our top stories: the us announces new sanctions on russia over the poisoning of former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter, in the uk. evacuations are ordered in portugal as wildfires spread through one of the country's most popular tourist regions. will argentina vote to legalise abortion? the result of an historic vote in the senate is due within hours. a bbc investigation reveals new details about those behind the barcelona attacks last year and what else they were planning. the united states is to impose new sanctions on russia in response to the nerve agent attack in salisbury on the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. the state department and the cia have concluded that the russian government used chemical or biological weapons, in violation of american and international law. moscow denies any involvement in the attack. our north america correspondent chris buckler reports from washington. an attack in the middle england continues to have consequences for international relationships. and in imposing sanctions, america makes clear that it believes russia

that's when the former russian spy, sergei skripal, and his daughter yulia were poisoned. department and the cia say that the russian government broke us and international law by using chemical or biological weapons. moscow denies any involvement in the attack. let's get more from our correspondent in washington, chris buckler. the us state department has been in touch with the russian government to say that the sanctions will come in two weeks time on august 22. this was a somewhat delayed decision. there were due to make the assessment months ago and politicians here in washington have been putting on the pressure to try and geta been putting on the pressure to try and get a realist what happened amid concerns about russia to dig certainly the suggestion that they used a chemical weapon on foreign soil. an attack in the middle of england continues to have consequences for international relationships. and in imposing sanctions, america makes clear that it believes russia used novichok in an attempted assassination here on the streets of salisbury. in the aftermath of the

us is to place sanctions on russia in response to the poisoning of the former russian double agent sergei skripal and his daughter in the uk. the death toll rises in indonesia. at least 150 people are now known to have died in the lombok earthquake. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: total drought. the entire australian state of new south wales suffers its driest start to the year for five decades. remembering amiens. a ceremony is held to commemorate the campaign which helped bring about the end of the first world war. good morning. it is 7:00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7:00pm in the evening in washington, where the state department has announced fresh sanctions on russia. it comes as the us says it has determined that it was russia which used the nerve agent novichok against former double agent sergei skripal and his daughter in the uk in march. the sanctions are to take effect on or around 22 august. britain has welcomed the sanctions, while russia has always strongly denied playing any role in the attack. chris buckler in washington has more. well, three

the us imposes new sanctions on russia, in the wake of the nerve agent attack on sergei and yulia skripala damning report says appalling sexual abuse took place for decades at two prestigious catholic private schools, on boys as young as seven. this is a very hard—hitting, very serious report that, as i say, over many years showed that the reputation of individuals and the reputation of the institution itself was far more important to people than the safety and protection of the children. and: cycling's coming home. thousands are expected to welcome geraint thomas back to cardiff, and to celebrate his tour de france victory. coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news: we'll have the latest from the european championships, as katarina johnson—thompson takes the lead in the heptathlon. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a court has heard claims that the england cricketer ben stokes ‘could have killed' another man during an alleged fight. the all—rounder — who was arrested outside a nightclub in the city last september — has just started giving evidence in his defen

this is what real -- in russia. >> thank you, sergey. steve. >> was the phenomenon of private military companies is ubiquitous. i want to build on what sergey and general gornick said, because the pmcs are a phenomenon that is intrinsic to russian national security strategy writ large. not just syria, not even just africa. first of all as we pointed out in the middle east today, the presence of the russians on the success of the russians has not only embolden russia to go into -- enablers, that are helping them get into africa and use uae for purposes of getting access to mineral resources are into contracts, or creating long-term political influence and a basis of local russian arms sales to african countries which is a big deal and are growing importance. as lavrov said, africa is going important to the foreign minister, growing importance of the sectors as well. the phenomenon of private entrepreneurs, quote private entrepreneurs because they are not private for sure. in russian policy goes back to the czars are used to use people bec

what i'm going to do with very, very minor introductions i'm going to turn the floor over first to sergei from the jamestown foundation, and then after him, to my colleague steve blank from the american foreign policy council and then after that ted of gulf state analytics to talk about and unpack for us this enormously timely subject and to add another layer of complexity to what we've heard already today. so with that, for malts, aside, gentlemen, feel free to sit at your seats and speak and-- >> thank you very much, first

bring in to have that report from tehran to go straight to moscow and to listen to sergei lavrov foreign minister for russia alongside his syrian counterpart let's just listen and that but basically in full focus of talks was the situation in syria in the middle east and indeed in north africa. one of. which so that. it was with satisfaction that we noted that the majority of the essay is now freed of terrorists and what we need to do now is to wipe out those terrorist groups which. persist particularly in the deescalation area of. you know. it is unacceptable that terrorists particular is. using the escalation. area to. attack the syrian army and to also attack through drone of russian military bases in the area. and. we exchanged views about. the progress of this new action to. move the. military positions which we have a. dialogue about with the syrian army. with terrorists. in relation to the terrorists and also taking. us. actually seduced you that was your syrian friends who shared. their views. organizing. organizing units. and also when settled as if it was arrangements throughou

agencies from getting syria's economy back on track the claim comes from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov. because. it's turned out that the political department at the u.n. secretary it produced and distributed a secret guideline within the whole u.n. system in october last year it restricted the organizations within that system to take part in any projects on the reconstruction of the syrian economy our newly humanitarian aid nothing else well first of all we don't hear this kind of criticism for. directed specifically at the u.n. that often but if you really read into what he said you will realize that actually he is upset with what he called attempts by other countries to manipulate the u.n. secretary it and this is absolutely unacceptable says the russian foreign minister the russian foreign ministry has already been touch with the secretary general they sent a former complaint about the alleged behind the scenes than the secretary to take part in this syria restoration program picks so the question i think you a number of other russian colleagues had sent about this reported

it was the putin regime's ruthless torture and murder of sergei magnitsky after sergei exposed their corruption with the regime's repeated attacks on the russian people that inspired senator mccain and i to work together on the magnitsky law. i thank senator mccain for giving me that opportunity, for giving me the strength in developing a strategy where we could, in fact, enact not only the original magnitsky statute but the global magnitsky statute which truly provided u.s. leadership globally. many other countries have followed our leadership. and after vladimir putin attacked our 2016 elections, senator mccain worked with me and others to ensure a new, tough sanction regime against mr. putin and his oligarchs for their insidious attack on our democracy. senator mccain fought to ensure our efforts to hold russia accountable for these actions made into law. just last month he joined a bipartisan group of senators again towards the same goal, given mr. putin's persistent attacks on our democratic system. senator mccain and i worked alongside one another to address the genocide agains

impose sanctions on russia in response to the nerve agent attack on a former russian double agent, sergeikripal, and his daughter in britain. that happened in martin salisbury. let's go to gary o'donoghue with the latest in washington. that happened in march in salisbury. the statement says it is determined russia breached international law when it used the chemical agent novichok, in the poisoning of sergei skripal and his daughter in salisbury. what that means is that certain american domestic laws are triggered by that and congress has asked the administration to impose sanctions as a result of those laws on russia. they come into mag waves. the first wave deal with electronic components, in particular, and it will be a blanket ban on the export of sensitive technologies. there are what they call carve outs to that, in areas like foreign assistance that would help the russian people. any wholly owned us subsidiary in russia would be exempt. the key thing to note about this is that if russia doesn't take certain steps in the next three months, which could include things like un inspecti

russian government violated international law by using lethal chemical or biological weapons against sergei skripal and his daughter. britain has welcomed the development. more than 150 people are now known to have died in the earthquake that struck indonesia on sunday. rescue efforts have been hindered by destroyed roads and bridges in the worst—hit areas on the island of lombok. and this video is trending on bbc.com: the 23—year—old who has become the world's most expensive goalkeeper. kepa arrizabalaga isjoining chelsea from athletic bilbao for a fee in the region of $us91 million. more on that at bbc.com. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: senior conservatives have strongly criticised former foreign secretary borisjohnson for his comments about muslim women wearing the burka. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. another day, another escalation in trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies. china announces further retaliatory ta riffs announces further retaliatory tariffs on the us. and ikea opens in india. we ask the boss how the

i think it is part of a fairly robust response by the us to the sergei skripal and yulia poisoning.g statement of condemnation against russia for orchestrating the attack in salisbury and this is really part of that response, the continuation of that response, the continuation of it. obviously, it takes time to make the assessment, a legal determination, the terms of the statute, the chemical and biological weapons statue, that it has been met. but the administration has followed through on it and imposed additional sanctions that will restrict exports of some items to russia. but really what matters is what happens next and now the statute has been triggered, in 90 days, if russia does not agree the commitments on chemical and biological weapons, if it does not agree to inspections by international inspectors, un or other, additional sanctions could go into effect, but it is true the administration has broad discretion on that, an open question what happens 90 days from now.|j on that, an open question what happens 90 days from now. i do not know if you were a betting man, but it i

britain has welcomed new us sanctions imposed on russia over the salisbury nerve agent attack on sergeiyulia skripal. the sanctions will come into effect on the 22nd of august — and the us state department says more sanctions will follow within 90 days if russia fails to give assurances it will no longer use chemical weapons. the kremlin has called the move "categorically unacceptable" and claims the sanctions are illegal under international law. our washington correspondent chris buckler reports an attack in the middle of england continues to have consequences for international relationships. and in imposing sanctions, america is making clear that it believes russia used the nerve agent novichok in an attempted assassination here on the streets of salisbury. in the aftermath of the poisoning of the former russian double agent, sergei skripal, and his daughter, yulia, the united states was one of many countries that did take action. it expelled dozens of russian diplomats from the us, including many from its embassy in washington. and since then, members of congress have been pushing fo

to me, it's another example of a larry and sergei deuel. sundar is pretty pragmatic. going to push ahead. emily: it certainly sounds like he is in charge. thank you very much. finally, amazon is developing a new device that records live tv, working around cable providers and encroaching on tivo's market. the living room hubs through the online video effort. amazon has not made a final decision on rolling out the streaming feature, noting the plan could be canceled or delayed. for more, i want to bring in the reporter who helped to break this story. mark, what can you tell us? >> tivo stock is down in reaction to this. this is pretty old-school technology but amazon is hoping to liven it up a bit. this would join a growing ecosystem of living room devices. emily: how does this broad in amazon's larger strategy and fit into the bigger engine? >> amazon is looking for every way forward to taking over cable companies, competitors in the technology space. dish network, roku, swing box. this has just been a part of it. this is a step toward doing more of what the cable comp

sergei was one of two people who really made the decision in 2010 china.ey are not backing down. they are saying these explorations will continue. >> i thought it was telling that sergei was there. if you had not been, i think there would have been more had not been, i think there would have been more backlash. there were complaints about censorship. he compared china to the totalitarian regime in russia. the fact that he is now standing up and supporting this is a really big change. why the about-face? china is as big as it was in 2010. >> if not bigger. bely: it's always going to big. >> i think a lot of people with it is at would say strategic mistake to leave. gone on doingve what it wanted to do anyway. it has done that. maybe it would have been better to stay in the country and try to influence things from inside. certainly, from a financial , they have a more pragmatic leader than the leaders before. from a financial perspective, it has been terrible. emily: obviously. a petition was signed by many employees saying they urgently need a seat at the t

what else can we do to get justice for sergei magnitsky. our biggest advocate fighting for justice for sergei magnitsky. >> and you had overwhelming support because of your two co-sponsors. >> these two co-sponsors. >> senator john card en and mccain, people followed them because of their natural leadership. >> it's a story we hear from a lot of people and different things. john mccain came to social justice very naturally. some can say it was because he was tortured, in prison and shot down. in fact, it may be -- bill and i were talking about this, that may be deeper than that. he fundamentally felt injustice personally. >> i think that's right, and he was just somebody who fundamentally believed and supported such principles as civil rights, human dignity. you know, and the right to every individual -- to every human being to live in peace and freedom. i can tell you there was no bigger and stronger supporter of a free and democratic russia and of the russian freedoms of russian citizens on capitol hill than john mccain. it's one of the b

economic war after washington announces new penalties over the poisoning of russian double agent sergei screwball and his daughter in the u.k. . a russian woman who faces imprisonment for terrorism and for following her husband to syria where he joined islamic state. i told my husband that i wanted to go back that i couldn't leave them at the moment i started talking about it we had fights he told me if you want to leave leave but i will not let you take the kids away. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our senior international certainly glad to have you with us a far right groups have held a rally in washington d.c. a year on from deadly unrest in charlottesville virginia they were met by counter-demonstrators last year's unite the right margin charlottesville left one woman dead no bit of warning you might find the video of those events to stroebel. terrorism is is the use of violence to incite terror and of course this egregious display of hatred bigotry and violence on many. many sets. the head of sunday's anniversary rallies republican congressman tom garre

agencies from the reconstruction of syria's economy the claim comes from russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. because it was true it's turned out that the political department is the u.n. secretary and produced and distributed to secret going on within the whole u.n. system in october last year it restricted the organizations within that system to take part in any projects on the reconstruction of the syrian economy are only humanitarian aid nothing else. breaking down the significance of that statement is ilia patrik who joins me on the program know it what else indeed did the russian foreign minister have to say union high wall first of all we don't really hear this kind of criticism from sergei lavrov that often specifically when he's lashing out at the u.n. the russian foreign minister besides this house called attempts by certain countries to manipulate the united nations absolutely unacceptable actually the russian foreign ministry wants to get in touch with the secretary general and they have already sent him for merrill complaint about this alleged ban on the secretary to take

russian government violated international law by using lethal chemical or biological weapons against sergei skripal and his daughter. britain has welcomed the development. more than 150 people are now known to have died in the earthquake that struck indonesia on sunday. rescue efforts have been hindered by destroyed roads and bridges in the worst—hit areas on the island of lombok. and this video is trending on bbc.com: the 23—year—old who has become the world's most expensive goalkeeper. kepa arrizabalaga isjoining chelsea from athletic bilbao for a fee in the region of $us91 million. more on that at bbc.com. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. british prime minister theresa may is running out of time to avoid the brexit cliff edge. her proposals for a post—brexit trade deal with brussels got short shrift from the eu's chief negotiator. she seems to be hoping to get more joy from some of europe's national leaders. but with every passing day, the prospect for a no—deal, potentially chaotic brexit grows more real. my guest is the dutch mep sophie in ‘t veld, de

economic war after washington announces new penalties over the poisoning of russian double agents sergei st paul and his daughter in the u.k. . meanwhile as a new batch of u.s. sanctions against iran take a fact the e.u. scrambles to protect european businesses working with tara. also this hour a saudi airstrike on a school bus in war torn yemen killed twenty nine children and injured dozens more the washington reaffirms its strategic military partnership with the saudis. and we meet russian woman who faces imprisonment for terrorism after following her husband to syria where he joined islamic state. i told my husband that i want to go back that i couldn't live there but the moment i started talking about it we had fights he told me if you want to leave leave but i will not let you take the kids away. you're watching the weekly here on r t international a recap of the biggest stories from the past seven days thanks for joining us. washington announced it will impose new sanctions against russia over the poisoning of former russian double agent sergei skateball and his daughter back in ma

department and cia concluded on wednesday that russia was behind the nerve agent attack on former spy sergei

in the aftermath of the poisoning of the former russian double agent, sergei skripal, and his daughtera, the united states was one of many countries that did take action. it expelled dozens of russian diplomats from the us, including many from its embassy in washington. and since then, members of congress have been pushing for the state department to make a definitive statement that russia had broken international law by using a chemical or biological weapon. in making that determination, sanctions are being automatically imposed that will prevent the sale of some electronics and sensitive technologies to russia. that could put a strain on relationships at a time when donald trump appears to be trying to reach out to vladimir putin, particularly as a second wave of harsher sanctions will follow unless moscow provides reassurance that it won't use chemical weapons again and opens up some sites to inspectors within 90 days. the kremlin is likely to resist. it continues to deny that it was involved in the attempted murder of sergei skripal and his daughter. however, the us isjust one of m

is to allow civilians to leave that as the last rebel help province the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says fighters and need liquidating he says they are using civilians as human shields russia's ambassador to the us earlier warned against what he calls groundless and illegal aggression in syria the u.s. has talked to retaliate of syrian government forces attack opposition areas with chemical weapons doctors in iran say sanctions imposed by the u.s. are endangering lives they say they can't get enough medicine to treat patients foreign companies are able to sell medical supplies for new banking restrictions make that harder same bus robbery reports from tehran. has been struggling with since he was born it's a blood disorder that his parents know means he will never live a normal life. but the medical treatment he gets at this clinic gives him a fighting chance. he's a boy he should play with his friends and. if he does he has to go to the hospital to get an injection the effects his spirit and he could not enjoy. he seems to serious his father says his condition makes him a li

america will impose sanctions on russia for the novichok attack on sergei and yulia skripal in salisburyit's the worst dry spell in years — now the whole of new south wales in australia is experiencing drought. here at amiens cathedral in northern france 3000 people have gathered to mark the centenary of the battle of amiens. the prime minister and prince william came here and joints descendeds of those who fought in the battle that proved to be a turning point in world war i. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: chelsea agree to sell goalkeeper thibaut courtois to real madrid, subject to the player agreeing personal terms and passing a medical. good evening. several senior members of the conservative party have strongly criticised borisjohnson for his comments that moslem women wearing full face veils "look like letter boxes," and "bank robbers." the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, said his words in a newspaper article were "gratuitously offensive," while the former attorney general dominic grieve said he'd quit the conservative party if mrjohnson ever became leader.

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headlines: the us says it will impose fresh sanctions on russia over the nerve agent attack on ex—spy sergeikripal and his daughter in the english town of salisbury. the state department says it has determined that moscow used lethal chemical or biological weapons, violating international law. senators in argentina are debating whether to pass a bill allowing abortion during the first 1a weeks of pregnancy — an issue that has divided the predominantly catholic country. the law currently allows the procedure only in the case of rape or if the woman's life is endangered. evacuations continue in one of portugal's most popular tourist regions as wildfires blaze out of control. the fires have been burning for five days in the southern algarve region — more than 1000 firefighters and soldiers have been called in to try and stop the flames from spreading further. it's just gone half past two in the morning. you are up to date on the headlines. it is time now for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. my name sackur. for good or ill, donald trump dominates the american political landscape will stop he seems

the former russian spy sergei skripal, and his daughter yulia, were poisoned in the city in march.g chemical or biological weapons. the kremlin has denied any involvement. our washington correspondent chris buckler reports. an attack in the middle of england continues to have consequences for international relationships, and in imposing sanctions, america is making clear that it believes russia used the nerve agent novichok in an intended assassination here on the streets of salisbury. in the aftermath of the poisoning of the former russian double agent sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia, the united states was one of many countries that did take action. it expelled dozens of russian diplomats from the us, including many from its embassy in washington. and since then, members of congress have been pushing for the state department to make a definitive statement that russia had broken international law by using a chemical or biological weapon. in making that determination, sanctions are being automatically imposed that will prevent the sale of some electronics and sensitive techno

of a plot by the united states to devalue currencies globally meanwhile russian foreign minister sergei lavrov already predicts consequences for the dollar. i'm sure that this grave abuse of the u.s. dollar as a global reserve currency will result in the eventual demise of its role. well many analysts say that international concerns about the ones economic policies are behind the leader as crash that took its leader speaks of economic terrorism by washington and called on his country to boycott u.s. might goods already crowded it it will boycott american electronic products if they have the i phone there is also samsung. you know to one has also renewed a cool for turks to convert their euros and dollars into turkish lira to strengthen the currency meanwhile analysts hope for the central bank to take action to restore confidence in the lira. in new york a financial correspondent has more on that story nice to see you sophie so is adeline's boy cult likely to have any serious a fact in u.s. companies apple for example was one company that he did target not really funny turkey is simply a

on the ruble exchange rate has dropped sharply in recent weeks foreign minister sergei lavrov is outraged something of. it's quite obvious that these sanctions have nothing to do with syria ukraine or crimea. they're being used to enforce unfair trading conditions or to hobble the russian economy. a further round of sanctions lined up for november could target banks u.s. russian air links imports and exports and diplomatic relations. they would hit russia's six largest state controlled banks as well as the country's entire oil and gas industry all of which would have dire effects on the russian economy. well whole street has braces longest full run in history and that despite the news that chumps for manoir michael cohen a former election campaign manager all manifolds could face long prison sentences uncertainty remains though will their actions have a negative effect on republican chances in the november midterm elections and what could it mean for the president. well let's get the latest from wall street our financial correspondent so fishermans he is standing by sophie it was a remark

accused of trading oil with north korea and russia's alleged involvement in the poisoning of former spy sergei scruple seen here on the right could result in a new far reaching set of sanctions on the streets of moscow locals don't appear too fazed by the rubles declining value. well most of my savings are in rubles so it doesn't matter that much to me my clients pay me in rubles too so i haven't suffered losses there either the only thing which worries me is that they say prices will be growing well let's see you do fly before. you know. that. but wait and see wasn't a strategy the central bank was willing to risk the rubles weaknesses come despite an increase in oil prices and a general improvement in the russian economy a fresh set of u.s. sanctions could swiftly undo those games. china has expressed serious concerns over australia's decision to ban chinese telecoms hallway technologies from supplying equipment for a five g. mobile network to the country australia had banned holway all way citing risks of foreign interference attacking. an excuse to tilt the playing field against a chinese