well again a specific part of my question was whether sergey lavrov remembers when was the last time that such a high ranking foreign official addressed russia in such a language and circular said that it's highly possible to remember that obviously poking fun at the u.k. prime minister to resign may she was the one who. famously said that it's highly likely that russia is behind the poisoning something else or you lavrov was said that perhaps gavin williamson the u.k. defense secretary is trying to do this because he wants to go into history books called him a handsome young man who perhaps lacks manners and education. thanks very much for the article. in kazakhstan this hour. moving on the u.s. central command has admitted it doesn't know how resources it gives to the saudi led coalition are being used in the conflict with yemen does sit com track the purpose of the missions that it is refueling what targets it strikes and the results of the mission sounder we do not ok reuters recently reported on a saudi coalition air strike in late february that killed five civilians is said com

sergei lavrov says it will bea reaction?we would expect. sure. from the meddling in the election, whether that has been proved not, donald trump expelled to promote. and we found out that michael flynn told the then russian ambassador, sergey kislyak, not to do anything. that eventually led to, once michael flynn left his job, the 755 american physicians eliminated by the russians. when theresa may and the uk government expelled 23 russian diplomats over the sergei skripal incident, another needed russia respond with expelling 23 british muds, but also closely british muds, but also closely british council, but also the british council, but also the british consulate in moscow. —— ridge diplomats. so we had expected it to happen. every country that expeued it to happen. every country that expelled and russian diplomat knows that it will be responded to tit—for—tat. —— british diplomat. so at minimum russia will respond in that way. the united states also closed the russian consulate in seattle. so for short one american cons

news live from berlin russia retaliate foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow is expelling the british diplomat a tit for tat response to london's decision to kick twenty three russian embassy staff out of the country this comes as western allies rally around britain in responding to a poison attack on a former russian double agent. and in rio de janeiro tens of thousands of people take to the streets to protest the killing of a popular local politician the outspoken critic of police violence was gunned down by unknown assailants. sunni so what's going to thank you for joining us russia's foreign ministers says that moscow will expel u.k. diplomats after western allies accuse it of attempting to murder a former russian spy in britain in a joint declaration the u.s. france and germany backed britain and directly blaming moscow for last week's nerve agent attack in the city of salzburg. british prime minister to reason may is one of the few visitors to salzburg these days traders in the cathedral town say tourists and shoppers are staying away in the wake of the poisoning of former russi

this is deja vu news live from berlin russia retaliates foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow is expelling british diplomats a tit for tat response to london's decision to kick twenty three russian embassy staff out of the country this comes as western allies rally around britain then responding to a poison attack on a former russian double agent. in rio de janeiro time tens of thousands of people take to the streets to protest the killing of a popular local politician the outspoken critic of police violence was gunned down by unknown assailants. and russians prepare to cast their ballots in a presidential election on sunday it's a day that also marks four years since the annexation of crimea we had to the peninsula to find out how people there are feeling out of the vote. i'm sumi so what's going to thank you for joining us russia's foreign minister says moscow will expel a u.k. diplomats after western allies accused it of attempting to murder a former russian spy in britain and a joint declaration the u.s. france and germany backed britain directly blaming moscow for last week'

sergey lavrov and others calling it fa ntasy, lavrov and others calling it fantasy, some theories into distract. this is why its so interesting. we are used to diplomatic language being incredibly restrained, because we know that eight varies —— a can so very easily be ratcheted up. for borisjohnson to have used this kind of language so specifically and targeted to vladimir putin is extremely fast extremely significant in diplomatic terms. absolutely. there is the counterargument to this situation with regards to whether putin was directly responsible for ordering this is maybe it is that who will rid me of this turbulent place? people take him at his word and his wish becomes their obligation almost. here we have quite clearly the foreign secretary making it abundantly clear that in the view of the british government this was a direct act targeted by the russian head of state. that is a very serious charge and allegation. from a foreign secretary. this is the official british government policy. to be fair i don't think too many people outside of the orbit of jeremy corbyn momentum a

the foreign minister sergei lavrov accused britain of acting in a boorish way and insisted again thatas not involved in the salisbury attack. here's our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg. it may be feeling like a cold war, but in moscow today, there was a warm reception for the president. vladimir putin the star guest at a youth conference. lots of smiles, but no mention of diplomatic expulsions. the kremlin leader keeping his plans for retaliation against britain to himself. across town, at the british embassy, they waited for news. would moscow expel british diplomats? the uk had expelled 23 russians. and the news on russian tv: britain has been russia's enemy for centuries. the message to viewers: the uk cannot be trusted. russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, claimed britain was using the poisoning of sergei skripal to distract attention from brexit. then, pictures from the kremlin. the president meeting his security chiefs to discuss uk sanctions. moscow's response expected soon. russia may be coming under increasing international pressure, but the language coming out of

the country's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, dismissed the accusation while the russian embassy inrned that the threat of sanctions by britain would be met with a response. our correspondent, sarah rainsford, reports from moscow. accused of a crime many miles from here, under pressure to explain a chemical attack that shocked britain. but today, the kremlin has remained silent. the foreign minister, though, was in full defensive flow. sergey lavrov rejected britain's 24—hour ultimatum to respond to the claim that moscow used a nerve agent. "russia should get ten days," he said, accusing britain of flouting the chemical weapons convention. and when i asked about the actual charge, the minister called that nonsense. translation: russia is not guilty. russia is ready to co—operate in accordance with the convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons if the uk finally decides to fulfil its obligations under international law within that document. russia's also demanding a sample of the substance used in the attack to conduct its own tests. it's been identified as novichok, which the

this is news coming to you live from berlin russia brittanie its foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow is expelling british diplomats and tit for tat response to london's decision to kick twenty three russian embassy staff out of the country this comes as western allies rally around britain in responding to a poison attack on a former russian double h. . and on the trail of the peace diamond in sierra leone it was supposed to bring prosperity to the villagers who founded instead its bread discontent we have an exclusive report. well i'm terry martin good to have you with us russia's foreign minister has said today that moscow will expel u.k. diplomats after western allies accused of attempting to murder a former russian spy in britain in a joint declaration yesterday the u.s. joined france germany and britain indirectly blaming moscow for last week's attack using a nerve agent it comes as washington separately announced sanctions against russia for allegedly meddling in its elections. british prime minister to reason may is one of the few visitors to salzburg these days traders

last week foreign minister sergei lavrov says the expulsions are in retaliation for the u.k. ordering air twenty three russian embassy staff juta leave on march twentieth moscow continues to deny any involvement in the chemical attack but lavrov says u.k. counterpart boris johnson accuses president vladimir putin of ordering it to sell. our quarrel is with putin's kremlin and with his decision and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the u.k. on the streets of europe for the first time since the second world war that is that is why we are at odds with russia. and a separate larger investigation is now underway into the death of another russian in the u.k. earlier this week businessman nicole a good scarf was found dead in a west london suburb on monday they said confirm the cause of death was compression to the neck sixty eight year old lucia golf was a close associate of prominent putin opponent boris berezovsky who was found dead in the u.k. in twenty thirty. well for latest we're joined by our u.k.

consulate in st petersburg emulating washington's move over the scripts case foreign minister sergei lavrov announced the retaliatory measures against the u.s. and pledged a mirror response to other states that have deported moscow's diplomats. include the expulsion of the same number of u.s. diplomats and withdrawal of our consent for the us consulate in some petersburg as far as other states are concerned we will always give amir a response as it promised russia has responded tit for tat for every russian diplomat kicked out from the two dozen or so countries one of their diplomats will be kicked out of russia almost all of those countries by the way the nato members will hopefuls the united states though may have to charter a jet sixty evidence diplomats have been ordered to leave russia the same number kicked out by washington you know what the u.s. consulate in st petersburg is being closed down in response to the closure of russia's consulate in seattle and nearest spawn's no more no less and again moscow has called on the united states to stop it is proposed to us south or ities inci

meanwhile russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said wednesday russia is prepared to fulfill its obligations under international law relating to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons but that no formal request has been made by the u.k. take a listen to what he added while speaking this afternoon. you can listen to i cannot judge what kind of motives our british colleagues cannot but think that those motives were not on it because they were honest they would tell us and then sir all those questions we are asking and would launch those procedures which are under the convention of preventing chemical weapons and now this morning u.k. defense minister gavin williamson had this to say in response to russia's position is absolutely atrocious treacherous and outrageous will do it in soldiery we have responded to it frankly russia should go away should churchill up with no concrete evidence presented in the case against russia as of yet it seems the best u.k. could come up with today was an insult with a touch of undiplomatic behavior in washington on your part until r.t. . u.s. a

last week foreign minister sergei lavrov says the expulsions are in retaliation for the u.k. ordering out twenty three russian embassy staff at you to leave on march twentieth the kremlin says there's no clear proof that russia is linked to the chemical attack but lavrov counterpart boris johnson has accused president vladimir putin of ordering it himself all quarrel is with putin's kremlin and with his decision and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of of the u.k. and the streets of europe for the first time since the second world war that is that is why we are at odds with russia well putin's spokesman denounce that claim calling it shocking and inexcusable meanwhile british police have launched a murder investigation into the death of another russian in the u.k. earlier this week businessman nick. was found dead in a west london suburb on monday police have confirmed the cause of death was compression to the neck sixty eight year old was a close associate of prominent opponent doris berry's off ski h

russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says moscow will expel british diplomats at center response to the u.k. ordering out twenty three russian embassy staff over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in southern england last week also denies any involvement british foreign secretary and says he thinks russia's president order a nerve agent quarrel is with putin's kremlin and with his decision and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision. to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of of the u.k. on the streets of europe for the first time since the second world war that is that is why we are at odds with russia. has more from moscow. dmitri peskov president putin's spokesman has directly and very swiftly responded to those comments by boris johnson the foreign secretary in london pretty much directly accusing putin of giving the order to use not be chocolate nerve agent on u.k. soil mr peskov calling those comments shocking and unforgivably the war of words clearly escalating what happens in terms of moscow's response remains in the air we k

now the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow will expel british diplomats it's in response to the u.k. ordering out twenty three russian embassy staff over the poisoning of a form a double agent and his daughter in england last week moscow denies any involvement so you lever off added that moscow had stopped paying attention to comments from britain after the u.k. defense minister told russia two quotes go away and shut up john all joins us live now from moscow so jonah they're saying this will happen soon or do we have any idea what soon means. no look still not giving a definitive outline of moscow's response to britain's chucking out of twenty three diplomats lavrov made these comments as well on thursday saying yes i'll do it and i'll do it soon i promise you that and of course his ministry has already promised an equal and opposite reaction as is fitting with diplomatic protocol in these circumstances diplomatic expulsions are usually met with a mirrored response that may well come now after the election on sunday beyond that his comments at this conference in syria in

russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has confirmed british diplomats will be expelled from russia to in response to to resume a's decision to order twenty three russian embassy staff to thinking ok after the poisoning of a former double agent. tens of thousands of slovakians are expected to turn out in the protests demanding early elections the demonstrators are angry at the failure of political leaders to address high level corruption so back as prime minister robert feed so resigned on thursday following the killing of an investigative journalist john ku's ziac and and his fiance who was investigating legs between slovak politicians and an italian mafia group. correspondent here and shas is in bratislava for us hi there yolanda so the prime minister has stepped down and why are people still demonstrating what else is it that they want . it's not enough any more clearly the resignation of a slovak prime minister the feet so just the is not enough yet and financially change you not think this is the sound of that opinion i spoke earlier today with one of the main organizers of the

the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow will expel british diplomats that's in response to britain ordering out twenty three russian embassy staff over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in the u.k. last week moscow denies any involvement or off added that moscow had stopped paying . attention to comments from britain after the u.k.'s defense minister told russia to quote go away and shut up in a moment we'll go live to barnaby phillips who's standing by for us in london first let's talk to my colleague john hall who's in the russian capital moscow when this is may was talking about the twenty three expulsions from the u.k. she was talking about people engaged in espionage the identifying or labeling similar people in moscow john. peter they're absolutely be bound to be doing just that the foreign ministry and the kremlin of course they're not telling us the media about any of that a lover of the foreign minister has all but conceded that they will be diplomatic expulsions they're likely to be mirrored mirroring the u.k. expulsions when we'll hear ab

expel british diplomats in a tit for tat route of the poisoning of a former spy foreign minister sergei lavrov says expulsions are in retaliation for britain booting out twenty three russian embassy staff adding to leave on tuesday moscow denies paying any part in last week's attack on the former russian spy u.k. foreign secondly bars johnson has accused president putin of ordering it himself our quarrel is with putin's kremlin and with his decision and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the u.k. on the streets of europe for the first time since the second world war that is that is why we are at odds with russia. under separate murder inquiries begun into the death of another russian in the u.k. businessman nikolai drew scott was found dead in london on monday police have confirmed the cause of death was compression to the neck sixty eight year old list of was a close associate a prominent putin opponent boris berezovsky was found dead in the u.k. twenty thirteen russia's most high profile opposition figure alex in a

ok a developing story for you this hour the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has said moscow will expel british diplomats in response to britain's decision to order out twenty three russian embassy staff in london over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in the u.k. eleven days ago moscow denies any involvement lavrov. added that moscow had stopped paying attention to comments from britain after the u.k. defense minister told russia to quote go away and shut up live now to moscow and our correspondent lawrence lisa lawrence the tit for tat thing has now well and truly kicked off when do they start packing their bags. well the i mean they haven't said so and in fairness what's the level of said today is only really repeats of what the russian ambassador to britain was on the. had said several days ago and it's entirely to be expected it's a normal procedure when there's when there's a scandal of this sort and one side expelled diplomats the other side to do exactly the same it's called tit for tat the reciprocity so so so that's not new it was an iteration of so

has been saying they would like to know what the substance is we've heard from foreign minister sergey lavrov said russia that russia will definitely retaliate in connection to the expulsion of the twenty three russian diplomats certainly a quid pro quo scenario is sort of traditional in these kinds of scenarios but he did underscore that russia will continue to use diplomatic language so as it stands the latest is germany from the u.k. of no issued a joint statement on the poisoning says that it was highly likely to been orchestrated by the kremlin it requests that moscow provides the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons with information about the novacek nerve agent program it comes following the british government's decision wednesday to take retaliatory measures against russia than in an address to parliament. the twenty three of its russian diplomats will be expelled from the u.k. she said high level bilateral meetings are also being suspended to furthermore that includes a visit from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov that's been canceled and on top of that they'll

includes a forthcoming russian foreign minister sergey lavrov invitation that's now been rescinded on top of that there'll be no official delegation from the u.k. attending the upcoming football world cup this summer either we spoke to the russian ambassador to the u.k. alexander about the incident and the backlash it's triggered he says he doesn't believe the case is being handled appropriately by the u.k. things were gleaned. under the british course occasionally agent a two three four. is the russian region we asked the british officially by a node to share the samples of that in order to make our own conclusions and we were denied so all the investigation about the screwball is classified we don't have any information we don't have any access nobody saw even the pictures of the people in the hospital whether they alive or maybe the just in the good health. so nobody talked to the doctor you know there is absolutely no transparency in this case and this is worries us but by the way under the international law in the vienna convention we have to give the access to these people becau

news live from russia hits back in the diplomatic war over the poisoned extra by foreign minister sergei lavrov says his country is expanding sixteen u.s. diplomats i'm closing america's consulates in some petersburg so what is next in this return to cold war tactics we'll bring you reaction from washington and moscow also on the program. homecoming brings tears of joy as malala yousafzai returns to pakistan the nobel peace prize winner says it's a dream to come to come back for the first time since she was shot on a school bus by the taliban in twenty twelve. britain's prime minister theresa may cars on the bricks and boosting tour of the nation exactly a year from today the u.k. scheduled to leave the european union and bring you the latest from london. plus the multimedia project that's empowering young kenyans to shoot jobs and started life as a comic now it has gone online we'll find out about the driving force behind idea x. inspiring millions of cans. to get a preview of steven spielberg's son to smooth out walk joy the furch world it says but keep your feet firmly in the real world. i.

one of the points that sergey lavrov made yesterday is that he would behave like a gentleman and informnment first for any measures were made public. we are still waiting to hear from the kremlin. bringing in an expert here and asking, when you think we will get a response? we should remember that in december 2016 when the us expelled many diplomats from washington and san francisco, that took moscow a while to consider a response. it will probably take them a few days in this case as well. maybe today, after the elections. they are trying to craft a response that makes them look strong but adequate. that is the formula they like. the only hint we have had so far is that it's possible british diplomats will be expelled. that possible but not definite. somebody asked and they said of course. but thatis asked and they said of course. but that is not an official response. how has this been playing into the election campaign? it is being portrayed carefully. they broadcast the message, they have been broadcasting for quite a while, the rush is a besieged fortress against the west and all of

and sergey lavrov added that in case anyone is interested russia is willing to help with the investigation many thanks bring is right from london thank you. now in other news donald trump school lots of people off guard by agreeing to meet with the north korean leader only recently the two were engaged in a bitter twitter response over who had the biggest new clear button caleb maupin reports the heard the announcement and now we have confirmation from the white house that yes a meeting will take place between kim jong un and us president donald trump now this would be the first meeting between the head of state of the united states and the government of north korea their head of state this is quite a surprise to many people we've heard secretary of state rex tillerson who recently said that the usa was a long way away from any negotiations with north korea i don't know yet until we are able to be ourselves face to face with. representatives of the world. whether the conditions are right to even begin thinking about negotiations it's arms or direct talks with the united states and the u.s.

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has said moscow will respond in kind.e a game show, but this was russian tv on the diplomatic war with the west. the names in the frames, the string of countries who had expelled russian diplomats over the salisbury attack. 26 countries have now ordered expulsions. moscow's point is that the west has got it in for russia. this is not about poisoning some former agents. this is about containing russia, creating problems for russia with its sovereign and independent foreign policy. and could a diplomatic war morph into something more dangerous? this confrontation has certain logic, and this logic is to step up — each next move should be stronger than the previous one. and with this, we can reach a pretty dangerous situation where militarisation of behaviour will be inevitable. the one expression you hear more and more to describe the growing tension between russia and the west is "new cold war". but in fact what we have now is potentially more dangerous than the cold war, because back in the days of communism against capita

russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, then called her accusations crazy, and suggested the britishernment was probably keen to deflect attention from its troubles over brexit. may's european allies, however, have rallied to the cause. tonight, we have an exclusive interview with an oligarch in exodus — once russia's richest man, and once a convict in a siberian gulag. he sees things rather differently to the government back home. first to mark urban on the latest from salisbury and how the west responds now. what is your sense of how things are hotting up diplomatically? you have the war of words you had some of the quotes from, this remarkable statement from the foreign minister, sergey lavrov, that it is an attempt to deflect from brexit. you also have the more formal business that has been going on, the contact with allies, issuing this statement today from the uk, france, germany and the united states, pretty tough from the so—called quad, it read like it was drafted from the british. their language, highly likely the russians did it, etc, but what we will see emerging from thi

russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, claimed britain was using the poisoning of sergei skripal toit. then, pictures from the kremlin. the president meeting his security chiefs to discuss uk sanctions. moscow's response expected soon. russia may be coming under increasing international pressure, but the language coming out of the kremlin is increasingly defiant. vladimir putin's spokesman today described britain's stance as ‘destructive and provocative‘. the president, he said, would take the final decision on how russia responds. and just when you think relations can‘t get any worse, the defence secretary tells russia to ‘shut up‘. the reaction in moscow? it‘s not only a mistake, it‘s worse than a mistake because it‘s stupid. or it‘s done on purpose, it‘s a provocation, they want the russians to be provoked. criticism of russia, too, by nato. it agrees moscow was behind the salisbury attack. all of us agree that the attack was a clear breach of international norms and agreements. this is unacceptable. it has no place in a civilised world. tonight, russia is feeling increasingly is

been nice is to see an official request from britain that we heard the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov say that if such a request had been sent russia would have replied within ten days but no such official traditionally use diplomatic channels have been used let's take a listen to sergei lavrov with a view which. the who we haven't received any official request from london based on its own obligations in accordance with the chemical weapons convention we've told britain we are ready to respond if they file the request instead of fighting the official request the u.k. continues to pull political stunts. well moscow has made it has made it clear that they see these developments as a provocation the russian foreign minister also said that russia couldn't and didn't have a motive in this case and that the only thing this situation does is fuel for would be against russia while it continues to say that it had nothing to do with this case and of course clearly we can expect some kind of reaction from moscow in the hours to come following these announcements from theresa may about the expuls

i read about even the calmness of sergey lavrov many say that is like syria because of the show of the response from moscow but i hope i can say that i hope that most of. the other diplomats about to show to the war that it is the reason they will part of reasonable size it is a ready to cooperate it is ready to reach like a to her in these investigation and. i'm only i make concern afraid that this situation of could bring us to another or like a frozen or called the only solution a cold war and only probably the european union can take advantage in about this case even if you think about. european parliament today some members of the parliament stated that the european union should be together shoe should heart against the day being the biggest threat and the biggest threat is our ally putin in russia or china or he even trump in united states so i certainly i don't know and i cannot predict the words is the future move or most of but i believe there will and we use the diplomatic way to take to try to. cooperate with the british government and i hope that these are. kids that want i

well according to a sergei lavrov russian foreign minister it will be a batch of countermeasures russia is going to take first and told diplomats from all countries that expelled the russian diplomats who will also be expelled from russia but mr lavrov said that russia will not only provide a cycle to mirror response to west steps but even more than vent that means the kremlin actually will continue fighting the best result through his old of its own rules and the diplomatic by court will not stop it so what measures could come next the b.b.c. bureau in moscow may also be shoot down our d.w.b. ruhi in moscow could be declared for an adjutant we don't want to hope for that but theoretically that's even possible after all they know that the germany has expelled for russian diplomats as well theoretically it would also be possible to glow through the good institute the german cultural institution which has several branches in russia or the institute hansei the french culture institution. there are so many options right now for the russians and at the heart of this of course are the these a

this is t w news coming to you live from berlin russia retaliates foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow is expelling british diplomats tit for tat perspire wants to london's decision to kick twenty three russian embassy staff out of the country this comes as western allies rally around britain in responding to a poison attack on the former russian doubling. in rio de janeiro tens of thousands of people take to the streets to protest the killing of a popular local politician hell spoken critic of police violence was gunned down by unknown assailants. and so long farewell to dortmund insult sport after a woeful performance over two legs the. dumped out of the roper league a look at where it all went wrong for those men. i'm sorry march and good to see you russia's foreign minister has said today that moscow will expel u.k. diplomats after western allies accused it of attempting to murder a former russian spy in britain in a joint declaration yesterday the u.s. joint france germany and britain indirectly blaming moscow for last week's attack using a nerve agent it comes as washingto

prime minister within the coming hours earlier foreign minister sergei lavrov said the u.k. still has not replied to its offer to help with the investigation or its request for access to the chemical used in the incident. we haven't received any official request from london based on its own open occasions in accordance with the chemical weapons convention we've told brits and we're ready to respond if they file the request instead of fighting the official request the u.k. continues to pull political stunts. we'll be bringing you more reaction and analysis on this breaking news story at the top of the ally do stay with us. because it will become. getting it toward you as well but. it was the most got a good. official line so i will study it not exist so i will study it is an us occupied territory it could be should it be a great source. probably develop nukes and if that happens. to get all this have a lot of development. to do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want to. have to go right to the press

and i'm not particular nights i mean foreign minister sergei lavrov he mentioned merit message measures i should say against other states expelling russia's diplomats as you said it was to put out i mean do you think we're seeing going to see a diplomatic point of no return. i guess where do you get to zero there's nobody left i guess it's going to be terrible embassadors going to have to sweep the floor never seen such a thing no of course there's a i don't know it's very hard to read construct understanding confidence has to be built and the top people have to talk that is absolutely essential there isn't any concession involved in that that's in mutual interest but the rhetoric the competitive rhetoric the competitive threat. really have to stop it's becoming not just childish but really very very frightening and moving aside from the from the as you said the tit for tat measures and the way that it's spiraling looking out the script our case so gave lavrov added the point that the u.k. and the allies voted on the script all case he said it makes a mockery of international law in the

all russians for russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has criticized comments as inappropriate on his own african tour to strengthen ties on the continent this country is competing with china the e.u. and the u.s. for influence met zimbabwe's president. in harare hermie just reports. the last time sergei lavrov visited the mother was in twenty fourteen when robert mugabe was still president the plan was to build a platinum plant with an estimated four billion dollars but the deal stalled the country's new leader is under pressure to create jobs his administration needs to attract foreign direct investment to turn around the struggling economy it used to desire. that we can. benefit all related knowledge was the russians are quite competent in that we can also develop in terms of upgrading through the. example you have just asked so that we can industrialized. and then create value in what we do russia's platinum project is one of the biggest investments in the country since one nine hundred eighty zimbabwe has a second largest known deposits of platinum after south africa presiden

the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has recommended that london stop getting upset and calm downg investigation into the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the former russian double agent sergei skripal and his daughter yulia remain in a critical condition in hospital following the attack more than two weeks ago. the government here say the investigation could take several months. here's some of what sergei lavrov had to say in tokyo. translation: first, where are skripal and his daughter? second, why has a scotland yard official said that the investigation will last for months while the british government has already decided a verdict? 0verall, there is no doubt that the british leadership has knowingly chosen to undermine the british russian relationship. if this trend towards anti—russian measures continues, the principle of reciprocity is of course always there. i think it would be beneficial for everyone, foremost for london, if they stopped getting upset there and calmed down. the russian foreign minister there. america is good at collecting celebrity staffers, donald trump,

has been saying they would like to know what the substance is we've heard from foreign minister sergey lavrov said russia that russia will definitely retaliate in connection to the expulsion of the twenty three russian diplomats certainly a quid pro quo scenario is sort of traditional in these kinds of scenarios what he did underscore that russia will continue to use diplomatic language this is reporting from london so as it stands germany france america and the u.k. have no issued a joint statement on the poisoning which they say was highly likely to be orchestrated by the kremlin it requests that moscow provides the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons with information about the nerve agent program it comes following the british government's decision of course on wednesday to take retaliatory measures against russia in an address to the parliament prime minister trees in may yesterday notes the twenty three diplomats were going to be expelled from the u.k. shell said high level bilateral meetings rules to be suspended in other measures as well she said that included the invi

sticks to the rules, russia has no intention of doing so either, was pretty much the message from sergey lavrov directly if russia was responsible for the attack, he said that was nonsense. we heard as well from his spokeswoman later today with even stronger language. she said today, "who does britain think it is issuing ultimatums to a nuclear power?" so no sign of russia even meeting the deadline or backing down on its stance over this attack. our security correspondent gordon corera is here — investigations continue and they're now widening to include the deaths of other russians. that's right, there have been a series of questions over the deaths of other russians and people connected to russia over the last decade or so in britain. follow your question, the home secretary today said police and mi5 will review some of those cases to check effectively there was nothing suspicious about those. as if to make the point, we just learned today that the police are investigating another what they call unexplained death in new malden south of london and they are investigating the death here of a man

has been saying they would like to know what the substance is we've heard from foreign minister sergei lavrov said russia that russia will definitely retaliate in connection to the expulsion of the twenty three russian diplomats certainly a quid pro quo scenario is that sort of traditional in these kinds of scenarios but he did underscore that russia will continue to use diplomatic language. well germany france america and u.k. have now issued a joint statement on the poisoning which they say was highly likely to have been orchestrated by the kremlin it requests that moscow provide the organization for the prohibited prohibition of chemical weapons with information about the nova choke a nerve agent program now it follows the british government's decision on wednesday to take retaliatory measures against russia in an address to parliament prime minister theresa may announced that twenty three diplomats will be expelled from the u.k. she said a high level bilateral meetings are also being suspended that includes a visit from russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov on top of that there will be

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov is said to meet his u.s. counterpart rex tillerson during his five day africa tour lover of will visit five different countries including angola and ethiopia where he will sit down with the american secretary of states where the challenge is more from moscow on russia's growing trade with africa. and. the more they'll be plenty of this in the coming days russia's foreign minister shaking hands in africa the message he wants to convey is that russia has returns to the confidence. sergey lavrov africa tour takes him to five countries in five days angola on monday then it's off to namibia for tuesday wednesday it's mozambique neighboring zimbabwe on thursday finally on friday he's due to head north to ethiopia in the horn of africa russia's interest in africa has been building for a while president vladimir putin and prime minister dmitry medvedev have visited in recent years the diplomatic push carries faint echoes of former times when the u.s.s.r. contested western influence by supporting marxist guerrillas fi

in for russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov that invitation has been rescinded furthermore on top of that as well will be no official delegation from the u.k. attending the upcoming football world cup this summer we spoke to the russian ambassador to the u.k. alexander vent about the incident and the backlash it's triggered he says he doesn't believe the case is being handled appropriately were blamed the. under the british course of occasion agent a two three four. is the russian region we asked the british officially by a node to share the samples of that in order to make our own conclusions and we would night so all the investigation about the screwball is classified we don't have any information we don't have any access nobody saw even the pictures of the people in the hospital whether they alive or maybe the just in the good health. so nobody talked to the doctors you know there is absolutely no transparency in this case and this is worries us but by the way under the international law in the vienna convention we have to give the access to these people because they are russia

the country's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, dismissed the accusation, while the russian embassy ined that the threat of sanctions by britain would be met with a response. our correspondent sarah rainsford reports from moscow. accused of a crime many miles from here, under pressure to explain a chemical attack that shocked britain. but today the kremlin has remained silent. the foreign minister, though, was in full defensive flow. sergey lavrov rejected britain's 2a hour ultimatum to respond to the claim that moscow used a nerve agent. russia should get ten days, he said, accusing britain of flouting the chemical weapons convention. and when i asked about the actual charge the minister called that nonsense. translation: russia is not guilty. russia is ready to co—operate in accordance with the convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons if the uk finally decides to fulfil its obligations under international law within that document. russia's also demanding a sample of the substance used in the attack to conduct its own tests. the uk has identified it as novichok, which the bbc

high level bilateral contacts with russia and cancel a planned visit by russian foreign minister sergei lavrov ministers and members of the royal family will also boycott russia's world cup in june she said the government would freeze a russian state assets if there is evidence that they may be used to threaten the life or property of u.k. nationals or residence with the u.k. has also called an emergency un security council session in a few hours time and the reason may told parliament that the british already has international support. many of us looked at a post soviet russia with hope we wanted a better relationship and it is tragic that president putin has chosen to act in this way. but we will not tolerate the threat to life of british people and others on british soil from the russian government nor will we tolerate such a flagrant breach of russia's international obligations mr speaker as i said out on monday the united kingdom has not stand a load in confronting russian aggression in the last twenty four hours i have spoken to president trump chancellor merkel and president. we have ag

sergey lavrov africa tour takes him to five countries in five days angola on monday then it's off tonamibia for tuesday wednesday it's mozambique neighboring zimbabwe on thursday finally on friday he's due to head north to ethiopia in the horn of africa is russia's interest in africa has been building for a while president vladimir putin and prime minister dmitry medvedev have visited in recent years the diplomatic push carries faint echoes of former times when the u.s.s.r. contested western influence by supporting marxist guerrillas fighting against colonial rulers such as in mozambique but when the soviet union dissolved so too did russia's influence far from home lavrov africa tour coincides with a similar visit by u.s. state secretary rex tillerson they'll overlap in ethiopia and russia's foreign ministry has suggested a meeting where. you have guinea current was a soviet and russian ambassador in africa he thinks the confidence is increasingly interesting for many global powers. then when you know this is a very important period in the history of africa and international relatio