moscow orders 20 czech diplomats to leave in response to prague's accusations that russian spies were involved in a 24 team explosion at an arms devil. i'm convinced this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. warns moscow of consequences if kremlin critic alexina valmy dies in prison he's on his 3rd week of a hunger strike. another day of record covered cases in india as the world's offers yet its worst week. votes are being counted in cape verde parliamentary election will be live from the capital pry out with the latest. tensions between russia and the west are continuing to escalate following a week of sanctions and diplomatic expulsions moscow has ordered 20 diplomats from the czech republic to leave the day after prague told 18 russian diplomats to get out it if it out move was sparked after prague accused russian spies of being involved in a 2014 explosion at an arms depot the kremlin has denied any involvement separately the u.s. is warning russia that there will be consequences if kremlin critic alexina valmy dies in prison his health is deteriorating after bein

and passenger for talks and in a diplomatic standoff between the 2 countries it is in response to prague expelling 18 russian diplomats while accusing law school of being behind a huge explosion and an i'm going to go back in 2014 russia firmly rejects the allegations the accusations are absurd especially as earlier the czech government laid the blame for the explosions at the door of the companies that. this hostile step is a continuation of a series of anti russian actions conducted over the last several years by the czech republic one cannot also fail to notice the american influence by trying to win washington's favor as the u.s. imposes sanctions against russia the czech authorities have even outdone their american musters. joins me now in the studio to talk more in this furley recta words there really aren't there from from tickets through this new diplomatic crisis if you will while you know and so many diplomats were forced to pack their suitcases and their lot in the last few days because of these expulsions one after the other america ordered 10 russian diplomats to head back t

moscow orders 20 czech diplomats to leave response to prague's accusations of russian spies were involved in the 2040 explosion at an arms decker. hi there i'm convinced this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. warned small scale of consequences if kremlin critic alexina valmy dies in prison he's on his 3rd week of a hunger strike. another day of record covered cases in india as the world suffers its worst week in years. and concerns the upcoming monsoon season in bangladesh could leave thousands of working because off on an isolated island the. tensions between russia and the west are continuing to escalate following a week of sanctions and diplomatic expulsions moscow's ordered 20 diplomats from the czech republic to leave a day off of prague told 18 russian diplomats to get out the tit for tat move or sparked up the praga cues to russian spies of being involved in a 2014 explosion at an arms depo the kremlin has denied any involvement well separately the u.s. is warning russia there will be consequences if kremlin critic alexina valmy dies in prison his health is deter

from arctic expulsions off to prague moscow. an explosion several years ago. make sure you never miss a story this is r.t. international whole team here in moscow. jumping right in more than a year into the pandemic trainee doctors and nurses in france are feeling the toll of an intense work load on the front line according to the national union of medical in tons that is now an average of one suicide every 18 days among youngsters in hospitals reporting from paris. well we know the in the medical profession it's one of the toughest jobs in the world and we know how much tougher that has go over the last year with the pandemic time and time again we've told you stories about how medical staff are suffering under the pressure now we've been hearing about the situation from medical interns who normally work brutal hours as they try and finish their training to become doctors to be the people that save lives in the future and one union has told r.t. that the situation is so bad that these essentially frontline soldiers in the war against 19 and now a breaking poi

we've seen diplomatic spouse and some mixed messages so let's just go through what's been said by prague what's been response well so still like you already said expelling moscow's diplomats accusing russia of blowing up a munitions factory 6 years ago by the way over 6 years ago by the way with the same 2 people that they accused russia of something to poison the script balls back in 2018 these are some really bold moves and all of a sudden prague is backtracking on what it was saying so let's take a listen to what the pm said after he was done pointing the finger of russia. i'd like to read to read that it was not an act of state terrorism it was in the goods belonging to. the agents of the bulgarian businessman that is his ammunition he apparently sold the contras to russia so russia apparently blew up a warehouse in the czech republic and then that's not an act of state terror this just doesn't seem like prague really has its story straight especially when there was no evidence given to back up its claims still prague wasn't wasn't hesitant to risk a tit for tat response over it whic

is his ammunition he apparently sold to the contras the blues to russia it just doesn't seem like prague really has its story straight especially when there was no evidence given to back up its claims still prague wasn't wasn't hesitant to risk a tit for tat response over it which we saw when moscow had called these claims absurd and expelled in response 20 czech diplomats and we also heard from the czech embassy and russia which said that as a result of these expulsions their operations here were completely paralyzed so we did also hear though from the european union chief diplomat that prague did not ask any other countries to follow suit in expelling russian diplomats in their own countries but these expulsions were by no means an isolated incident we also saw poland and the united states having tit for tat expulsions with russia as well while progs beef with russia goes even further it now wants russia to give up some of its embassies land in the czech republic that was given to it back in the soviet union during the 1970 s. and russia immediately shot back saying that the czech emba

. —— slavia prague player. -- slavia prague player. robust sanctions- _ -- slavia prague player.e player. robust sanctions. i remember a player| -- slavia prague player. robust- sanctions. i remember a player who was out for months. it should not be ten games. teams are docked points. it should really hurt so that they change the culture. it is a culture and environment that someone feels safe enough to be able to use that language. the slavia prague player, i hazard a guess it is not the first time that language has been used. if these safe enough to use that language, something —— if he feels safe enough to use that language, something is up with the environment. we have to look at the environment. we have to look at the environment these players come from that allows the safety to be able to use this language which is abhorrent, so what should be happening is, any sanctions should form a deterrent so that if it happens clubs know they are going to get suspended, get points docked, get suspended, get points docked, get fined millions, not thousands, amounts that hurt, so that i

russia excels 20 czech diplomats off to prague kicks out 18 russian representatives claiming moscow was behind on these issues last more than 6 years ago. bringing you the stories others might not this is all too international 247 live from the russian capital as always good to have you with us when our 1st story for you this hour is how that more than a year into the pandemic trainee doctors and nurses in france are feeling the toll of an intense walk load on the front line according to the national union of medical and tons there's now an average of one suicide every 18 days among youngsters walking in hospitals sort of devinsky reports from paris. well we know the in the medical profession it's one of the toughest jobs in the world and we know how much tougher that has go over the last year with the pandemic time and time again we've told you stories about how medical staff are suffering under the pressure now we've been hearing about the situation for medical interns who normally work brutal hours as they try and finish their training to become doctors to be the people that save liv

of sending to poison the script back in 2018 these are some really bold moves and all of a sudden prague is backtracking on what it was saying so let's take a listen to what the pm said after he was done pointing the finger of russia i'd like to read to read that it was not an act of state terrorism it was an attack on goods belonging to. the agents of the bulgarian businessman that is his and munition he apparently sold to the contras the blues to russia it just doesn't seem like prague really has its story straight especially when there was no evidence given to back up its claims still prague wasn't wasn't hesitant to risk a tit for tat response over it which we saw when moscow had called these claims absurd and expelled in response 20 czech diplomats and we also heard from the czech embassy and russia which said that as a result of these expulsions their operations here were completely paralyzed so we did also hear though from the european union chief diplomat that prague did not ask any other countries to follow suit in expelling russian diplomats in their own countries but these exp

also russia 20 czech diplomats in a tit for tat move after prague expels 18 russian representatives claiming that moscow was behind an army initial blast 7 years ago. while it is fast turning into a busy monday for your worldwide headlines welcome to the program here on the international. world deaths past 3000000 at the weekend with a particularly disturbing 20 fold increase in new infections in india this month meanwhile in europe new delhi cases. stabilized after a 3rd wave with a sluggish vaccine campaign has been dealt a foe of a setback us pharmaceutical giant pfizer has hiked prices on future all those of us job for europe potentially raising the cost more than 60 percent it also happens to come at a time conveniently the brussels is seeking a brand new contract with out for next year is our correspondent. you wouldn't think that big pharma and ethics go hand in hand but you clearly haven't and that pfizer if we would implement a free open market principles in pricing the products we could go to huge prices and so everything we can manufacture but it would be unethical i think we will

diplomats in a retaliatory move that is after prague accuse moscow of being behind a huge explosion at an ammunition depot 7 years ago through 18 russian diplomats out of the country. meanwhile in a week of strange international diplomacy moscow slaps the u.s. with sanctions in retaliation for washington imposing restrictions on russia earlier in the week which came at the same time as calls from president biden for deescalation to the mixed messages coming from america also ahead. a week of unrest in the u.s. state of minnesota where anger over the fatal police shooting of dante wright continues to rage. and a c.n.n. director is secretly filmed. somewhat odds with the network's slogan the most trusted name in news. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is archie international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us as we recap the week's top stories. right now russia has declared 20 czech diplomats persona non-grata amid an escalating diplomatic spat between the 2 countries it's in response to prague expelling 18 russian diplomats while accusing moscow of being

russia expels 20 czech diplomats in a retaliatory moves after prague blamed moscow for huge ammunition ammunition blast 7 years ago and threw out 18 russian representatives. and raul castro announces he's stepping down as cuban leader the same day as a cia a cia assassination attempt is revealed. a very warm welcome to you from our team here in moscow you're watching r.t. international with me. now was kind of a desk pasta 3000000 at the weekend with a particularly disturbing 20 fold surge in new infections since last month in india meanwhile in europe a daily new cases have stabilized after a 3rd wave of inspections and u.s. pharmaceuticals giant pfizer has hike to e.u. prices on future orders of its vaccine potentially sending the cost more than 60 percent higher to some $23.00 a dose it comes as brussels seeks a new short supply contract with the from next year r.t. saskia taylor has the details. you wouldn't think that big pharma and ethics go hand in hand but you clearly haven't and that pfizer if we were to implement a free open market principles in pricing the products we could

told 18 russian diplomats to get out the tit for tat moves began after prague accused russian spies involvement in the 2014 explosion at an arms depo but in swiss reports from moscow. a series of explosions hit this ammunition depot 330 kilometers southeast of prague in october and december 24th seen 2 men were killed almost 7 years later the czech government says it now knows who is responsible and i quote you know that based on clear evidence obtained during the investigation conducted by our security services i can say there is a well grounded suspicion about the involvement of officers of the russian intelligence service in the explosions at them when you know 2014 these are the 2 men the czech government wants to question they traveled to prague in 2014 on the russian passports under the names of alexander petro of and. they are the same men wanted in britain for the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter surrogate and u.s. cripple were poisoned with a nerve agent smeared on the front door handle of their home and solve spree in 2018 there is no. me of the 3r

russia expels 20 czech diplomat said they were tally atory movies off the prague blamed moscow for a huge ammunition blast 7 years ago and strew aus 18 russian representatives. khans raul castro announces his step down as a kid with a leader the same day a cia assassination attempt is revealed. as a very warm welcome to you from our team here in moscow you're watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron. now world covert deaths past 3000000 at the weekend with a particularly just disturbing 20 fold new infections since last month in india meanwhile in europe daily new cases have stabilized after 3rd wave of infections u.s. pharmaceutical giant pfizer has hiked prices on future alders obvious facts potentially sending the cost more than 60 percent higher to some $23.00 a dose it turns as brussels seeks a new short supply contract with the firm from next year r.t. saskia taylor has the details. you wouldn't think that big pharma and ethics go hand in hand but you clearly haven't met by is that if we were to implement free open market principles in pricing the products we could go to

tensions between moscow and prague have escalated. russia has expelled 20 diplomats, a day after the czech republic announced they were expelling 18 russian diplomats identified as secret agents. this includes two men suspected of involvement in a deadly explosion at a czech arms depot seven years ago. britain claims they're the same two men who tried to kill a former spy with a nerve agent three years ago. our security correspondent gordon corera has the story. the aftermath of a deadly explosion. in october 2014, this arms depot in the czech countryside blew up. it took a month to find the remains of two men who worked there. it was widely assumed to have been an accident, until now. a key piece of evidence came when investigators found an e—mail requesting permission for two men to inspect the site. attached were scans of the men's passports, a copy of which the bbc has obtained. if you recognise them, this is why. they're the same two men wanted in connection with the salisbury poisoning in the uk. in 2018, they were spotted on cc

officials lodged a protest with him at prague's decision

has declared 20 czech diplomats persona non-grata and their rising diplomatic spat as a response to prague expelling 18 russian representatives while accusing mosco of being behind a huge explosion as an ammunition death back in 2014 the russian foreign ministry says it's a knesset to distract attention from an alleged coup attempt to bellow loose. the accusations are absurd especially as earlier the czech government laid the blame for the explosions at the door of the company's that. this hostile step is a continuation of a series of russian actions conducted over the last several years by the czech republic one cannot also fail to notice the american influence by trying to win washington's favor as the us imposes sanctions against russia the czech authorities have even outdone their american masters so many diplomats were forced to start packing their suitcases in recent days because of expulsions and counter expulsions 1st of all america ordered 10 russian diplomats to head back to russia moscow's response was then almost identical then poland announced a similar move but there are sanc

in a rising diplomatic spot it's in response to prague expelling 18 russian representatives while accusing moscow of being behind an explosion at an ammunition depot that occurred in 2014 the russian foreign ministry said it's an effort to a destructive tension from other developments in the region the show show you some of the latest footage from the czech embassy right here in moscow embassy staffa collecting their personal belongings and basically leaving and recall that the russian authorities gave the check to put about 24 hours to leave the country now a check for minutes to check said that now the work of the czech embassy. he is virtually paralyzed. accusations herb's surge especially as earlier the czech government laid the blame for the explosions at the door of the companies that post this hostile step is a continuation of a series of russian actions conducted over the last several years by the czech republic one cannot also fail to notice the american influence by trying to win washington's favor is the us imposes sanctions against russia the czech authorities have even outdone

russia has expelled 20 czech diplomats in a growing feud with prague the czech government kicked out 18 russian representatives accusing moscow of being behind a deadly explosion at an ammunition de. back in 2014 now the russian foreign ministry has dismissed progs claims as an attempt to divert attention from the developments in the region now early on monday staff was seen packing their belongings and leaving the czech embassy with their families here in moscow they were given 24 hours to leave the country the czech foreign minister has condemned the expulsion saying russia has gone too far so now prague will retaliate. moscow though says the czech leadership appears to be deliberately ratcheting up tensions under the influence of washington. the accusations herb's surge especially as earlier the czech government laid the blame for the explosions at the door of the companies that. this hostile step is a continuation of a series of russian actions conducted over the last several years by the czech republic one can also fail to notice the american influence by trying to win washingto

to diplomats in a retaliatory move after prague accused of being behind a huge explosion at an ammunition depot 7 years ago and threw russian diplomats out of the country. while in a week of strained international diplomacy. the u.s. with sanctions. for washington imposing restrictions on russia. which came at the same time as calls from president biden for. mixed messages coming from america also ahead. state of minnesota anger over the fatal police shooting of dante wright continues to raise. the network's the most trusted name in news. international. to have you with us as we recap the week's top stories now russia has declared 20 czech diplomats persona non grata amid an escalating diplomatic spat between the 2 countries it is in response to prague expelling 18 russian diplomats while accusing moscow of being behind a huge explosion at an ammunition depot back in 2014 russia firmly rejects the charges leveled. the accusations herb's surge especially as earlier the czech government laid the blame for the explosions at the door of the companies that. this hostile step is a continuation

russia kicks out 20 czech diplomats in a tit for tat move after prague expels 18 russian representatives claiming moscow was behind a blast at an ammunition. 7 years ago. well this is the international for me rule re sushi in the entire news team here welcome to your monday we'll do it. so world deaths past 3000000 at the weekend with a particularly disturbing 20 fold increase in new infections in india this month meanwhile in europe new daily cases have stabilized after a 3rd wave but the sluggish vaccine campaign has been dealt a further setback u.s. pharmaceutical giant pfizer has hiked the prices on future orders of its job for europe potentially raising the cost more than 60 percent it does happen to come at a time when brussels is seeking a new contract and without firm for next year let's get some details on this saskia taylor reports. you wouldn't think that big pharma and ethics go hand in hand but you clearly haven't and that pfizer if we were to implement a free open market principles in pricing the products we could go to huge prices and so everything we can manufacture but i

scrapple poisoning were behind deadly blasts and ammunition of prague in 2014 expelled 18 russian embassy soften in response russia says it's asked 20 czech diplomats to leave the country by mid smith reports now from moscow. a series of explosions hit this ammunition depot 330 kilometers southeast of prague in october and december 24th seen 2 men were killed almost 7 years later the czech government says it now knows who is responsible now that claudia that's based on clear evidence obtained during the investigation conducted by our security services i can say there is a well grounded suspicion about the involvement of officers of the russian intelligence service in the explosions at them when you know 2014 these are the 2 men the czech government wants to question their travel to prague and 2014 on the russian passports under the names of alexander petro of and. they are the same men wanted in britain for the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter surrogate and u.s. cripple were poisoned with a nerve agent smeared on the front door handle of their home and solve spree

the pair arrived in prague on october 11th, using the same names as in salisbury., they went to stay in ostrava, near the arms depot, and they left the country on october 16th, the day of the explosion. but why was the depot targeted? the bbc has been told that a bulgarian arms dealer, emilian gebrev, stored weapons there. six months later in bulgaria, members of the same unit from russian military intelligence are believed to have tried to kill gebrev. this cctv shows an alleged member of the team moving around gebrev�*s car. it's alleged that poison was smeared on its door handle, leaving him fighting for his life, though he did survive. one expert says these incidents paint a picture of how this unit operates. it actually seems to be military intelligence�*s in—house team of miscellaneous throat—slitters and general saboteurs. there's probably about 20 operational staff and maybe 200 support personnel. the czech prime minister has announced that 18 russian diplomats are being expelled. the issue will be discussed by eu foreign ministers tomorrow, while in london

prague is expelling 18 russian diplomats over suspicions that moscow was involved in a weapons depotech police have said they are searching for two men carrying passports in the name of alexander petrov the czech prime minister and the acting foreign minister appeared at a specially scheduled news conference with the stunning news that they are expelling 18 diplomats from the russian embassy in prague and that was because, in the prime minister and's words, clear evidence of the involvement of the russian intelligence services at an explosion at an ammunition is dumped into thousand 1a. within a few minutes of that announcement there came even more extraordinary news when the czech police tweeted image of two men that they want to speak to in regards this attack in 2014, this explosion. those two men are the same names and photos as the two suspected agents who were alleged to have been behind the 2018 number chuck poisonings in salisbury in the uk. so, an extraordinary course of events deceiving in prague unfolding extremely quickly with far—reaching consequences for relations betwe

version suggested that it could have been because of workers negligence but now there you have it prague is blaming russia all of a sudden and it coincides with the decisions on diplomat expulsions by washington and warsaw got spilled over the. the reason for that is seeking some suspects in particular well you know and that is the interesting part because the people the suspects that the police are now looking for are actually the people with faces that you may find familiar these 2 were once accused by the way of trying to poison the script balls in the united kingdom in 2018 so now when the authorities said that these 2 could be linked to that explosion immediately their names and photos were back and international headlines but the russian foreign ministry though is saying that these announcements and these steps that are taken by the czech authorities could only be a deliberate attempt to somehow distract the attention of the media and the international community from another story which is now in the news here in eastern europe it looks like when it's actually supported by facts th

they won 7—0 the last time they played slavia prague in europe.uch. bukayo saka slotting wide, william hitting the woodwork, lacazette likewise. mikel arteta said this tournament was all or nothing and it looked like arsenal would get nothing until nicolas pepe's cool finish. relief but no time to relax as tomas holes powered a last minute header past bernd leno. arsenal's hopes well and truly checked ahead of the second leg in prague. sp, bbc news. staying with football, swansea city say they won't post anything on social media for the next seven days to take a stand against continuing online racist abuse. the championship club say the first team squad, academy professionals, their women's team and club staff will boycott all channels for the next week. three of their players were recently targeted with abuse online. we are not doing this and expecting everyone wonderful it was. if they do, been great because that means you've done a positive thing. the first and foremost, we are looking after our own and showing a bit of united front and what is

welcome back to the program russia says the czech republic will face consequences off to prague and it was expelling 18 russian diplomats the state republic is blaming russia for a huge munition explosion 24 team. well it's been a tough week for diplomacy and more generally a period of increasing tensions 1st off. that the u.s. would be expelling 10 russian diplomats for a legit election interference then poland for sport and sent back to moscow 3 russians now its neighbor the czech republic has followed suit. prague 18 russian diplomats to leave check soil within 48 hours the czech republic will expel 18 employees of the russian embassy there is a reasonable suspicion of the involvement of officers of the russian secret service the g.r.u. in the explosions at the ammunition depot and so check intelligence claims that has evidence of those 18 russians was somehow involved in the tragic explosion that happened on check in 2014 now just quickly that explosion claiming to lives took place at a military ammunitions. is located around $330.00 from to southeast of the capital prague now woul

a series of explosions hit this ammunition depot 330 kilometers southeast of prague in october and december 24th seen 2 men were killed almost 7 years later the czech government says it now knows who is responsible and i quote you know that based on clear evidence obtained during the investigation conducted by our security services i can say there is a well grounded suspicion about the involvement of officers of the russian intelligence service in the explosions at them when you know 2014 these are the 2 men the czech government wants to question they traveled to prague in 2014 on the russian passports under the names of alexander petro of and. they are the same men wanted in britain for the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter surrogate and u.s. cripple were poisoned with a nerve agent smeared on the front door handle of their home and solve spree in 2018. were interviewed on russian television the men said they gone to solve for some sightseeing particularly the city's cathedral spire they are very unlikely to face questioning for either the czech explosions all the b

the british poisonings as russia doesn't extradited citizens the 18 russians are forced to leave prague join a growing list of diplomats forced to fly home to moscow in recent months 7 european countries and the u.s. have either expelled russian diplomats for alleged spying or in response to russia expelling european diplomats the foreign ministry here says its retaliation will force frog to fully understand its responsibility but is strong the foundations of normal bilateral ties burnitz met al-jazeera moscow. now close allies of kremlin critic alexina valley of call for massive protests in moscow and st petersburg on wednesday as his health deteriorates and volleys daughter dasha is calling on russia to allow her father medical treatment after doctors warn that he's now risk of kidney failure he was jailed in february for violating parole conditions as a result of traveling to germany for treatment after being poisoned. you would have you ever seen with your own aunt's house someone is killed you're seeing it right now whatever the urge people have to look the other way you know not w

them when you know 2014 these are the 2 men the czech government wants to question the travel to prague and 2014 on the russian passports under the names of alexander petro of and. they are the same men wanted in britain for the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter surrogate and u.s. cripple were poisoned with a nerve agent smeared on the front door handle of their home and solve spree in 2018 there is no. me of the 3rd world interviewed on russian television the men said they gone to solve for some sightseeing particularly the city's cathedral spire they are very unlikely to face questioning for either the czech explosions all the british poisonings as russia doesn't extradited citizens the 18 russians are forced to leave prague join a growing list of diplomats forced to fly home to moscow in recent months 7 european countries and the u.s. have either expelled russian diplomats for alleged spying or in response to russia expelling european diplomats the foreign ministry here says it's retaliation will force fraud to fully understand its responsibility but is strong