where three live now to our guest peter kirk and former u.k. police officer mr kirk and thank you for joining us in r.t. international inevitably whenever an attack like this happens the spotlight falls upon security how tight how security been in france recently do you think enough is being done to prevent terror attacks like this from happening. i know the french and various other countries of the. security services and their intelligence gathering. oh over recent years particularly after the spate of very serious incidents that happened in two thousand and fifteen and two thousand and sixteen and i think they learnt a lot from that where there were gaps in their systems so it has improved. this sort of attack though it's the sort of thing that will get through the very best of intelligence gathering. functions it's a small town in the middle of nowhere it's not in a big city it's not predictable target it's relatively low tech yes there's a firearm involved but they're not that difficult to obtain if you put them on to the criminal connectio

police officer peter kirk i'm says even potential attackers under surveillance can still slip through the net. well i know the french and various other countries of. security services and their intelligence gathering. over recent years particularly after the spate of really serious incidents that happened in two thousand and fifteen and two thousand and sixteen this sort of attack though it's the sort of thing that will get through the very best of intelligence gathering. functions it's a small town in the middle of nowhere it's not in a big city it's not a predictable target it's relatively low tech yes there's a firearm involved but they're not that difficult to obtain if you put your mind to and got criminal connections we have got thousands tens of thousands hundreds of thousands more people with some question mark against them and we've got resources to look at them and some fortunately will get through it's as simple as that. but just investigators have raided the offices of the scandal hit political consulting firm cambridge analytic or the company is known for having worked wi

young women were stabbed to death the to railway station in must say former british police officer peter kirk i'm told us even potential attackers under surveillance can still slip through the net i know the french and various other countries of the . security services and their intelligence gathering. over recent years particularly after the spate of really serious incidents that happened in two thousand and fifteen and so thousand and sixteen this sort of attack though it's the sort of thing that will get through the very best of intelligence gathering. functions it's a small town in the middle of nowhere it's not in a big city it's not predictable target it's relatively low tech yes there's a firearm involved but they're not that difficult to obtain if you put your mind to it of got criminal connections we have got thousands tens of thousands hundreds of thousands more people with some question mark against them then we've got resources to look at them and some on fortunately will get through it's as simple as that unfortunately right now american youngsters are rallying the world to get g

made them take an oath of silence to crucially regarding the classes london police officer for peter kirk i'm told is that the case costs a serious shadow over the school's management they're for. it would appear from the small amount of detailed information that's in the public demand that he was doing this sold within the class behind closed doors and. in after school activities as well and he was quite careful to make sure no one else was around told the children not to tell anybody and make sure it was done behind closed doors it does sort of belief that a properly organized to manage school is able to allow something like this to go on without noticing it and without knowing what goes on behind closed doors. indoctrination classes took place at a small private islamic school in london called the lantern of knowledge yet back in november twenty fifth in the u.k. did you cation watch dog rated it is outstanding ofsted inspection took place while there was actually a teacher this still and no concerns at the time apparently were raised by the authorities the school went on to stress tha

police officer peter kirk and believes the media hype does not help the investigation speculation in the media speculation by politicians is never helpful to an investigator when you get any sort of hard profile case you'll find that the media ago isn't going quite so quite loudly about what their theories are and all the rest of it we've had it with hate crimes and right side crimes and various other things terrorism sort of the big thing that excites of the barrel it's not helpful to us to go to officers investigating officers know that they shouldn't be themselves be swayed by that they follow the evidence it's obviously not helpful. now the u.s. secretary of state is on an official tour of africa at the moment with his first stop ahead of the trip though rex tillerson here claim the continent's being exploited by china an issue that is expected to dominate the upcoming talks russia's foreign minister who's also on a tour of africa had this to say about to listen from up. here in his middle school i didn't know that rex tillerson is an expert in africa china relations i think it's

well he also made them take an oath of silence regarding classes now former london police officer peter kirk i'm told us the case casts a serious shadow over the school's management. it would appear from the small amount of detailed information that's in the public to mind that he was doing this so when the class behind closed doors. in after school activities as well and he was quite careful to make sure no one else was around told the children not to tell anybody and make sure it was done behind closed doors it does so. properly organized to manage school people allow something like this to go on without noticing it and without knowing what goes on behind closed doors. well how his indoctrination classes took place at a small private islamic school in london called the lantern of knowledge yet back in november two thousand and fifteen the u.k.'s education watchdog rated it as outstanding our stead's inspection took place while i was still a teacher there and no concerns were raised by the authorities at the time now the school has also stressed that no one expressed concerns about his beha

profile spy swap with the us and then flown to britain and to britain former london police officer peter kirk was on the line paid to take this news over the last hour or so there's so little nerve agent was used to. store the news beyond the counterterrorism units in charge where might this now lead the investigation. i think the first thing they'll be very desperately trying to understand is exactly what their nerve agent is a suspect from the press release they probably know that now. that will enable them to work out how it might have been administered and how dangerous it is and how much of it might be knocking around that might cause harm to others we've had the news that one of the police officers involved is now in a serious condition in hospital. it's not unusual for these sorts of things to contaminate other people we've also seen today that the they've been decontaminated in the ambulance that it's they were taken to hospital when. there was also some activity at the building next door which perhaps could relate to somebody else that's been exposed or potentially been exposed to it

young women were stabbed to death at a railway station in must say former british police officer peter kirk and says even potential attackers under surveillance can apparently slip through the net i know the french and various other countries of. the security services and their intelligence gathering. oh over recent years particularly after the spate of really serious incidents that happened in two thousand and fifteen and so thousand and sixteen this sort of attack though it's the sort of thing that will get through the very best of intelligence gathering. functions it's a small town in the middle of nowhere it's not in a big city it's not predictable target it's relatively low tech yes there's a firearm involved but they're not that difficult to obtain if you put your mind to and got criminal connections we have got thousands tens of thousands hundreds of thousands more people with some question mark against them then we've got resources to look at them and some on fortunately will get through it's as simple as that unfortunately coming up a story happening right now american youngsters r

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police officer peter kirk and believes such rhetoric creates an unhealthy environment for the investigation. speculation in the media speculation by politicians is never helpful to an investigator when you get any sort of hard profile case you'll find that the media are going. going quite quite loudly about what their theories are and all the rest of it we've had it we've had prawns and rice problems and various other things terrorism sort of the big thing that they get excited about it's not helpful to say the investigating officers investigating officers know they shouldn't be and don't let themselves be swayed by that they follow the evidence it's obviously not helpful. to. the u.s. secretary of state is on an official tour of african nations first stop ethiopia and head of the trip rex tillerson claim that the continent is being exploited by china an issue that's expected to dominate the upcoming. artie's even down off takes a look at whether africa is a new theatre for us china rivalry. the united states wants africa back in its pocket which is all things considered a bit of a tall ord