back let's bring you up to speed on the other world news now the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has issued an interim report on the alleged use of chemical weapons in the syrian city of duma in april it say's various chlorinated substances were found in some pools from two sites and duma yet the report also states no nerve agents although degradation products were detected there p.c. w. has not yet reached a final conclusion about the allegations and his work is still ongoing the chemical attack in question was allegedly carried out on april the seventh in duma a week later france the u.k. and the us launched air strikes against syria accusing president assad of using chemical weapons against his own people russian military experts on the ground stove failed to find any trace of chemical weapons used in duma but the attack by western powers went ahead regardless. chemistry chemistry professor james towards the organic compounds the of p c w found out the size are not necessarily related to any nerve agents. it means what they found are just typical or gannet compounds that would

international the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has issued an interim report on the alleged use of chemical weapons in the syrian city of duma in april it says various chlorinated substances were found in samples from two sites in duma yet the report also states no nerve agents all the degradation products were ever detected you know p.t.w. has not yet reached its final conclusion it says the work is still ongoing and the chemical attack in question was allegedly carried out on april the seventh in a week later france the u.k. and the u.s. launched massive air strikes against syria accusing president assad of using chemical weapons against his own people the russian military experts on the ground though failed to find any trace of any chemical weapons used in duma though the attack by western powers when head anyway. we spoke to chemistry professor james toll who says the organic compounds the o.p.c. w. did find at the site and not necessarily related to any type of nerve agent. it means what they found are just typical or gannet compounds that would be present f

it is good to have you with us the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has issued an interim report on the alleged to use of chemical weapons in the syrian city of duma in april it says various chlorinated substances were found in samples from two sites in doing. yet the report also states no no of agents all the degradation products were ever detected now the o.p.c. w. has not yet reached a final conclusion about the allegations it says its work is still ongoing now the chemical attack in question was allegedly carried out on april seventh and duma a week later france the u.k. and the u.s. launched asteroids against syria accusing president assad of using chemical weapons against his own people a lot of russian military experts on the ground though failed to find any trace of any chemical weapons used in duma but the attack by the western powers still went ahead regardless but chemistry professor james toy says the organic compounds the o.p.c. w. did find at the side of not necessarily related at all to any military style no of agents it means what they found or just

in with us today the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has issued an interim report on the alleged use of chemical weapons in the syrian city of duma in april it says various chlorinated substances were found in samples from two sites in duma at the report also states no no of agents all the degradation products were ever detected the o.p.c. ws not yet reached its final conclusion over the allegations that work is still ongoing now the chemical attack in question was allegedly carried out on april the seventh. a week later france the u.k. and the u.s. launched massive air strikes against syria accusing president assad of using chemical weapons against his own people russian military experts on the ground though failed to find any trace of chemical weapons use in duma but the attack by western powers went ahead regardless chemistry professor james says. the organic compounds the o.p.c. w. found of aside a not necessarily related to any know of ancient. it means what they found are just typical organic compounds that would be present from an industrial cylinder it has

example the investigation of the chemical or biological chemical weapons attacks something that supposedly falls under the mandate of the organization for for prosecuting prohibition of chemical weapons and i'm sure you know they recently been given. functions of determining who is actually responsible for the crime don't you find that trouble troubling as far as your work is concerned because you are obviously committed to the creation of or the prosecution of there's evidence in a normal court of law don't you. the work of the obviously w. would. essentially make that kind of tribunal unnecessary well honestly really not at all explain you why i think we are talking a fact if you take the fact finding mission of the a p c w they are looking at evidence to determine according to their standard which again is lower than it is there but this is not a legal standard this is a scientific standard they're trying to use here and typically don't all power to them but courts sometimes use scientific evidence to determine certain facts so let's try to unfold this particular example what they do they did daisy termine based on evidence including scientific expertise to det

of chemical weapons used by the regime. working with the united nations body dedicated to their eradication which is the opcw, which is the organization for prohibitionemical weapons. now, its outgoing director general, ahmed, said syria was a test case for trying to beef up the laws and seeking accountability against the use of these banned substances. he joined me here to talk about it in the studio just a little earlier today. >>> welcome to the program. so, you have been head of this organization for eight years. especially the duration of the war in syria which concentrated the world's mind again on chemical weapons, right? so, how helpful was the war for your efforts to hold people accountable? >> at the beginning no one, in fact, rejected the results of our fact finding mission reports, science based reports. in fact, they collect samples, both biomedical samples as we call them, blot or tissue as well as environmental samples from places where they are used. i think all these reports are objective, science-based, impartial, and they couldn't become tested. >> yes, of course, they were including the security council, including by syria obvious

twenty five past here in moscow the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has issued an interim report on the alleged use of chemical weapons in the syrian city of duma in april it says various chlorinated substances were found in samples from two sites in. the report also states no no agents all the degradation products were detected. the o.p.c. w. has not yet reached its final conclusion about the allegations it says its work is still ongoing now the chemical attack in question was allegedly carried out on april seventh in the city of duma a week later promised the u.k. and the u.s. launched air strikes against syria accusing president assad of using chemical weapons against his own people a russian military experts on the ground though failed to find any trace of chemical weapons used in duma by the attack by western powers of course that went ahead regardless our chemistry professor james says the organic compounds the o.p.c. w. found at the site are not necessarily related to any nupur agents. it means what they found or just were given the current pounds that would

defense of archery is inspected by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons inspectors twice a year it keeps a detailed audit of everything that it has it has to do this by lol and the idea that the u.k. would be involved in any of this testing of course that suggested by the russians the u.k. might well be doing this and you can understand why russia might suggest this but there is absolutely no evidence that i am aware of that would support it at all allister he professor of environmental texaco toxicology at the university of leeds in the u.k. professor we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you. well for the german chancellor angela merkel a very has been nothing easy about this week her government faced collapse when her own interior minister threatened to defy her on migration policy it was only after emergency talks in which merkel gave in to the demands of bavarian conservatives that she was able to diffuse what could have been the biggest political explosion in her career and the problem still wasn't solved in the past few days as she had to fa

people by take for example the recent revelations coming out of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons or o.p.c. w. tasked with determining just what happened in the syrian city of duma after allegations casualties and dramatic video surfaced back in april april seventh of a purported chemical weapons strike the agency has now released preliminary of plimer report stating that contrary to popular war harking opinion no organic phosphorus nerve agents or degradation products were detected in the environmental samples or in the plasma samples taken from alleged casualties that sink in but wait a minute i thought we were told over and over again about sarin gas chlorine and blood near and test revealing deadly nerve agents i mean heck even the white house even the white house and april thirteenth announced that according to u.s. analysis a significant body of information points to the regime using chlorine in its bombardment of duma while some additional information points to the regime also using the nerve agent sarin now while the o.p.c. w. did discover that chlorinated organic chemical

welcome back to the program the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has issued an interim report on the alleged use of chemical weapons in the syrian city of duma in april it says various chlorinated substances were found in samples from two science in duma yet the report also states no nerve agents or other degradation products were detected the o.p.c. w. has not reached a final conclusion about the allegations and its work is ongoing the chemical attack in question was allegedly carried out in duma on april the seventh a week later france the u.k. and the us launched air strikes against syria accusing president assad of using chemical weapons against his own people russian military experts on the ground failed to find any trace of chemical weapons used in duma but the attacked by western powers went ahead regardless. chemistry professor james torah says they were granted compounds the o.p.c. w. found at the site are not necessarily related to any nerve agents. it means what they found are just typical are getting compounds that would be present from an industrial cylinde

welcome back to the rest of the day's news the organization for the prohibit of chemical weapons has issued an interim report on the alleged use of chemical weapons in the syrian city of duma in april it says various chlorinated substances were found in samples from teach science in duma yet the report also states no nerve agents or their degradation products were detected the o.p.c. w. has not yet reached a final conclusion about the allegations and its work is ongoing. the chemical attack in question was allegedly carried out in dumas on april seventh a week later france the u.k. and the u.s. launched air strikes against syria accusing president assad of using chemical weapons against his own people the russian military experts on the ground fell to find any trace of chemical weapons use in duma but the attack by western powers went ahead regardless. chemistry professor james tour said the organic compounds the o.p.c. w. found at the site and not necessarily related to any nerve agents. it means what they found are just typical or gaining compounds that would be present from an indu

welcome back the organization for the prohibit of chemical weapons has issued an interim report on the alleged use of chemical weapons in april and this is a syrian city of duma it say's various chlorinated substances were found in some polls from two sites yet the report also states no nerve agents all related products ward were detected the i.p.c. w has not yet reached a final conclusion about the allegations that chemical attack in question was reportedly carried out on april the seventh a week later france the u.k. and the us launched air strikes accusing president assad of using chemical weapons against his own people russian military experts on the ground failed to find any trace of their use but the attack by western powers went ahead with godless chemistry professor james torsos the organic compounds the o.p.c. w. found out the sides are not necessarily related to any nerve agents. the names would be found or just. compounds that would be present from an industrial r. cylinder it has nothing to do with nerve agents you're going to conferences were were sitting. in trunk were th

back let's bring you up to speed on the world news headlines now the organization for the prohibit of chemical weapons has issued an interim report on the alleged use of chemical weapons in the syrian city of do money in april it ses of various chlorinated substances were found in some polls from two sites in duma yet the report also states no nerve agents although degradation products were detected there p.c. w. has not yet reached a final conclusion about the allegations and its work is still ongoing but chemical attack in question was allegedly carried out on april the seventh in duma a week later in france the u.k. and the us launched air strikes against syria accusing president assad of using chemical weapons against his own people russian military experts on the ground though failed to find any trace of chemical weapons used in duma but the attack by western powers went ahead regardless. chemistry professor james torsos the organic compounds the found at the sides are not necessarily related to any nerve agents. it means with a founder just to recall or getting compounds that would be present fr

and now on to other world news where the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has issued an interim report on the alleged use of chemical weapons in the syrian city of duma in april it says various chlorinated substances were found in samples from two sites in duma if the report also states no nerve agents or their degradation products were detected the o.p.c. w. has not yet reached a final conclusion about the allegations and its work is ongoing the chemical attack in question was allegedly carried out in do my in april on the seventh of april this year a week later france the u.k. and the west launched air strikes against syria accusing president assad of using chemical weapons against his own people russian military experts on the ground failed to find any trace of chemical weapons used in duma but the attack by western powers went ahead regardless. chemistry professor james torah says the organic compounds the o.p.c. death you found at the site are not necessarily related to any nerve agents. it means what they found or just typical are getting compounds that would be

withdrawing our troops and resources but a report published friday by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons o.p.c. w found no traces of any nerve agent. at the site in the syrian city of duma that's right. we were brought to the brink of world war three on lives and i don't mind being brought to the bring a world war three for you know good reasons like morocco was sitting on your girl. sitting next to denmark on an amtrak train and you don't even know i mean it keeps falling asleep on your shoulder like do do do do do on me well. look if we're all going to a blue to rain ourselves in a pathetic volved barbaric show of lunacy then cool i'm down because opera lies and reasons and all of the maze remedial flocked to indorse all these life c.n.n. went so far as to send someone to sniff the area that's real all right thanks. of course if that had been sarin gas that reporter would have immediately fall into the ground. and wolf blitzer would have had an awkward rest of the half hour to fill. c.n.n. doing the doing the real hard hitting journalism our dad dad where our burros here they are inves

they were going to zation for the prohibition of chemical weapons has issued an interim report on the alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of duma april it says various chlorinated chemicals were found in samples from two local sites yet it also states no nerve agents or their degradation products were detected the o.p.c. w. has not made a final conclusion about the allegations and its work is still ongoing the alleged chemical attack in duma was carried out on april the seventh a week later the u.s. france and the u.k. carried out air strikes against syria blaming president assad for using chemical weapons against his people that's despite question military experts on the ground failing to find any trace of chemical weapons used in duma chemistry professor james tour says the organic compounds the upper c.w. found have nothing to do with chemical agents. it means with ground or just typical or getting compounds that would be present from an industrial cylinder it has nothing to do with nerve agents or getting compounds with ground were dark or seeded gases in truck were seated

partners on the 0rganisation with international partners on the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weaponsf the nerve agent that was used. through a process of extensive impartial testing and analysis, ourfindings extensive impartial testing and analysis, our findings were confirmed correct beyond doubt. the use of chemical weapons anywhere is barbaric and inhumane. the decision taken by the russian government to deploy them in salisbury on march the 6th was reckless and callous. there is no plausible alternative explanation to the events in march, other than the russian state was responsible. and we acted accordingly. the british government and the international community immediately and robustly condemned this inhumane action. in light of this inhumane action. in light of this attack, the uk expels 23 russian diplomats from our shores, and we were joined by 28 of our closest allies in this action, from the united states to ukraine, who expeued the united states to ukraine, who expelled over 150 of the russian state's diplomats. we have already seen multiplexed the nations from state—spon

earlier this year we rapidly work with international partners at the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons to confirm our identification of the nerve agent that was used for a post process of extensive impartial testing and analysis our findings were confirmed correct beyond doubt. the use of chemical weapons in any way is barbaric and inhumane the decision taken by the russian government to deploy. on march the fourth was reckless and callous there is no plausible alternative explanation to the events in march other than the russian state was responsible and we acted accordingly the british government and the international community immediately and robustly condemn this inhuman action in light of this attack the u.k. expelled twenty three russian diplomats for marshals and we were joined by twenty eight of our closest allies in this action from the united states to ukraine who expelled over one hundred fifty of the russian states diplomats. we have already seen multiple explanations from state sponsored russian media regarding this latest incident we can anticipate further disinflation fr

defense of archery is inspected by the organization for the prohibit of chemical weapons inspectors twice a year say ditto audit of everything that it has it has to do this by lol and the idea that the u.k. would be involved in any of this testing of course it suggested by the russians that u.k. might well be doing this and you can understand why russia might suggest this but there is absolutely no evidence that i am aware of that would support it at all allister he professor of environmental texaco toxicology at the university of leeds in the u.k. professor we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you that's still a very welcome nice to talk to you good night it's. to the war in syria now where the government and russian forces have renewed their bombardments on rebel held areas in the south of the country waves of airstrikes and shelling have pounded the city of garage in the most intensive bombing campaign in the two week old offensive the fresh assault comes a day after russian talks with rebels down on wednesday following the bombardments syrian rebel to go she eight y

withdrawing our troops and resources but a report published friday by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons o.p.c. w. found no traces of any nerve agent at the site in the syrian city of duma that's right. we were brought to the brink of world war three on lives and i don't mind being brought to the bring a world war three for you know good reasons like morocco was sitting on your girl. sitting next to denmark on an amtrak train and you don't even know i mean it keeps falling asleep on your shoulder like do do do do do on me well. look if we're all going to a blue terrain ourselves in a pathetic on no volved barbaric show of lunacy then cool i'm down because opera lies the reasons and all of the maze remedial blocked. to indorse all these lies c.n.n. went so far as to send someone to sniff the area that's real all right thanks. of course if that had been sarin gas that reporter would have immediately fall into the ground. and wolf blitzer would have had an awkward rest of the half hour to fill. c.n.n. doing the doing the real hard hitting journalism our dad dad where our burros here they ar

people by take for example the recent revelations coming out of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons or o.p.c. w. tasked with determining just what happened in the syrian city of duma after allegations casualties and dramatic video surfaced back in april april seventh of a purport of chemical weapons strike the agency has now released preliminary a political report stating that contrary to popular war harking opinion no organic phosphorus nerve agents or degradation products were detected in the environmental samples or in the plasma samples taken from alleged casualties that sink in but wait a minute i thought we were told over and over again about sarin gas chlorine and blood near and test revealing deadly nerve agents i mean heck even the white house even the white house and april thirteenth announced that according to u.s. analysis a significant body of information points to the regime using chlorine in its bombardment of duma while some additional information points to the regime also using the nerve agent sarin. now while the o.p.c. w. did discover that chlorinated organic chem

people by take for example the recent revelations coming out of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons or o.p.c. w. tasked with determining just what happened in the syrian city of duma after allegations casualties and dramatic video service back in april april seventh of a purported chemical weapons strike the agency has now released preliminary of plimer a report stating that contrary to popular war harking opinion no or gandalf os person nerve agents or degradation products were detected in the environmental samples.

am moving on to other news the organization for the prohibit of chemical weapons has issued a preliminary report on the alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of duma in april it says various chlorinated chemicals were founded samples from two local sites hit it also states no no evasions all they degradation products were detected the a.p. c.w. has not made a final conclusion about the allegations and its work is ongoing they alleged chemical attack in doing was carried out on april the seventh a week later the u.s. fronts and the u.k. carried out air strikes against syria blaming president assad for using chemical weapons against his people that's despite russian military experts on the ground failing to find any trace of chemical weapons use into. was the i. want to discuss this further let's cross live now to chemistry professor james turner james thank you very much indeed for joining us i think looking at some of the explanations here i'm definitely going to need your expertise it says various chlorinated organic chemicals were found at the site in layman's terms what does that

withdrawing our troops and resources but a report published friday by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons o.p.c. w. found no traces of any nerve agent at the site in the syrian city of duma that's right. we were brought to the brink of world war three on lives and i don't mind being brought to the bring a world war three for you know good reasons like morocco was sitting on your girl. sitting next to denmark on an amtrak train and you don't even know i'm going to fall asleep on your shoulder like do do do do on me well. look if we're all going to a blue terrain ourselves in a pathetic on no volved barbaric show of lunacy then cool i'm down because opera lies the reasons and all of the maze remedial flocked to indorse all these life c.n.n. went so far as to send someone to sniff the area. ah that's real all right thanks. of course if that had been sarin gas that reporter would have immediately fall into the ground. and wolf blitzer would have had an awkward rest of the half hour to fill. c.n.n. doing the doing the real hard hitting journalism our jack their ad where our burros here they ar

chlorine gas was used on the city, on the organisation of the prohibition of chemical weapons said that have been found. dozens of civilians were killed in the attack, near to damascus, and following the attack, the warplanes launched shipwrecks against the government military targets, the government denies using chemical weapons. temper the headlines now here on the bbc news. marathon talks are still under way as the prime minister country tries to decide on the future relationship with the eu after brexit. more information and the investigation, they say it make takes weeks to find out how a couple were poisoned. it diver has died in thailand why taking supplies to 12 boys and the football coach trapped in a cave for nearly two weeks. time for sport now with a full report, they'lljump are well—placed to dump brazil out of the world cup, it has been a game of high quality, qualified at at the same, at a 13 minutes, friend and e—mail heading into his own net there, they then doubled their lead, look at this for a goal, and a goal, and the half—hour mark, with that stunning finish! and l

jerry smith is a former chemical weapons inspector with the organisation for the prohibition of chemical us. what is your best guess as to how this novichok may have contaminated the couple? do think it was in a container, whether that was a file 01’ container, whether that was a file ora container, whether that was a file or a syringe, or what? i think what we have heard from the police seems absolutely a good narrative to work from, from a basis. clearly the would—be assassins would have had to bring it into the country. there is reporting that novichok may be a binary substance and they nixed it. that would be useful for them because it would keep them safe as the user. after at ministering it, depositing it, they would still have a container to deal with. it could well be it was dumped somewhere and has been subsequently found. as the security minister was saying yesterday, if they had just dumped it or discarded it, it was very reckless act. any member of the public, as appears to have happened i could have come into contact with it. if you are a would-be i could have come into cont

the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons said this particular chemical used on the schiphols march was a very high purity and also persistent. meaning it doesn't just evaporate like a sarin gas in a matter of hours or days. other chemical weapons experts we've spoken to say it can remain viable for months potentially. and only a couple of drops can be deadly. now, as to how these two may have been contaminated, lots of theories floating around. nothing officially from police. but one thought is that they were exposed somewhere in the town of salisbury when they were there the day or maybe in the hours before they fell ill, then went home, and that's where the symptoms kicked in. there are a couple of locations in salisbury where police are searching today. >> and i'm sure a lot of nervous people if, indeed, that's what's happening, is there's some leftover potentially deadly nerve agent lingering. >>> up next, we're going to talk about republicans and business leaders going to war with the president over tariffs. the friends who helped get him into office now distancing thems

the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons in the hague to which both countries are signatories now in response to this latest report the russian ambassador to the u.k. alexander yucca vanco says british investigators have no evidence of russian involvement in the script all poisoning russia will exert political pressure on the british side that political pressure will continue through official requests and dialogue of course they have repeatedly requested access to the script uls themselves the script as we believe are being held at a secure location well for them and believe that the journal our correspondent in london still ahead here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump talks about a second meeting with russia's vladimir putin despite confusion and criticism over the summit last week. also dance a protest to say they're starting kites the balloons will keep flying despite the threat of israeli military reprisals. welcome back well our tropical storm tin has made landfall over vietnam and you see this great swirl of clouds now it's going to be very slow moving of the nex

chemical weapons expert, talking to us earlier on. we're hearing from the minister's spokesman that the british government have noted the organisation for the prohibition offortunate to have such skilled staff here, may have really come into their own and been able to demonstrate not only be world—class care, as sally said, here is salisbury, but also what can people across the nhs receive every day, 365 daisy year, and for the last 70 years. so today is all about really celebrating that, because we are so lucky to have our fantastic staff. well, let me just tell you that we are expecting a statement from the home secretary sergei javid in the next few minutes in the commons. he was at the meeting of cobra earlier on. ‘— was at the meeting of cobra earlier on. —— sergey javid. was at the meeting of cobra earlier on. —— sergeyjavid. he discuss all the latest of elements from here in wiltshire in terms of the police investigation, what is known about that, and the various warnings we have had from health officials here as well to members of the public saying that if they have been to one of the five areas that have been cordoned off, three in amesbury and t

of mass destruction, this strategy i referenced notes how the syrian regimes use chemical weapons against their own citizens. undermined international norms against these heinous weapons, -- to useand courage them. violated thezenly international norms prohibiting the use of chemical agents as weapons. bringing a horror that blighted the onset of the 20th century into the current landscape. reacted using -- all of the chemical weapons convention, cwc, in particular to bring the assad regime back into compliance. the united states was critical in ensuring the -- of a fact-finding mission for the organization for the provision of chemical weapons, opcw. and the united nations joint investigative mechanism. these investigations culminated in reports clearly establishing the syrian-arab republic was responsible for at least four cases of chemical weapon use and the so-called islamic state was responsible for another two. after the russian federation vetoed the extension of the mandate in order to hide the aside regime -- the assaad's regimes crimes, we worked seriously with other -- to give them the authority to fulfill thejin's old mission. our efforts, and just last month, we were successful in ensuring that the u.k. drafted, u.s.-supported, and

chemical weapons against their own citizens. undermined international norms against these heinous weapons, which may and courage -- to use them. syria has brazenly violated the international norms prohibiting the use of chemical agents as weapons. bringing a horror that blighted the onset of the 20th century into the current landscape. reactedble states have using all of the chemical weapons convention, cwc, in particular to bring the assad regime back into compliance. the united states was critical in ensuring the creation of a fact-finding mission for the organization for the provision of chemical weapons, opcw. and the united nations joint investigative mechanism. these investigations culminated in reports clearly establishing the syrian-arab republic was responsible for at least four cases of chemical weapon use and the so-called islamic state was responsible for another two. after the russian federation vetoed the extension of the mandate in order to hide the assaad's regimes crimes, we worked seriously with other -- parties to give them the authority to fulfill the jim's old mission. we continued our efforts, and just last month, we were successful in ensuring that the u.k. drafted, u.s.-suppor