categorical. i mean, i asked the guy myself. i said, "are you sure? he said, "there's no doubt." and today, the foreign office deleted an inaccurate tweet that had also suggested porton down had said the novichok was produced in russia. all of which gave russia another chance to question britain's evidence, calling at short notice a meeting of the chemical weapons watchdog, the 0pcw, in the hague, where its diplomats ac

let's get this report from james landale. let's get this report from james landale.g the guard at windsor castle. 0nly today, it wasn't just the soldiers. world leaders gathered beneath the battlements to decide who should replace their host as head of the commonwealth when her reign ends — a role that's never been hereditary. last night, the queen treated her guests and herself to a much—needed drink, and gently reminded them she had a son who could take on the job when the time came. and today, she gave them the run of her castle for their private deliberations about her and their future. i'd like to thank her majesty the queen for her generous invitation into her home. and the first time, i think, a heads of government meeting has been held here. they expressed their gratitude by agreeing formally that the prince of wales would indeed one day become their symbolic leader. but this time it wasn't just about agreeing the future leadership of the commonwealth. it was also about agreeing its future role. so amid all the grandeur, the leaders also made plans to boost t

james landale reports.t's just over four weeks since sergei and yulia skripal were found poisoned by a nerve agent on this bench in salisbury, four weeks during which the former russian intelligence officer and his 33—year—old daughter have lain critically ill, at times in a coma. but today, miss skripal revealed that she at least is on the mend. in a statement, issued on her behalf by the police, she said: today, russian television broadcast an unverified recording of an alleged phone call between yulia skripal and her cousin, viktoria. she's hoping to come to britain to visit miss skripal with the help of russian diplomats if british officials are prepared to risk giving her a visa. in london, the russian ambassador welcomed the news that miss skripal is recovering. i'm really happy and i hope that sergei skripal will also recover, and i'm quite sure that one day yulia will come back to moscow. but he once again denied any russian involvement in the attack. so amid the claims and counterclaims, what's the

james landale, bbc news.s now declared that international experts will be allowed access on wednesday to the site of a suspected chemical attack in syria. britain and the united states have accused moscow and syria of trying to conceal facts and prevent inspectors gathering information on the douma attack. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in damascus with the very latest. well, that site of the suspected chemical attack is just a short drive from where i am in the centre of damascus. and the chemical inspectors have been waiting here since saturday for the syrians and the russians to make good on that promise, to give them unrestricted access. what we're hearing outside in european capitals is accusations the syrians are blocking this visit. what we hear here in damascus is that the syrians are saying absolutely not, we have to prepare the visit, that they've been meeting the chemical inspectors, that they need to prepare the ground when it comes to security. never mind that russian milita

our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports.unched by american, british and french forces at the weekend were aimed at syria's suspected chemical—weapons facilities. and this is just some of the destruction the missiles caused on the ground. but russia's foreign minister said the attacks on his syrian allies had also left relations between russia and the west worse than the cold war. in a bbc interview, sergei lavrov accused the western allies of having a phobia about russia, which he described as "genocide by sanction". we lose, basically, the last remnants of trust to our western friends, who prefer to operate on the basis of very weird logic. they punish first in douma, in syria, and then they wait for the inspectors of opcw to visit the place and to inspect. but as journalists were allowed into douma to film life returning after months of fighting, it emerged the inspectors from the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons had not been allowed in — for what russian and syrian officials said were security issues.

james landale, bbc news.aking to our correspondent in washington, chris buckler, who told me neither country seems to have provided more evidence over who was responsible. ina way, in a way, this was a series of prepared statements, of claim and counterclaim, of accusation and denial, with both countries determined to make their point. it's worth remembering this was a meeting that was called for by moscow, that's what they wanted, and there was an attempt here to raise concerns, to raise questions and also plant a lot of doubts. saying that, if you watch that meeting and you watch just the expressions of those sitting around it, i don't think any of the countries would have changed their minds about what's happened here. the uk and many other countries, including america, including france, including many other countries, they all believe russia was responsible for this, russia continues to deny that andi this, russia continues to deny that and i don't think that's going to change in the weeks coming. the uk

james landale, bbc news, at the commonwealth summit. controversial frida kahlo barbie doll, ruling that members of her family owned the sole rights to her image. the doll was launched in march, but provoked anger from some of kahlo's relatives who say the manufacturer mattel used her image without permission. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. this isn't so much a home but a shrine to the artist frida kahlo. the walls are adorned with photographs of a woman now considered to be one of the great painters of the 20th century. for years, her relatives have insisted they own the rights to her image and her legacy. now a court in mexico seems to agree. translation: based on the documents that prove our rights, the judge ordered the company mattel in this specific case not to market the image of the brand frida kahlo. the frida kahlo barbie doll is part of mattel‘s inspiring women range, where the company says it celebrates female role models. she is described as an artist, activist, and feminist icon. but the family says the doll does not repres

james landale, bbc news.or steven fish is a political scientist at the university of california, berkeley. he described how russia might have received the air strikes on syria. the bottomline is the russians are relieved the strike did not go further than it did. it was very limited. it did no real damage to the syrian forces. the russians, of course, have to act all huffy about it. the united states and allies have to act they did something substantial. everyone is playing a role. but all sides are relieved it did not escalate. what do you think of the criticisms levelled about whether or not the airstrikes with the right course of action to take? it depends on your perspective. i think for people who wanted to deliver a message of strong displeasure to the bashar al—assad regime, including the united states and british and french governments, using chemical weapons, trying to enforce a red line on this, without escalating the crisis, it was probably an appropriate response. having said that, though, profess

james landale, bbc news.the head of russia's foreign intelligence agency said the west was building a new iron curtain, while president putin said he hoped common sense would prevail in the dispute over salisbury poisoning. from moscow, our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. the matinee in moscow seemed an odd choice. russian bombs at a conference on global security. but the message was loud and clear, that russia is a military superpower and is determined to stand up to the west. when he took the stand, russia's foreign intelligence chief accused the british and american secret services of a grotesque provocation over the salisbury poisoning. the west, he said, was building a new iron curtain. translation: washington has become fixated with the fight against the nonexistent so—called russian threat. this has reached such an absurd level that it's possible to speak of a return to the dark days of the cold war. east west tension has been building for some time, but the diplomatic war over the nerve agent a

here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale.s just over four weeks since sergei and yulia skripal were found poisoned by a nerve agent on this bench in salisbury, four weeks during which the former russian intelligence officer and his 33—year—old daughter have lain critically ill, at times in a coma. but today, miss skripal revealed that she at least is on the mend. in a statement, issued on her behalf by the police, she said: today, russian television broadcast an unverified recording of an alleged phone call between yulia skripal and her cousin, victoria. she's hoping to come to britain to visit miss skripal with the help of russian diplomats if british officials are prepared to risk giving her a visa. in london, the russian ambassador welcomed the news that miss skripal is recovering. i'm really happy and i hope that sergei skripal will also recover, and i'm quite sure that one day yulia will come back to moscow. but he once again denied any russian involvement in the attack. so amid the claims and counterclaims, what's the u

our diplomatic correspondent james landale is at the foreign office tonight.ry of the skripals, that could be a vital break in the case for investigators. yeah, ithink break in the case for investigators. yeah, i think it could be very significant. the police now have two witnesses they might otherwise not have got. they might be able to provide information notjust about the events of the fateful day when the events of the fateful day when the attack took place, but also the broader context. were there any threats or things like that? i think the recovery of the skripals will also fuel speculation of what i will politely call alternative theories, challenging the idea russia is responsible or even at a nerve agent was used. remember that vladimir putin's first public reaction to the incident was to say, if this was proper military grade soviet era nerve agent, both skripals would be dead on the spot. one relative of the skripals was hoping to visit them in hospital, apparently? that's right, viktoria skripal applied for a visa to visit the uk but that has been

james landale, bbc news.cow today, the head of russia's foreign intelligence agency said the west was trying to build a new iron curtain, while president putin said he hoped common sense would prevail in the dispute over salisbury poisoning. from moscow our correspondent, steve rosenberg, reports. the matinee in moscow seemed an odd choice — russian bombs at a conference on global security. but the message was loud and clear, that russia is a military superpower and is determined to stand up to the west. when he took the stand, russia's foreign intelligence chief accused the british and american secret services of a grotesque provocation over the salisbury poisoning. the west, he said, was building a new iron curtain. translation: washington has become fixated with the fight against the nonexistent so—called "russian threat". this has reached such an absurd level that it's possible to speak of a return to the dark days of the cold war. east—west tension has been building for some time, but the diplomatic war

james landale, bbc news, at the commonwealth summit.announced that he's to leave arsenal at the end of the season after 22 years in the job. david ornstein has the details. he was the man who brought glory to the gunners. transformed arsenal, revolutionised english football, established himself among the greats of the game. without defeat, without equal, without doubt, the best team in the land is arsenal. but in more recent yea rs, in the land is arsenal. but in more recent years, arsene wenger has tasted a different side of the sport, intense criticism. three fa cups infour sport, intense criticism. three fa cups in four years have failed to satisfy many arsenal supporters of their team no longer keeping pace with their biggest rivals, more challenging to the biggest trophies. though even yesterday the frenchman was underlining his commitment to the team. my personal situation is not so much my worry at the moment. you have to give me some credit. if you look back at my career you would have to accept that my priority was a lwa ys hav

james landale, bbc news.more on today's developments, we will talk in a moment to steve rosenberg in moscow, and to leila nathoo in salisbury, but first to our north america editorjon sopel in washington. it was a stormy session at the un? yes, and the russians have ready straightforward agenda, broadly, weather was clean water, muddy yet, when i was clean air, blow as much quantity of industrial smokers you can. the russian ambassador a mixture of sarcasm to pick holes in the case. he said, where was the evidence. he betrayed russia as a victim in this, part of the conspiracy to discredit moscow, he said. on the british ambassador it was a much less theatrical performance, a recitation of the fa cts , performance, a recitation of the facts, if you like, and she said she was happy to leave it to the office for the prohibition of chemical weapons to do their investigation. russia has said it's not going to accept the conclusions because they are not part of the investigating team, what to which the british amb

james landale, at the commonwealth summit in london.orrespondent, jonny dymond, is in windsor. there are reports coming in that the prince of wales will succeed the queen, what can you tell us? yes, it appears now that diplomatic sources have told the bbc that the meeting which started this morning at windsor has now agreed that prince charles will succeed the queen. she said yesterday it was her sincere wish that, one day, her son prince charles should succeed her. the 53 leaders and senior politicians of the commonwealth are gathered here they've been talking for a while now and diplomatic sources have told the bbc they have agreed prince charles will succeed. i think we can probably expect a statement confirming that come the end of the day. that would be a source of great satisfaction to the queen. i suspect this was squared off with the countries that make up the commonwealth before the queen made her expression of desire yesterday. but this was still a decision for heads of government, not the decision for the queen. they've had t

james landale, bbc news.ing this morning about the recent series of knife crimes and killings in london. there were seven stabbings in the capital yesterday, with a number of teenagers wounded. john mcmanus is at scotland yard. what more are the police saying, john? the police help this meeting with community leaders to try to get a grip on the fatal knife attacks across the capital this year. we knew that there were 52 deaths from a combination of knife and gun attacks since the start of the year, attacks since the start of the year, a leading involving teenagers. four people have died this week, three of them teenagers, and this morning, them teenagers, and this morning, the metropolitan police confirmed that there have been seven stabbing attacks, luckily none of them fatal. compared to stabbing figures for the year ending march 2017, which were on average 12 a day, seven is much fewer about police are concerned about the fatality rate and what might happen during the rest of the year. they help this meeti

james landale, bbc news. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg joins me.ritish government has again pointed the finger at russia over this — what's been the reaction there? well, the russians have seized on those comments by porton down yesterday, that it was unable to verify the precise source of the novichok nerve agent. the kremlin spokesman was quick to say that theresa may and borisjohnson should apologise to moscow for their accusations. but what we have heard the russia today reminds me of the national symbol of this country. the double headed eagle. two heads looking in two different directions. one of those heads was vladimir putin's, sounding conservatory and talking about hoping that common sense prevails, not only in the case of skripal but internationally generally. the other had belonged to russia's top security chiefs. they launched a blistering attack on britain and the west today, we heard the head of russia's foreign intelligence service accusing the west are putting up a new iron curtain and starting a new cold war, and saying that the e

james landale, bbc news, at the commonwealth summit.l editor, john pienaar, is in downing street for us this evening. there are so many things the prime minister wanted to talk to commonwealth leaders about but it has been overshadowed by this row over windrush, it has not been a good week. no, to put it mildly. this was supposed to be the week the uk was walking tall, but instead, the country's reputation is seen as having been tarnished and theresa may is having to get out one way or another of the deep political hole. it was bad enough having to apologise to members of the windrush generation for their mistreatment, people who are absolutely within their rights to be in this country. it was worth it was done at the home office where theresa may was home secretary was six years, where a strict policy of a tough approach to immigration was followed by the successoi’s, immigration was followed by the successors, amber rudd, which was described as appalling. the spectacle this week of the prime minister saying sorry to caribbean leaders,

james landale, bbc news. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in the syrian capital,ny report that you can pick up about them making progress towards douma ? pick up about them making progress towards douma? i think that would ever the issue in the tangled conflict in syria, there are always these two competing narratives and in this case we have western diplomats accusing russia of blocking the work of the chemical inspectors and not allowing them to go to douma which isjust inspectors and not allowing them to go to douma which is just a short drive from where i am. here in damascus, syrian officials say that all that is happening is they need to prepare including security preparations. what did the inspectors say? nothing to the public. not a word. i was stuck in a lift with some of them and they were so lift with some of them and they were so terrified they would not even tell me their names. that is because they know how sensitive their mission is, how the world is waiting for their verdict. they will not tell us who carried out the attack, if indeed an attack too

james landale, bbc news.nt, we'll speak to our correspondent steve rosenberg in moscow, but first to leila nathoo in salisbury. leila, yulia skripal‘s first public statement — she's clearly making progress. yes, reeta, it's quite a turnaround for her. you'll remember that both yulia and a sergei skripal were described as being in a critical condition when they were exposed to that deadly nerve agent in salisbury just over a month ago. two weeks ago, wheeler and further details about their condition from a court protectionjudgment about their condition from a court protection judgment when a judge was giving permission to chemical weapons inspectors to take further blood samples from them. at that time they were described as being heavily sedated, with sergei skripal unable to communicate in any way, yulia unable to communicate in any meaningful way, and medical test showing there could be long—term implications for their mental capacity. just a week later, we reported that yulia had regained consciousness and

our diplomatic correspondent james landale is here. the foreign secretary there really on the attack againstjeremy corbyn, but the foreign office itself is facing some embarrassment having somewhat overstepped mart in some tweets it has been making. what's happened is the british government has gone into a muddle. the basis of its assessment that it was highly likely that russia was responsible for the nerve agent attack in salisbury was always based on a bit of science and a bit of intelligence. the science saying this stuff is not a jot, a nerve agent from russia, and the intelligent agent saying the russians have stockpiles and a programme, an overt state and an assassination scheme, and in all likelihood, russia was behind it. what has happened is the head of the military laboratory has said it is not theirjob to say to is the russians. the problem is that, even though what he said was technically correct, the foreign secretary in previous interviews has suggested that, perhaps porton down had pointed the finger at rochon when it h

james landale, bbc news. and our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, is here now.gei skripal is recovering. and on a personal level, that's great news. but there are lots of people who are going to want to talk to him. yes, they are, and i don't think they are going to be able to immediately dropped him. the note from the medical director at salisbury district hospital repeatedly says that she is going to insist on the privacy both of mr skripal and his daughter, yulia, throughout this. but she does say that he is responding well to treatment, that he is improving rapidly and is no longer in a critical condition. now, the significance of that means that the significance of that means that the two key individuals at the heart of this investigation we now know are getting better. at some point, they will be able to speak. that means that all of those people who wish to ask them questions will be able to us questions, both the british investigators, and also all of those russians, the investigators, the russian diplomats and others, saying they really, really wa nt an

james landale, bbc news. let's take a look at what is happening at the united nations as jamesjust mentioned happening at the united nations as james just mentioned the security council convening this evening. this was at moscow's request. they want to discuss the british accusations around the salisbury attack. russia continuing to deny it had any involvement in the use of a nerve agent on yulia skripal and her father. britain's envoy to the un saying london fears it will be another step in russia's pattern of obfuscation and contempt for international institutions. but the deputy un ambassador of russia said those who spread lies about alleged russian involvement in the poisoning must understand that such irresponsible behaviour has its price. we will wait and see how those proceedings turned out. he will keep an eye on the un security council in new york and go back and listen in when we can. two teenagers have been arrested after an 18 year—old man was stabbed to death in east london last night. a 53—year

our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. changing the guard at windsor castle.day, it wasn't just the soldiers. world leaders gathered beneath the battlements to decide who should replace their host as head of the commonwealth when her reign ends — a role that's never been hereditary. last night, the queen treated her guests and herself to a much—needed drink. and gently reminded them she had a son who could take on the job when the time came. but today she stepped back and gave them the run of her castle for their private deliberations. without advisers, or even a table. and they decided the prince of wales would, one day, be their next symbolic leader. a decision by consensus, according to one president, but by unanimity, according to the prime minister. his royal highness has been a proud supporter of the commonwealth for more than four decades and has spoken passionately about the organisation's unique diversity. and it is fitting that one day he will continue the work of his mother, her majesty the queen. and in a statement, prince charles said he was deepl

our correspondent, james landale, gave us more details.ternally at the home office over two years ago warned that theresa may's attempt as home secretary to create a hostile environment for illegal immigrants might well cause difficulties for british citizens born overseas. some people who've been unable to prove their migration status have been denied nhs treatment, lost theirjobs and even been threatened with deportation. our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell, is at the home office tonight. these were documents designed to make it more difficult for people living here in the uk without the right paperwork to access benefits, benefits such as property within the rental market and the first documents claiming in the 2014 immigration act and a second similar document came in a couple of years later in 2016. now, the home office has responded to this and it has said significant work was done to ensure there wasn't an adverse impact on this group of people stopping now, tonight, a big public meeting has been taking place, this w

james landale reporting there.istoric summit with north korea, encouraged by president moon and kim jong—un's express goal of com plete and kim jong—un's express goal of complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. i will be meeting with kim jong—un in the korean peninsula. i will be meeting with kimjong—un in the coming weeks, we look forward to that, and hopefully it will be productive. i wa nt to hopefully it will be productive. i want to thank chancellor merkel for her leadership in our campaign of maximum pressure on the north korean regime, which has helped us to reach this important step, this moment, where we are right now. it has taken a long time, many, many decades to get here. let's see what happens. we seek a future peace, prosperity and harmony for the whole korean peninsula, unlocking not only a brighter future peninsula, unlocking not only a brighterfuture for peninsula, unlocking not only a brighter future for the people of korea but for the people of the world. however, in pursuit of that go

james landale, bbc. of the international community when you say you will not accept the findings of this body unless russian investigators are involved? can i just clarify your answer to my colleague's question? when he asked, what is russia's current theory of who is behind the salisbury attack? we have heard many theories in russian voices as to who might be responsible. the british countries, which other countries, sweden... you said, "we are not blaming anyone." i just want to be absolutely clear, as of now, 20 past two, today, the official position of the russian state is that they are not blaming anybody? and we want to see the evidence. this is the conclusion, and answered your question. then, after the evidence, having evidence, we will make conclusions. as far as, and by the way it was also my statement, the russian involvement, it is not only the russian involvement, as i said before, but also the involvement of the other countries. so we need a transparent investigation and we don't want to se

our correspondent, james landale, is here. what do we know about the reasons for the resignation?ebruary there was a scandal involving inappropriate behaviour, sexual harassment, across the charitable sector and save the children was one of those organisations. two senior figures who had worked for the charity, justin forsyth and brendan cox, had been investigated following complaints about their behaviour. the bbc revealed there had been an internal report which had raised questions about the way those investigations had been handled, particularly there were suggestions that both men were very, very close to the international chairman, sir alan parker, and there was a suggestion this might have affected the way the investigation have been handled. there was a row. former and existing employees demanded sir alan went and tonight, he did go, eight months before his tenure was due to end. he said given the complex mix of challenges the organisation of the sector are facing, change is needed. this matters part because of who sir alan is. a big public relations man at the heart of the

james landale, bbc news.cow correspondent steve rosenberg has been explaining how the authorities there have reacted to the news that british scientists have not said that the nerve agent, used in the salisbury attack , came from russia. the russians have seized on those comments by porton yesterday that was it was unable to verify the isis source of the nerve agent. the kremlin spokesman was quick to say that theresa may and boris johnson should apologise to moscow. —— unable to verify the source of the nerve agent. what we heard from russia today reminds me of the national symbol of this country, the double headed eagle, two heads looking into different directions. one of those heads was vladimir putin. he sounded conciliatory, talking about opening that common sense would prevail, not only in this case but in international relations generally. the other had, that belonged collectively to russia's top security chiefs. they launched a blistering attack today on britain and on the west, so we heard the head o

james landale, bbc news.at russia's representative to the 0pcw had to say about what happened in salisbury. translation: there are all reasons to believe that the father and the daughter, the skripals, were victims of the actions which in their appearance resemble a terrorist attack. well boris johnson well borisjohnson has just responded to that thing that the 0pcw responded to that thing that the 0 pcw vote responded to that thing that the 0pcw vote which russia lost shows the international community has robustly defeated russian attempts to derail the proper international process. alastair hay is professor of environmental toxicology at the university of leeds — and has worked on chemical weapons issues for a0 years. he's with us now. just tell us a little bit with the novichok agent that the scientists in porton down and from the 0pcw are looking at, is there anything in terms of signpost that would specifically point them towards russia? quite a lot of intelligence information is not in the public domain

our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. historic scenes from the inter—korean summit, but is there actually a prospect for peace oi’ there actually a prospect for peace or is this a ploy by the north korean leader? let's not forget these divisions go back many years. the korean peninsula was carved and by the united states and the soviet union at the end of the second world war. in 1950 the communist north invaded the south with the help of its soviet allies and other forces fought back and the war lasted three yea rs fought back and the war lasted three years claiming more than 2 million lives, ending in armistice, but not peace. if these scenes look familiar, here is why. there was another historic summit in 2000 when the leaders of north and south met for the first time to try to normalise relations between both countries. seven years later there was another summit when the north agreed to freeze its nuclear programme for economic aid. but neither agreed peace, let alone disarmament. since taking power, kim jong—un has w

i've been getting the latest from our diplomatic correspondent james landale.ots of discussions before —— berwick have been. but i think the mood is slightly different now. there will clearly be some voices saying look, it is too late in this conflict for the west now to start retaliating against the use of chemical weapons. we are at the stage where the conflict is coming to an end, people are saying we need to an end, people are saying we need to let it and so can think about reconstruction. there are two arguments why i think, serious thinking is now going on about absolute response to this, but talk is coming from the us, the french and the uk. after salisbury, we have seen more than 20 countries take diplomatic action against russia, against the use of chemical weapons within this country. so the mood is out of there. secondly, as well as theissue out of there. secondly, as well as the issue itself in what is going on in douma, there is a broader view which says is now the moment to draw a line in the sand and say we can no longer tolerate the normalisatio