sick and lying on his deathbed this is how the world got to know alexander litvinenko a former f.s.b. officer who fled russia and made london his new home it was his accusations against the russian government which propelled his not serai stories of senior officials in moscow supposedly ordering assassinations and carrying out terrorist attacks and the world ate it up because because under litvinenko was presented as a famous this of and of somebody who was upsetting the kremlin who was revealing some sort of secrets that were upsetting president putin himself this was not the case at all it's been nearly eight years since alexander litvinenko death yet his family are nowhere near the truth and very pleased to receive this decision in the public inquiry and i know it's in there as a long time to wait and it's not as it munce is in many nic here but finally if it were to see if this but why has it been such a long road to this truth let's take a look at what's been achieved so far british prosecutors accuse litvinenko was former colleagues of murder and him durance he both deny and inv

officer alexander litvinenko eight years after he was poisoned in london. and the reports suggest edward snowden's revelations have led to dollars in lost revenue for tech giants it was says there's nothing it. other than an unfair trial government persecution. good morning from moscow it's now eight am here in the russian capital for me and the whole news team welcome to the program. at least fifteen palestinians including a journalist and two paramedics were killed when israeli airstrikes hit a busy marketplace in gaza the shopping area was busy because israel's four hour humanitarian cease fire was supposed to have been in effect. i'm going to give you a little bit. five it. was. was was was when this was was you want you to. thank god thank god was. israel's full week bombardment has claimed more than thirteen hundred palestinian lives and israel itself has lost fifty eight fifty eight i.d.f. soldiers with hamas violating ceasefires by firing rockets and using tunnels to infiltrate israel and one time national also lost their life. in the meantime the u

office alexander litvinenko with russia its probably. also reporting to the number of palestinians killed in israel's offensive passes six hundred is the un secretary general pushes for a cease fire just a couple of stories we're covering a few minutes hence. the interview. we speak your language. news programs and documentaries in spanish what matters to you. is a little tentative angles to the stories. you hear. the spanish find out more visit. the u.k. will hold a public inquiry into the death of former russian f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko poisoned in london many a decade ago now the investigation could shed light then on who was behind the assassination. reports. alexander litvinenko as many of you will remember was a former f.s.b. officer who died in london in two thousand and six now some of his family say that they believe that he was working for six at the time of his death but he was allegedly poisoned with radioactive polonium after drinking tea with two russian men in a london hotel now the new investigation is set to e

officer alexander litvinenko eight years after he was poisoned in london. welcome thanks for joining us once again my name's neil harvey and you're watching international. former n.s.a. worker turned whistleblower edward snowden is asking for his asylum in russia to be extended to. give us more details and joins is live marina what exactly is happening there and we've snowden's legal status has been slightly confusing the because we're temporary asylum some very political asylum but in fact edward snowden is trying to get an extension of the asylum which would allow him to stay here longer than the year that he's already here been here. originally applied for temporary asylum in august two thousand and thirteen and that actually expires today july the thirty first and of course needless to say it's hardly surprising that he's trying to extend his stay here considering the fact that he is a wanted man in the united states he's of course been accused of revealing secrets surveillance programs by america's and the media and in fact in his home country he's acc

officer alexander litvinenko poisoned in london decade ago investigation could shed light on who was behind the assassination reports alexander litvinenko as many of you will remember was a former f.s.b. officer who died in london in two thousand and six now some of his family say that they believe that he was working for six at the time of his death but he was allegedly poisoned with radioactive polonium after drinking tea with two russian men in a london hotel now a new investigation is set to examine whether or not russia was behind his death and the home secretary theresa may said that she was hoping that the inquiry would be of some comfort to alexander litvinenko is a widow last year a judge ruled that indeed a public inquiry with its wider powers is exactly what is needed to try and get to the bottom of how alexander litvinenko died now the timing of this is very significant it comes at such a. point in relations between the u.s. the u.k. and russia in the wake of the crash of flight m.h. seventeen over eastern ukraine now ministers in westminster have reportedly said that the

officer alexander litvinenko eight years after he was poisoned in london. welcome my name is bill harvey and you're watching r.t. international. we start with our breaking news former n.s.a. worker turned whistleblower edward snowden has asked for his asylum in russia to be extended let's get more now and we're joined live by our ts marina. a marina thanks for joining me what exactly is happening there with snowden's legal status. well up until now of course as we know he had some asylum which he got in august two thousand and thirteen he got the one year and he could actually bring new that it expires today july the thirty first and up until now we heard from his lawyer not only to confirm that he would be extending that temporary asylum but today we heard something completely different from his lawyer and that was that his client would now be sick seeking political asylum which of course changes everything because this would make edward snowden stay here permanent and it would also get him rise than sperm and of course this doesn't happen very often in ru

alexander litvinenko was poisoned with thallium. less than a gram is fatal. >> a highly skilled specialist in toxicology who could produce this poison then train the person to use it. that would point to the security services. >> like russia's president, vladimir putin, litvinenko was a colonel in the kbg, then he defected, and worse, he talked. he wrote a book linking russia's spy agency to domestic terror operations. november 1st at this sushi restaurant, litvinenko met a contact who gave him documents related to the case. shortly afterward, he felt ill. a russian government spokesperson tells the allegations that it carried out the poisoning nonsense, suggesting the former spy may have poisoned himself. scotland yard tonight launched an investigation that could take it all the way to the kremlin. >> many of his former colleagues probably have their personal scores against him. or may just hate him as somebody who betrayed the agency and country. >> reporter: tonight litvinenko clings to life. his doctors give him a 50/50 chance o

the brother of alexander litvinenko who previously blamed putin for ordering the former russian intelligence officers murder has now made a u. turn in an interview with the mail on sunday this week he claimed for and. secret services were involved seeking to turn public opinion against the russian president alexander litvinenko died a seven and a half years ago after drinking tea poisoned with radioactive polonium in a london hotel this week the u.k. announced it would hold public inquiry into the case saying there's evidence indicating russian involvement the assassination but journalist neil clark believes the timing of the decision suggests that it's politically motivated. this comes on the very day that britain is trying to push other members of the to impose tougher sanctions on russia so this is just one more stick that the u.k. government think they can beat russia with and so i think it's no coincidence that told it comes out just five days after this terrible plane disaster in ukraine it's all part of this russia phobic campaign and the u.k. government will be hoping that bringing t

most mysterious deaths of the decade the murder of the former russian security officer alexander litvinenko he was poisoned by radioactive polonium eight years ago in london i think pretty boy who was at the first court session. but it's got all the hallmarks of a political spine of all radioactive murder on the streets of london alleged. i'm into involvement and now a new public inquiry that's just opened in london to look into the death of alexander litvinenko now the judge has said that the previous inquest into the death of the former f.s.b. officer basically collapsed after the british government blocked some secret documents from being revealed saying it was a risk to national security now the home secretary theresa may has finally given the go ahead for this inquiry to go forward and the sole purpose of this inquiry is to look into whether the russian state is responsible for mr litvinenko his two thousand and six murder and i walked into the court room today and managed to speak to his widow marina eleven anchor who told me that she's extremely pleased that this inquiry is going ahe

poisoned by radioactive polonium eight years ago in london his family believes that at the time litvinenko was working for and my six as well as the spanish security services the investigation will focus on only one aspect of the case whether the russian government had a hand in the former agent death we've spoken to live in and has a brother and he has his own theory about what happened. when the reading on the wall so far we haven't seen one official piece of evidence that will prove the cause of alexander's death it's been eight years and all we've had at interviews and newspaper articles as far as i know alexander was trainee agents for amite six in that time he found out a lot about the life of russia dissidents in the u.k. he didn't know any english and after he lost his job he wanted to start a business in russia of course his previous employers didn't like the idea of him going back so i suppose the western security service. meanwhile russian expert at the university of london martin mccauley believes that the timing of the inquiry is far from co-incidence. it's another spoke in th

of the case whether the russian government other hand in the former agent death we've spoken to litvinenko his brother after years of mulling over what happened he now has his own theory. so far we haven't seen one official piece of evidence that would prove the cause of alexander's death it's been eight years and all we've had our interviews and newspaper articles as far as i know alexander was training agents for amite six in that time he found out a lot about the life of russian dissidents in the u.k. he didn't know any english and after he lost his job he wanted to start a business in russia of course his previous employers didn't like the idea of him going back so i suppose the western security services decided to get rid of him. meanwhile of russia expert at the university of london martin mccauley believes the timing of the inquiry is far from coincidence it's another spoke in the wheel of bad russian relations so the government is putting pressure now i don't know moscow they're attacking from two sides one side is through eastern ukraine and the other through the literally in cold

agent alexander litvinenko he died in london in two thousand and six after being poisoned by polonium you accused russia of being involved in an assassination but while the journalist neil clark believes the inquiry is actually serving a political purpose this comes on the very day that britain is trying to push other members of the e.u. to impose tougher sanctions on russia so this is just one more stick that the u.k. government think they can beat russia and so i think it's no coincidence that all the comes out just five days after this terrible plane disaster in ukraine it's all part of this russia campaign and the u.k. government will be hoping that bringing this back into the limelight trying to even more people against russia and so it's a political decision lightly. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international today a very short break they were back on reporting on the brief respite for the war stricken people of gaza back in. what i think is happening in the west is sad people essentially believing in this world when they believe that you know that me to comprehend fair an

government announced a public inquiry into the death of former russian security agent alexander litvinenko he died in london in two thousand and six after being poisoned by polonium u.k.'s accuse rusher of being involved in an assassination but while the first journalist neil clark he believes the inquiry serves only a political ploy. this comes on the very day that britain is trying to push other members of the to impose tougher sanctions on russia so this is just one more stick that the u.k. government think they can be russia and so i think it's no coincidence that all the comes out just five days after this terrible plane disaster crane it's all part of this rushed. campaign and the u.k. government will be hoping that bringing this back into the limelight talk trying to evoke people against russia i'm so excited it's a good decision not to leave. we're back in just a moment here at all to international a very short break and we were talking with the very latest of the breaking down of the truce in gaza and the rest of your top world headlines for this. choose your language. killing the

officer alexander litvinenko eight years after he was poisoned in london.

officer alexander litvinenko eight years after he was poisoned in london.

government announced an inquiry into the death of alexander litvinenko that he was poisoned in two thousand and six in london whether or not that case will ever be close to russia will be the headlines for weeks to come related to a murder case then in the netherlands the international arbitration court has ruled in favor of the shareholders of the defunct oil company and ordered russia to pay about fifty billion dollars in damages that lawsuit was ten years old now officials in all these countries say that decisions had nothing to do with the current tense political environment but the events did raise a lot of questions about timing let's have a look at the companies hit by the latest round of the u.s. sanctions v.t. b. is russia's financial behemoth it's the country's second largest bank also operating in the e.u. africa and asia its subsidiary that bank of moscow also included in washington's penalty is another target russia's agricultural bank which is completely government owned and these financial institutions won't be able to bank with americans at all also affected as the united. m

government announced an inquiry into the death of alexander litvinenko that he was poisoned in two thousand and six in london whether or not that case will ever be close to russia will be the headlines for weeks related to a murder case then in the netherlands the international arbitration court has ruled in favor of the shareholders of the defunct oil company and ordered to pay about fifty billion dollars in damages that lawsuit was ten years old now officials in all these countries say that this had nothing to do with the current tense political environment but the events did a lot of questions about timing. believes the u.s. is using the sanctions are as an excuse to crack down on russia for its independent point a few which is aligned with washington's the other reason according to the foreign ministry is designed to help the u.s. with its own trade economy. the economist believes u.s. firms will be trying to slip past the new restrictions little bit hard exactly but there will be serious potential public relations as well as regulatory fallout so i do think you're going to see folks ma

agent alexander litvinenko in two thousand and six. it's all part of this russian phobic campaign and the u.k. government will be hoping that bringing this back into the limelight will try to turn people against russia and so it's a political decision lightly. whitehall ministers reportedly said the timing of the probe was a coincidence but one that's likely to add to the already high tensions boyko r.t. while an abandoned ski from the brussels based e.u. reporter magazines this is a human tragedy is being exploited by diplomats for political gain. whatever the official let's say mainstream press says the reason and to standing in clarity that is a geopolitical game and america the united states are back to the great classics retaining of russia of course they're also the allies of the united states in europe who are following closely the point of view or the politics of the united states this our catastrophe is used to such extent for political means that we we can truly establish the truth because already now the acts first have to f

agent alexander litvinenko in two thousand and six. it's all part of this russian phobic campaign and the u.k. government will be hoping that bringing this back into the limelight will try to turn people against russia and so it's a political decision lightly why all ministers reportedly said the timing of the post was a coincidence but one that's likely to add to the already high tensions between the west and russia an accord. coming up palestinian medics crews are caught in the fire. ripped apart in an offensive that's left hundreds of palestinian civilians dead and many thousands seeking shelter. badgley and playing the blame game the u.s. state department claims it has all the evidence it needs to lay blame on russia for the downing of the malaysian airliner but it won't disclose at what is washington leading. speak the language. programs or documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the p.r.p. interviews intriguing story for you. to. visit. join me. in that impartial and financial reporti

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they think it is nothing to do with the death of litvinenko. >> she is delighted and relieved there willa public inquiry. she sends a message to killers. >> the same time for her, if that hasn't happened she would have to pay huge fees, legal fees surrounding. she was insisting on continuing the case. she was refused. that now what's going to happen now she will not have to pay legal fees. we're talking 40,000 pounds. the case will continue. i don't know, i mean she hope this is will come to end and justice be served. we'll have to see. >> we'll see what information is possible on this. we'll talk about this again. thank you. >>> now israel has continued its bombardment of the gaza strip hitting more than 70 targets overnight including mosque and a sports stadium. palestinian rocket fire continued overnight. israeli media reports a soldier is missing and probably dead in gaza. he was part of a team in an armored vehicle hit sunday where six soldiers died. chris is following the story from jerusalem. >> it's probably best to say israelis regard him as missing presumed dead. they have not