is pulling range the intermediate nuclear forces treaty. he spoke with the state department. >> at the core, president trump's foreign policy are simple truths. the spirit of the american people are our greatest consideration. the agreements must serve american interest. countries must be held accountable when they break the rules. for years, russia has violated the terms of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty without remorse. a material breach of its material obligations not to produce, possess or flight test a ground launched intermediate missile system in a range between 500 and 5000 kilometers. states years the united has gone to lengths to preserve this agreement and in short security for our people and partners. we have raised russia's noncompliance with officials, including the highest levels of government more than 30 times. russia continues to deny the missile system is noncompliant and violates the treaty. putsa's violation americans that great risk. it aims to put the united states at a military disadvantage. it undercut

european security for decades four years russia has violated the terms of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty without remorse the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the i n f treaty effective february second. the white house maintains the u.s. has adhere to the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty well russia has not in that time it accuses russia of covertly developing and fielding a prohibited missile system that poses a threat to european allies u.s. forces stationed there the u.s. did not give specific examples of violations russia has consistently denied it's breaking the agreement but u.s. secretary of state says that russia is in violation what's your response. and we proved this many times but they don't want to listen the agreement was signed during the cold war by u.s. president ronald reagan and russia's mikhail gorbachev in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven when most agree it's not perfect it did halted the escalating arms race between the two superpowers us president donald trump has long been a critic of the treaty. but on friday he suggested it

the us and other nato countries say russia has violated the intermediate—range nuclear forces treatyfutes. olga ivshina from the bbc world service is here. just how important, to what degree does this duty matter? it is a very important duty. we now have a system ofa important duty. we now have a system of a international duties which deal with the proliferation of nuclear weapons. the stability in this area, this duty is a key one. this was the point, the carillion crisis, the world realise how close we were to a nuclear conflict which would wipe eve ryo ne nuclear conflict which would wipe everyone from the air. this is a key one, the stability in this area is based on the principle of nuclear deterrence. each side understand that if it strikes, the answer would be so devastating that no one would ever win. the key thing is that middle range missiles are the most dangerous. their flight times are too short, the fighter pass are too ha rd to too short, the fighter pass are too hard to spot. —— their flight pass. if anyone has those missiles, the other side are so nervous and will st

the us and other nato countries say russia has violated the intermediate—range nuclear forces treatyon russia refutes. president putin insisted the door remained open for negotiations, but he instructed ministers not to initiate arms control talks. translation: our american partners have announced they are suspending their participation in the deal. and we are also suspending our participation. president putin of russia. our correspondent steve rosenberg has the latest from moscow. the message from moscow today to the us administration is, to put it simply, anything you can do, russia can do, too. so if you want to pull out of the inf treaty, russia will pull out of the inf treaty. if you, america, wants to develop a new range of weapons, russia will develop a new range of weapons. president putin spoke of some specific weapons moscow intends to develop. this new range of short and medium—range hypersonic land—based weapons. also, a land—based version of the cruise missile, which is normally a sea—based cruise missile in russia. he did make it clear that russia would not deploy short

president vladimir putin has said that russia is withdrawing from the cold war—era intermediate—range nuclear forces treatyer a similar move by the united states. england's minister for schools says pupils should be banned from taking smartphones into school. floods in the north—east australian state of queensland have reached catastrophic levels a french fumble and a welsh fightback last night — and there's more six nations action to come today. and in half an hour we'll take an in—depth look at the week's news in dateline london. good morning. snow and ice is continuing to cause disruption across parts of the uk. in the south of england, dozens of motorists were left stranded for hours, as the wintry weather brought traffic to a standstill. highways england says, overnight, its gritters covered 80,000 miles of roads. kathryn stanczyczyn reports. a nightmare journey home. as the extreme weather continued last night in southern england, some parts of hampshire saw 7.5 inches of snow. it led to chaos on the m3, where motorists were trapped for hours — emergency services struggling to reach them. swirling bl

european security for decades for years russia has violated the terms of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty without remorse the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the n f treaty effective february second. the white house maintains the u.s. has appeared to the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty well russia has not in that time it accuses russia of covertly developing and fielding a prohibited missile system that poses a threat to european allies u.s. forces stationed there the u.s. did not give specific examples of violations russia has consistently denied it's breaking the agreement but u.s. secretary of state says that freshness and violation what's your response when not and we've brought this many times but they don't want to listen the agreement was signed during the cold war by u.s. president ronald reagan and russia's mikhail gorbachev one thousand nine hundred eighty seven. but most agree it's not perfect it did hold to the escalating arms race between the two superpowers u.s. president donald trump has long been a critic of the treaty. and friday he sug

european security for decades for years russia has violated the terms of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty without remorse the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the n f treaty effective february second. the white house maintains the u.s. has adhere to the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty well russia has not in that time it accuses russia of covertly developing and fielding a prohibited missile system that poses a threat to european allies u.s. forces stationed there the u.s. did not give specific examples of violations russia has consistently denied it's breaking the agreement but u.s. secretary of state says russia is in violation what's your response we're not going to approach this many times but they don't want to lose the agreement was signed during the cold war by u.s. president ronald reagan and russia's mikhail gorbachev one thousand nine hundred eighty seven when most agree it's not perfect it did hold to the escalating arms race between the two superpowers u.s. president donald trump has long been a critic of the treaty. but on friday he suggested

european security for decades for years russia has violated the terms of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty without remorse the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the n f treaty effective february second. the white house maintains the u.s. has adhere to the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty while russia has not in that time it accuses russia of covertly developing and fielding a prohibited missile system that poses a threat to european allies u.s. forces stationed there the u.s. did not give specific examples of violations russia has consistently denied it's breaking the agreement but u.s. secretary of state says that russia is in violation what's your response we're not going to approach this many times but they don't want to listen the agreement was signed during the cold war by u.s. president ronald reagan and russia's mikhail gorbachev in one nine hundred eighty seven when most agree it's not perfect it did halted escalating arms race between the two superpowers us president donald trump has long been a critic of the treaty. but i'm friday he suggested it

european security for decades for years russia has violated the terms of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty without remorse the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the n f treaty effective february second. the white house maintains the u.s. has adhere to the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty while russia has not in that time it accuses russia of covertly developing and fielding a prohibited missile system that poses a threat to european allies and u.s. forces stationed there the u.s. did not give specific examples of violations russia has consistently denied it's breaking the agreement but u.s. secretary of state says that russia is in violation what's your response we're not going to approach this many times but they don't want to listen the agreement was signed during the cold war by u.s. president ronald reagan and russia's mikhail gorbachev in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven most agree it's not perfect it did halter the escalating arms race between the two superpowers still u.s. president donald trump has long been a critic of the tree was he. not to

says it will scrap its nuclear agreement with russia intermediate range nuclear forces treaty or i n f it was an arms control pack signed by the us and the then soviet union in one thousand nine hundred seven the treaty banned all land based missiles with ranges of five hundred to five thousand five hundred kilometers but the u.s. and russia are now accusing each other of violating the treaty. and a developing story out of south africa three children we're hearing have been killed after a walkway collapse at this school near johannesburg bring you more about that story as it becomes available if they will the headlines what i want is next. in china's western border region of xing junk the government has launched a widespread crackdown on its muslim population. an estimated one million readers have reportedly been forced into detention camps for so-called reeducation. the chinese government says it's to prevent religious extremism. i'm cool we will change you really good i'm sure. who are the shoe for. those who can are leaving the country but are finding china's growing international

european security for decades for years russia has violated the terms of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty without remorse the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the n f treaty effective february second. the white house maintains the u.s. has adhere to the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty well russia has not in that time it accuses russia of covertly developing and fielding a prohibited missile system that poses a threat to european allies u.s. forces stationed there the u.s. did not give specific examples of violations russia has consistently denied it's breaking the agreement but u.s. secretary of state says that russia is in violation what's your response we're not going to approach this many times but they don't want to listen the agreement was signed during the cold war by u.s. president ronald reagan and russia's mikhail gorbachev one thousand nine hundred eighty seven when most agree it's not perfect it did halted escalating arms race between the two superpowers us president donald trump has long been a critic of the treaty. but on friday he suggested

russian president, vladimir putin, says russia is suspending the cold war—era intermediate—range nuclear forces treaty the united states. freezing temperatures are continuing into the weekend after snow causes more travel chaos overnight. england's minister for schools says pupils should be banned from taking smartphones into school. now on bbc news, a rarely—seen view of life on the streets. in this special inside out report we hearfrom rough sleepers on the streets of newcastle in their own, sometimes upsetting, words. in the next hard—hitting half hour, voices seldom heard, those living on our streets. any spare change, guys? it's easy enough stealing that if you get caught, you go to prison. i do what i'm doing to survive. can you spare a little change, please ? you are a good guy, right? why do you not work? mental—health problems is one. individual stories, highs and lows. i can't afford cigarettes so sometimes i got to pick one up off the floor. i will not pick a rolly one up now because i did it and i was in hospital because it had spice in it. somebody phone an ambulance. i'm chris jackson an

european security for decades for years russia has violated the terms of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty without remorse the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the un after eighty effective february second. the white house maintains the u.s. has adhere to the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty well russia has not in that time it accuses. russia of covertly developing and fielding a prohibited missile system that poses a threat to european allies u.s. forces stationed there the u.s. did not give specific examples of violations russia has consistently denied its breaking the agreement the us secretary of state says freshness and violation what's your response we're not going to approach this many times but they don't want to leave the agreement was signed during the cold war by u.s. president ronald reagan and russia's mikhail gorbachev one thousand nine hundred eighty seven when most agree it's not perfect it did halted escalating arms race between the two superpowers us president donald trump has long been a critic of the treaty. and friday he suggested it m

european security for decades for years russia has violated the terms of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty without remorse the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the n f treaty effective february second. the white house maintains the u.s. has adhere to the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty while russia has not in that time it accuses russia of covertly developing and fielding a prohibited missile system that poses a threat to european allies u.s. forces stationed there the u.s. did not give specific examples of violations russia has consistently denied it's breaking the agreement but u.s. secretary of state says that russia is in violation what's your response we're not going to approach this many times but they don't want to listen the agreement was signed during the cold war by u.s. president ronald reagan and russia's mikhail gorbachev in one nine hundred eighty seven when most agree it's not perfect it did halted escalating arms race between the two superpowers us president donald trump has long been a critic of the treaty. but on friday he suggested it m

explained what russia would do now that the united states has pulled out of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty by stupid solution. we will do it this way our response will be symmetrical our american partners stated they will stop their participation in the treaty so we will also stop they stated that they will do research and development of arms so we will also do the same he also said russia would not get into a costly arms race with the west that doesn't mean that russia won't pile into new weapons development just that initially at least it will try to do so with an existing defense budget years of military modernization have siphoned money away from social spending and with the real incomes of russians for willing for five straight years now more defense spending is unlikely to help me a putin's falling popularity defense minister sergei showing who recommends a land based version of the caliber cruise missiles russian ships have launched against targets in syria also a land based medium range hypersonic missile the new frontier in missile technology and there's the land based cruise miss

european security for decades for years russia has violated the terms of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty without remorse the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the i n f treaty effective february second. the white house maintains the u.s. has adhere to the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty while russia has not in that time it accuses russia of covertly developing and fielding a prohibited missile system that poses a threat to european allies u.s. forces stationed there the u.s. did not give specific examples of violations russia has consistently denied it's breaking the agreement but u.s. secretary of state says russia is in violation what's your response. and with this many times what they don't want to leave the agreement was signed during the cold war by u.s. president ronald reagan and russia's mikhail gorbachev in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven most agree it's not perfect it did hall to ask leading arms race between the two superpowers u.s. president donald trump has long been a critic of the treaty. but friday he suggested it might be time to

secretary of state russia of noncompliance with the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. threatened to pull out of the deal this summer if moscow doesn't change its behavior the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the treaty effective february second. we will provide russia and the other treaty parties with formal notice that the united states is withdrawing from me earlier treaty effective in six months pursuant to article fifteen of the tree the russian notice that it has not violated the treaty and invited american experts to verify moscow's compliance according to the kremlin spokes person the us had been preparing to control from the treaty for a long time and did not attempt to hold talks on the issue russia's added that washington's move threatens the entire global arms control system. or if we could after the us leaves the i.n.f. treaty the whole system of arms control and the stability of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty will be under threat the i.n.f. treaty was signed back in one nine hundred eighty seven by the united states and also t

the intermediate—range nuclear forces treaty bans missiles with a range of between 500 and 5,500km.s just 480 kilometres — but the us believes it is in fact four times that. joining me now from our washington studio is richard weitz, senior fellow and director of the center for political—military analysis at hudson institute. . thanks forjoining us. just tell me what you make of this. there is no secret that russia was not a fan of the treaty. 0h, no secret that russia was not a fan of the treaty. oh, no, the russians have been attacking the treaty for at least a decade. the russian defence minister said that the treaty is grossly unfair to russia because unlike the united states, which has friendly neighbours, russia is surrounded by countries that are more difficult to deal with and have, many of them have missiles of this range including north korea, iran, and pakistan. they've initiated the desire to get out of the treaty and that may be one reason why they decided to violate it, prompting the us to leave. how dangerous, then, is the blame game? we heard in the report, saying th

european security for decades for years russia has violated the terms of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty without remorse the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the n f treaty effective february second. the white house maintains the u.s. has adhere to the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty well russia has not in that time it accuses russia of covertly developing and fielding a prohibited missile system that poses a threat to european allies u.s. forces stationed there the u.s. did not give specific examples of violations russia has consistently denied it's breaking the agreement but u.s. secretary of state says that russia is in violation what's your response we're not going to approach this many times but they don't want to lose the agreement was signed during the cold war by u.s. president ronald reagan and russia's mikhail gorbachev in one nine hundred eighty seven when most agree it's not perfect it did hold to ask leading arms race between the two superpowers u.s. president donald trump has long been a critic of the treaty. but on friday he suggested it

range nuclear missiles stationed on land. laura westbrook reports. in 1987, us president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev signed the intermediate—range nuclear forces treatyf missiles in both countries being destroyed. three decades later, the us secretary of state made this announcement. russia has jeopardised the united states‘ security interests, and we can no longer be restricted by the treaty while russia shamelessly violates it. nato agrees with the decision by the united states. we continue to call on russia to come back into compliance in a verifiable way, because we don't want a new arms race. this wasn't unexpected. for years, america has been concerned about russia's testing and deployment of a cruise missile that it says breaches the inf treaty. there's concerns other countries, including china, aren't tied by the accord. for now, the treaty is suspended. the us could pull out formally in six months, but gave russia a final chance to save the deal. i hope that we're able to get everybody in a very big and beautiful room, and do a new treaty that would be much better, but — ‘cause certainly i would like to see that. for its part, the kremlin sa

explained what russia would do now that the united states has pulled out of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty that's the solution. we will do it this way our response will be symmetrical our american partners stated they will stop their participation in the treaty so we will also stop they stated that they will do research and development of arms so we will also do the same he also said russia would not get into a costly arms race with the west that doesn't mean that russia won't pile into new weapons development just that initially at least it will try to do so with an existing defense budget years of military modernization have siphoned money away from social spending and with the real incomes of russians for lng for five straight years now more defense spending is unlikely to help me putin's falling popularity defense minister sergei showing who recommends a land based version of the caliber cruise missiles russian ships have launched against targets in syria also a land based medium range hypersonic missile the new frontier in missile technology and there's the land based cruise missile r

seven to nine is too short to fall into the ban zone for the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty or i am af but the us hasn't believed that since it first raised concerns in twenty four team arms control. standards are maintained and if there are consequent. standards so parties are. standard. by by that standard the other parties are allowed to demand a. standard that undermines all of our arms control. last ditch talks as an international nonproliferation conference in beijing failed when it was signed by the united states in the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred seven the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty banned a whole class of weaponry both pledged to give up possession and development of land based crews and ballistic missiles with a range of five hundred to five thousand five hundred kilometers but in recent years the agreements been pushed past breaking point the united states says the russia has been lying about the capabilities of its newest cruise missiles russia says that isn't true that it's the united states that is violated the i.n.f. treaty and that

nuclear treaty the president called it a mere response after the same thing from. washington on friday america also pledged to quit the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty altogether in six months time unless moscow changes its behavior commenting on the prospect of dialogue with the us putin added that washington is showing little enthusiasm. for many years we have proposed disarmament talks with our initiatives have not found the support of our partners in fact they always find a pretext for dismantling the global security system that's why i've asked our foreign and defense ministries to keep the doors open for dialogue but also not to initiate any talks on the issue. well today washington officially suspends its participation in the i.n.f. treaty and it's just one episode throughout many years of dead end talks with the united states about disarmament and now russia has decided the time for empty talks has come to a close russian president vladimir putin has said that the u.s. is refusal to heed previous russian calls for disarmament is leading to an in danger moment of international security and so a mere response would mean not just the holding off of partic

evidence of its claim that russia had for years failed to comply with the intermediate—range nuclear forces treatytion‘s history this weekend, as he tries to force president nicolas maduro from power. the opposition are demanding new elections to end the political and economic chaos that has been engulfing the country. tributes have been paid to the comedianjeremy hardy, who has died at the age of 57. he had been receving treatment for cancer.

explained what russia would do now that the united states has pulled out of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty last solution. we will do it this way our response will be symmetrical our american partners stated they will stop their participation in the treaty so we will also stop they stated that they will do research and development of arms so we will also do the same he also said russia would not get into a costly arms race with the west that doesn't mean that russia won't pile into new weapons development just that initially at least it will try to do so with an existing defense budget years of military modernization have siphoned money away from social spending and with the real incomes of russians for willing for five straight years now more defense spending is unlikely to help me a putin's falling popularity defense minister sergei showing who recommends a land based version of the caliber cruise missiles russian ships have launched against targets in syria also a land based medium range hypersonic missile the new frontier in missile technology and there's the land based cruise missile r

the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty is one of these landmark international agreements that will now only remain in history books with the reason for that being donald trump and the way he sees international law now here is my colleague donald quarter on the way this suspension of the treaty has been received worldwide and perhaps we'll find some of the takes quite surprising. trump's decision to pull out of the i.n.f. treaty has come under fire from some of his fellow americans u.s. withdrawal may not be such a good idea they say and is actually a gift to russia who benefits most from the u.s. backing out of this treaty vladimir putin russia has actually wanted to dissolve that treaty for some time so really playing the fence gift to vladimir putin this is going to be a gift to vladimir putin in russia why because it will allow russia to produce new ballistic missiles legally moscow says it's purely defensive after all it's not russia building missile systems along the u.s. border but america is convinced russia started it with its own violations of the i.n.f. treaty to this day

president vladimir putin has announced that russia will withdraw from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty on friday the u.s. said it would stop observing the arms control pact accusing law sco of violating its. role in all the news the battle for one of the last eisel controlled pockets of northern syria has displaced tens of thousands of people u.s. backed kurdish forces have been fighting the armed group and there are the u.n. refugee agency is calling for a transit site for civilians fleeing to a whole camp population has tripled in the past two months. reports now from. these border with syria. i. for the last eight weeks kurdish fighters have been battling myself for one of the armed groups last pockets in syria you're confident that most areas are now under the control invaders problem. activists say more than two hundred people have been killed in the fighting shelling and airstrikes by u.s. led coalition forces we are. all. fighting to respect their obligation and there are international humanitarian. so really in. many families had to leave and fought the syrian red crescent says

seven to nine is too short to fall into the ban zone for the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty or i and af but the us hasn't believed that since it first raised concerns in twenty fourteen. standards are. there consequent. standards so parties are. standard that we. don't buy by that standard the other parties are allowed to demand of. standard and that undermines all of our arms control. last ditch talks is an international nonproliferation conference in beijing failed when it was signed by the united states in the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred seven the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty banned a whole class of weaponry both pledged to give up possession and development of land based crews and ballistic missiles with a range of five hundred to five thousand five hundred kilometers but in recent years the agreements been pushed past breaking point the united states says the russia has been lying about the capabilities of its newest cruise missiles russia says that isn't true that it's the united states that is violated the i.n.f. treaty and that washington ha

seven to nine is too short to fall into the ban zone for the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty or i am af but the us hasn't believed that since the first raise concerns in twenty fourteen. standards are. consequent to. the standards so parties are. standard. other parties are allowed to manage it now standard that undermines all of our arms control. last ditch talks as an international nonproliferation conference in beijing fails later on friday the u.s. is expected to say russia has not complied with its february second deadline to come back to the i.n.f. treaty and therefore the us is suspending compliance itself it has support from nato and e.u. allies when it was signed by the united states in the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred seven the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty banned a whole class of weaponry both pledged to give up possession and development of land based crews and ballistic missiles with a range of five hundred to five thousand five hundred kilometers but in recent years the agreements been pushed past breaking point the united states says the

seven to nine is too short to fall into the ban zone for the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty or i am af but the us hasn't believed that since it first raised concerns in twenty fourteen. standards are. consequent to. the standards so parties are. standard. that. standard other parties are allowed to manage. standard that undermines all of our arms control. last ditch talks as an international nonproliferation conference in beijing fails later on friday the u.s. is expected to say russia has not complied with its february second deadline to come back to the i.n.f. treaty and therefore the us is suspending compliance itself it has support from nato and e.u. allies when it was signed by the united states in the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred seven the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty banned a whole class of weaponry both pledged to give up possession and development of land based crews and ballistic missiles with a range of five hundred to five thousand five hundred kilometers but in recent years the agreements been pushed past breaking point the united states

main nuclear weapons agreements with russia the one nine hundred eighty seven intermediate range nuclear forces treaty the us says russia has consistently violated the terms of the treaty which restricts short and medium range nuclear missiles we provided russia an ample window of time to mend its ways and for russia to honor its commitment to bar that time runs out russia has refused to take any steps to return real and verifiable compliance over these sixty days the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the n f treaty effective february second we will provide russia and the other treaty parties with formal notice that the united states is withdrawing from the idea of treaty affective in six months pursuant to article fifteen of the tree senior figures in turkey's ruling ak party have met the un human rights investigators looking into the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi they say agnus column much as their frustrations and fears that there won't be full justice for everyone suspected of involvement in the killing. the un refugee agency has called on the u.s. backed syri

russian president, vladimir putin, says russia is suspending the cold war—era intermediate—range nuclear forces treaty united states. england's minister for schools says pupils should be banned from taking smartphones into school. floods in australia's north—east state of queensland reach catastrophic levels. now on bbc news a special edition of talking movies. hello from new york, i'm tom brooks. for a special 20th anniversary edition of talking movies, i met top british actor and director, kenneth branagh, to discuss his latest film, all is true, and his a0 years in the film business. i greeted kenneth branagh as he arrived at a new york event to mark the 20th anniversary of talking movies. this affable 58—year—old star was happy to mingle with the crowd, to pose for photographs. the audience was eager to find out what he had to say. applause. very good to see you. have a seat. thank you. well, a very warm welcome to talking movies on the occasion of our 20th anniversary. thank you and happy birthday. good. happy anniversary. we're enjoying it. good. i have been looking at your work. you have a very

russian president, vladimir putin, says russia is suspending the cold war—era intermediate—range nuclear forces treatysimilar move by the united states. freezing temperatures are continuing into the weekend after snow causes more travel chaos overnight. england's minister for schools says pupils should be banned from taking smartphones into school. the president of venezuela, nicholas maduro, is facing another wave of protests from supporters of self—declared interim presidentjuan guaido. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week: barriers without walls. can tech trump the border? how microsoft came back from the dead. and the magic behind the avengers. the construction of a wall at the us—mexican border has dominated american politics since donald trump joined the presidential race back in 2015. we are going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration. it reached its crescendo in december, when the now—president announced a federal government shutdown over its funding. we're going to have a shutdown. there's nothing we can do about that. a record 35 days later it was finally lifted

seven to nine is too short to fall into the ban zone for the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty or i am af but the us hasn't believed that since the first raise concerns in twenty fourteen. standards are. consequent to. the standards so parties are. standard. other parties are allowed to manage. standard that undermines all of our arms control. last ditch talks as an international nonproliferation conference in beijing fails later on friday the u.s. is expected to say russia has not complied with its february second deadline to come back to the i.n.f. treaty and therefore the us is suspending compliance itself it has support from nato and e.u. allies when it was signed by the united states in the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred seven the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty banned a whole class of weaponry both pledged to give up possession and development of land based crews and ballistic missiles with a range of five hundred to five thousand five hundred kilometers but in recent years the agreements been pushed past breaking point the united states says the russi

the us and other nato countries say russia has violated the intermediate—range nuclear forces treaty russia refutes. our correspondent steve rosenberg is in moscow. what are the potential consequences of this tit—for—tat between russia and the united states? well, this isn't a surprise but it is significant because the inf treaty was one of the cornerstones of east— west arms control that helps to bring an end to the cold war. now what do we see? america has suspended its participation in the inf treaty and now russia has suspended its participation in this treaty. washington and moscow accusing each other of having violated that treaty. although president putin today made it clear he doesn't want russia being dragged into a costly new arms race, and he said that russia's doors remain open to america, to discuss these issues, he also spoke of the new weapons that moscow intends to develop, because of this situation. new short at medium range hypersonic weapons, new cruise missiles, land—based. it feels as if east and west are moving closer to a new cold war. steve rosenberg in moscow

nuclear weapons agreements with russia saying the nine hundred eighty seven intermediate range nuclear forces treaty has been consistently violated. and the taliban says u.s. president donald trump appears to be serious about taking his troops out of afghanistan but also wants to establish an islamic system under any peace deal. u.s. immigration officials are force feeding detainees on hunger strike in protest against conditions at a texas detention center immigration and customs enforcement or ice as it's known says eleven detainees at the el paso processing center have been refusing food some for more than a month a report by the associated press is found at two thirty. the people are striking most of from cuba and india in mid january us judge as the full speed of sixty t.v. is being hydrated and fed through plastic nasal tube the immigrants are protesting against verbal abuse and threats from deportation from guards they're also upset about lengthy lock ups while awaiting legal proceedings flow along is a senior research for human rights watch and she says force feeding can be regarded as an act

talks in sudan's capital khartoum and russia says it's withdrawing from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty a day after the u.s. said it would stop observing the arms control pact washington is accusing moscow of violating the agreement. a member of an armed group accused of carrying out last week's twin bombings in the southern philippines as spoken exclusively to al jazeera i still claim responsibility for the attack on a cathedral which killed more than twenty people but the military has dismissed this saying it was the work of a smaller group called a jangle jang tamil arlindo again but one of its fighters. what we wanted to do. he got in our car nervous but defiant he claims he doesn't have a name just like the more than twenty other members of the a john a jungle rubin sulu province on the island of mindanao. we want to kill christians this is our gold we don't want them it's a new even if you've blown to pieces that is the best way to get the better days. are you trying to say you want to become a suicide bomber. we will do whatever we can because that estimate that was given to us b

that russia will withdraw from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty on friday the u.s. said it would stop observing the arms control pact accusing moscow of violating it . well in other news it's been four months since the washington post columnist jamal khashoggi was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul his body still hasn't been found in isolation special has been in turkey for the past week leading an independent investigation ashaji was last seen entering the consulate in on october the second and he never left the building prosecutors in saudi arabia have charged a number of saudi men with his murder but turkish authorities want whoever ordered the killing also held to account stephanie decker has more now from istanbul. agnes is wrapping up a weeklong visit here in turkey she's met with the foreign minister she's met with intelligence officials she's met with the chief prosecutor of course the man in charge of turkey's investigation into what happened exactly in that building behind me she's met with friends of jamal khashoggi and she's also met with his fi

why i announced that the united states is officially withdrawing from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty or i.n.f. treaty perhaps i think. we really have no choice perhaps we can negotiate a different agreement adding china and others or perhaps we can't in which case we will outspend and out innovate all of those by far i as part of a bold new diplomacy we continue our historic push for peace on the korean peninsula our hostages have come home nuclear testing has stopped. and there has not been a missile launch in more than fifteen months. if i had not been elected president of the united states we would right now in my opinion be in a major war with north korea. i much work remains to be done but my relationship with kim jong un is a good one. german kim and i will meet again on february twenty seventh and twenty eighth in vietnam. one of the m two weeks ago the united states officially recognized the legitimate government of venezuela and its new president the launch of the a e we stand with the venezuelan people in their noble quest for freedom. and we condemn the brutality of the ma

russia says it is withdrawing from the into medium range nuclear forces treaty a day after the u.s. said it would stop observing the arms control washington is accusing moscow of violating it. is aiding eighty two year old president is expected to seek reelection ruling coalition has named. as its candidate for a full vote but he is yet to officially confirm he. a run for a fifth term has been in power since one thousand nine hundred ninety nine with a flicker was partially paralyzed from strength six years ago and has rarely been seen in public thanks dorsey is senior fellow at the s. rajaratnam school of international studies he joins us via skype now from amsterdam thanks very much for being with us so given his failing health and the fact that he's eighty two years old why has his ruling party nominated him again this time essentially. does is put to sleep as a convenient. formal figure as a symbol if you wish which allows the powers that be an algerian. to evade having to jockey for a new car can do that at a time that the country is facing economic issues social unrest as well

main nuclear weapons agreements with russia saying the nineteen eighty seven intermediate range nuclear forces treaty has been consistently violated also the taliban says u.s. president donald trump appears to be serious about taking his troops out of afghanistan it also wants to establish an islamic system and any peace deal. also as well as one has rejected a mexican in europe wine proposal to mediate between him and president nicolas maduro the opposition leader who's declared himself interim president is backed by several western and latin american countries. senior figures in turkey's ruling party the un special rapporteur all executions who's looking into the murder of sandy journalist jamal khashoggi they say agnus shares their frustrations and fears that everyone suspected of involvement won't be brought to justice saudi arabia insists its rulers had no knowledge of the killing inside its consular office in istanbul last october. the united nations delegation has shown that their objective is to convey the facts and deliver true evidence in case to the whole world they have listened to my tes

main nuclear weapons agreements with russia in one nine hundred eighty seven intermediate range nuclear forces treaty the us says russia has consistently violated the terms of the treaty which restricts short and medium range nuclear missiles i hope that we're able to get everybody in a very big and beautiful room and do a new treaty that would be much better but certainly i would like to see that but you have to have everybody at here to it and you have a certain side that almost pretends it doesn't exist pretty much pretends it doesn't exist so all of us will get to have something that we all agree to we can't be put at the disadvantage of go in by a treaty live with a what we do when somebody else doesn't go by that treaty ok in our all the headlines this hour the former ivory coast president on bag has been released by the international criminal court backbone and his former right hand man shells be a good day but acquitted of crimes against humanity last month judges ordered their release on the condition that they live in a neutral country and in an appeal by the prosecution six months on from

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