circus capellan his daughter were found unconscious on a park bench in the city's soulsby on march fourth british officials later revealed that the pair had been poisoned with a military grade nerve agent named novacek

w soulsby poisoning investigation only if russian experts participate in it i am sorry mr president but that does not make it an independent investigation if pressure insists on having its own expert it seeks to move away from the chemical weapons conventions stipulation and it is setting a test that no independent investigation could credibly tolerate. this is part of a wider pattern sadly of a responsible russian behavior russian russia discredited the joint investigation mechanism into use of chemical weapons in syria members of the council will be familiar with a pattern of aggression over the years in georgia and crimea there has been the shooting down of a makes seventeen and there has been a bungled attempt at a coup in months. and each time mr president these acts are accompanied by distortion and dissing from ation the same sort of distortion and this information we saw yesterday in the hague in the russian press conferences and in the security council today. mr president whilst we ourselves would not have called this meeting today we hope to be able to brief the council furthe

released but we do know in that statement from dr christina blanche that's the medical director at soulsby district hospital said that sir three powell is responding well to treatment improving rapidly and is no longer in a critical condition however those were all the details that have been provided on this so far also we know that cripples daughter ular is recovering so much show so that she gave a statement to the met police saying that she is growing stronger day by day this is a story that has absolutely dominated the international community it's gone on for ages they've been in hospital for over a month now recovering and it all started when they were allegedly poisoned on the fourth of march following a dinner that they had there they basically were found there on a bench now that was the catalyst to a huge diplomatic spat between initially the u.k. and russia and consequently european partners of britain and we've seen so many things happen evidence an investigation we just had the news about the pets discovering that the script was that pets to them being killed when they were fou

breakthrough for the british police in the investigation which is obviously still go on going in soulsby as we speak and it will go on for some time to come but yes in terms of the heel with russia u.k. is very much on the but we also saw the russian ambassador to the cape today gave a very long press conference very detailed questions from journalists that was born here well all the t.v. news channels as well so russia said to get its message out and that message remains is there is no evidence they want a joint investigation that's not happening now this saying they want to have international observers as part of ukraine destination all right lots of developments going on today today because in the meantime u.s. diplomats were expelled there who are expelled by russia are on their way home part of the massive diplomacy fallout of this story i want to take a look at how that unfolded and then we're going to continue our conversation. departing on bad terms sixty american diplomats pack their bags and board buses at dawn they're leaving the u.s. embassy in moscow the latest diplomatic ex

that's right now of course russian british relations are at an all time low since that incident in soulsby i believe any chemical noting that the government here says came from russia and of course trees and they today was adamant that it was a signal that chemical weapons the use of chemical weapons could not be tolerated anywhere and there are some observers who say it's because there have been so many alleged uses of chemical weapons in syria that perhaps the rest of the world including russia has thought that a green light to use these kind of weapons elsewhere the government here is saying we won't tolerate that we're going to make a stronger stand and yes a lot of people saying here that those two things may well be linked to the government now feels much stronger much more strongly on the subject since the attack insoles both ok if we're looking ahead what's next the americans are saying they're not going to be hesitating if they need to use airstrikes or any kind of military intervention in the future in the face of chemical attacks what's britain's perspective. well treason may n.

that's right now of course russian british relations are at an all time low since that incident in soulsby i believe any chemical noting that the government here says came from russia and of course treason made today was adamant that it was a signal that chemical weapons the use of chemical weapons could not be tolerated anywhere and there are some observers who say it's because there have been so many alleged uses of chemical weapons in syria that perhaps the rest of the world including russia has thought that a green light to use these kind of weapons elsewhere in the gun but here is saying we won't tolerate that we're going to make a stronger stand and yes a lot of people saying here that those two things may well be linked to the government now feels much stronger and much more strongly on the subject since the he at.

laboratory concluded a second talks in was also used to poison that former spy and his daughter in soulsby in the u.k. last month. expressed concern that the discovery of the bees at age in which russia says it's never produced incidentally was not mentioned in the international chemical watchdogs official report back on the attack. klinge who got it in the bushes the analysis is more consistent with the use of the poisonous substance be said none of these facts and nothing at all about be said was mentioned in the final report which was presented to its executive board we request that the a.p. c.w. explain why such information and the conclusion the spears laboratory was emitted from the final report the lab in question is not addressed the claim in fact and simply says only the o.p.c. w. can comment but he did go on to state that it supports the ukase conclusions about the use of the novacek nerve agent be said which the swiss scientists allegedly found of the samples is a toxic powder that was originally developed way back nine hundred fifty s. by the americans it seems now moscow says

various people have pointed out have real nerve agents have been used and the whole half the population soulsby would be dead so and of course how would the british know it was not a joke unless the got some knowledge of themselves and you know all of these questions obviously come to the surface and i think if we really pursue this case and don't let it go it may be that the government is in this country is going to be severely embarrassed because they haven't really got a lot of proof here. police in the french city of new orleans have fired water cannon tear gas of protesters who were let off last year in a demonstration over the expulsion of environmental squatters. was was. was. was. the was the own the. the protesters had been squatting nearby for ten years their reign was to stop the government from building an airport on that piece of land and after a decade of campaigning they won as the government scrapped the plans. well. yes. for sure in those ten years the protesters have set up their own and i kissed you turn peer that commune contains around three hundred people you have their ow

and soulsby last month but circular of express concern that the discovery of this so-called agent which russia says is never produced incidentally was not mentioned in the international chemical watchdogs official report on the attack. lynch who got in the bushes the analysis is more consistent with the use of the poisonous substance be said none of these facts and nothing at all about present was mentioned in the final report which was presented to its executive board we request that the a p c w explain why such information and the conclusion this appears laboratory was emitted from the final report or the lab in question has not addressed the claim and says only the o.p.c. w. can comment on that but it did state it supports the u.k.'s conclusions about the use of the novel choke nerve agent these are which the swiss scientists allegedly found samples of is a toxic powder that was developed by the u.s. military way back in the one nine hundred fifty s. moscow says be as it is a weapon that could be in the hands of the u.k. and the u.s. but again goes under stress it doesn't have any an

government lab being unable to determine the origin of the poison used in the soulsby attack london still insists that russia is responsible claiming that only moscow could have produced the substance russia's representative to the p.c. deb you said that the u.k. is withholding information making it very difficult to establish the truth. russia will not accept any national or international results of an investigation without access to full information including materials from the british probe without consular access to our citizens and most importantly without the obligatory participation of russian experts in actions to establish the truth that happened in saul's on march the fourth former m i five agent anima shan says that even though the u.k.'s position has weakened somewhat london is than likely to backtrack on its allegations against russia they sort of backed themselves into a corner i can't see how they can they can rescind what they've already said because particularly not only did they expel twenty three russian diplomats that actually immediately before the o.p.c. w. had even

british side that there was no information about the source of that chemical agent that was used in the soulsby attack that's a quick listen to what was said. neither d.s. tales analysis nor the b.c.w.s. report identifies the country or lab of the origin of the agent used in this attack . the explanation for what happened in salisbury the russian state for sponsibility who believe the only brusha had the technical means operational experience and the motive to target the scribbles russia has responded because of those leaks and by releasing a rather strong statement the first being our read them to you that russia has answered all the questions that they've been asked to by the u.k. with regards to solve three and secondly russia provided proof that novacek was produced and payton to in the u. s. as a chemical weapon back in two thousand nine hundred fifteen me that russia will not accept any national or international results of any investigation without access to full information including materials from the british probe without consular access to our citizens and most importantly without the

circus capellan his daughter were found unconscious on a park bench in the city's soulsby on march fourth british officials later revealed that the pair had been poisoned with a military grade nerve agent named novacek a type which was first developed in the soviet union at the time prime minster treason they said those subjected to such a powerful nerve agent might never recover but as we've seen both thought now out of a coma and said to be in stable condition the former head of the global chemical weapons watch dog the o.p.c. w. told us there's a strict protocol to follow when toxic agency used and according to jos it was stunning the u.k.'s actions were surprising. from my point of view. after a distance of sixteen years of course i believe the decision by the u.k. was premature you can decide in twenty four hours what type of poison was used and where it comes from why didn't they call immediately do you see w and why didn't the opposite w volunteered to take action because this is the role of doing decision immediately to go and identify and allies the victims take the blood samples

information about the source from where the nerve agent came from that was used during that soulsby attack now just a quick listen to what each side said. neither d.s.t.o. as analysis nor the b.c.w.s. report the dense fires to control lab true of the origin of the agent used in this attack. the explanation for what happened in salisbury the russian state the sponsibility believe that only brushed. the technical means operational experience and the motive to target the scribbles we've waited for a long time counting on our british colleagues to provide some proof any sorts of facts for their strong statements the british side continues to spread absolutely on founded accusations dripping over a new and sometimes bizarre versions of what happened. and so you had a little insight into what both sides said there were both the british and russian representatives to the o.p.c. w. now the british are sticking to their line and they're stating that they've got other sources that give them the evidence that they need to stick to that line russia as i said have retaliated with very strong accusation

counterparts just state that they possess evidence no matter if it's the alleged doom incident the soulsby case and many others a year ago in hun shake when there was an accident it's a secret that's what they told us when we asked how samples of the incident that surfaced in labs in paris and london were obtained so put the facts up and then we'll be able to have a professional conversation otherwise it will just end up in a collector's edition named highly likely and that would be all. but it's not just white helmets videos that are raising questions the moment the groups are also under fire from the co-founder of the legendary pink floyd rock band roger waters for trying to lobby his support in the syrian war the so-called syria campaign linked to the white helmet sent the musician an e-mail inviting him to a fund raising dinner in the same message he was also encouraged to watch a documentary about the group however waters had is that i was quite suspicious after i was invited to that white helmets dinner now my worst suspicions have been confirmed on the face of it it felt because of

w is in charge of the investigation and they've reportedly already finished their probe into the soulsby poisoning they forwarded the results to the british side now we're expecting a statement from the o.p.c. w. just the next hour or so in fact in the meantime though r.t. is what i've got to see if examine what exactly we know so far. there was no trial no discussion no evidence no proof there was only judgement and punishment is highly likely that russia was responsible the juveniles russia culpable culpable culpable for the attempted murder the pundits needed even less than a movie chock sounds russian means russia did it establish that it is not a chalk and that is by definition of the translation of the name which means newcomer part of a program in a soviet union in the late seventy's and eighty's the points made there are a lot of questions to ask of this whole mess but over the last few weeks we've interviewed dozens of chemists eggs birds and military specialists and hear their biggest gripes. the new rich nerve agents a new she quit they haven't been so in decades here they are

government lab being unable to determine the origin of the poison used in the soulsby attack london still insists that russia is responsible claiming that only moscow could have produced the substance russia's representative to the p.c. dep use that that the u.k. is withholding information making it very difficult to establish the truth. russia will not accept any national or international results of any investigation without access to full information including materials from the british probe without consular access to our citizens and most importantly without the obligatory participation of russian experts in all actions to establish the truth that happened in souls on march the fourth.

w soulsby poisoning investigation only if russian experts participate in it i am sorry mr president but that does not make it an independent investigation. if russia insists on having its own expert it seeks to move away from the chemical weapons conventions stipulation and it is setting a test that no independent investigation could credibly tolerate. this is part of a wider pattern sadly of a responsible russian behavior russian russian discredited the joint investigation mechanism into use of chemical weapons in syria. ok right we're butting into this for just about a minute or so to let r.t. america go on a you can continue watching this online r.t. dot com karen pierce the u.k. representative there to the security council of that extraordinary meeting that's being called by russia in view of the ongoing scruple investigation. with more covering more of this because the u.s. is going to speak so in just a minutes time. henry kissinger once said the brochure in the united states went into the ukrainian crisis acting rationally based on mutual misconceptions with tensions heightened o

on accusations against moscow began with the description of the nerve agent allegedly used in the soulsby assassination attempt with the blame being placed squarely on russia the so-called evidence includes allegations of previous malign activity by moscow and then so i britax alleged interference in elections and what the presentation calls the occupation of crimea former u.s. diplomat jim believes that the russia cards been played to divert attention from internal issues in the west. this is a coordinated political warfare against russia it's global in scale and really has nothing to do with solsbury this is a political pretext just like the cut like the kind of accusations we've seen against syria on chemical weapons to ratchet up the pressure on moscow to discredit the recent russian election and also i think it's aimed at the world cup this summer look i don't think we go under and underestimate the degree of danger we're talking about here this is not just tit for tat this just not the are we in a new cold war or not this is extremely dangerous that with the crisis that is brewing i

saw it was a call from a british number i thought it was a call from journalists who were back in soulsby where this international poisoning scandal began police guarding the hospital beds of the former russian spy under dos are issued a statement and her name my strength is growing daily the entire episode is somewhat disorientating and i hope that you respect my privacy. is not only a victim she is a witness and her food recovery may yet prove vital in the search for the truth and for more we're joined now here in the studio by his very own charlotte charles and pale so we had here yesterday the sudden appearance of elian script all we had first on russian state television apparently in a phone call with her cousin and after that the statement on her behalf by the u.k. authorities what are we to make of it charlotte well this is a voice that say we've long wanted to hear of course there is so much still that is unclear about exactly what has taken place this amy on answered questions from the international community and as was said in that reports that a unit isn't just a victim she is

powell and his daughter were found unconscious on a park bench in the city of soulsby on the fourth of march british officials later revealed the pair had been poisoned with a military great a nerve agent called york a type which used to be produced in the soviet union at the time that prompted some harsh words to even from the prime minister to resign may he said those subjected to such a powerful nerve agent may never recover but as we see now both are out of a coma and in a stable condition the recovery of the school says raise questions too about how they managed to survive after reportedly being poisoned by a nerve agent of the search strenth we discussed this issue with the former director general of the international organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons shows a stunning. from my point of view. after a distance of sixteen years of course i believe the decision by the u.k. he was premature you can decide in twenty four hours what type of poison was used and where it comes from why didn't they call immediately do you see w n why didn't the opposite w volunteered to

military grade nerve agent was used to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in a british town of soulsby last month u.k. government and its allies blame russia for the attack but moscow denies any involvement catherine stansell reports. it was the first nerve agent deployed in europe since the second world war the o.p.c. w. was ordered to carry out an independent investigation into the poisoning of u.t. and sergei screwball last month when they were found slumped in a park in salisbury yulia was released from hospital this week her father is still receiving treatment while the o.p.c. w. isn't responsible for finding out the source of the chemical it didn't stop the british foreign secretary boris johnson from pointing the finger only russia has the means motive and record the kremlin has to give answers. the chemical identified is said to be of high purity suggesting that only a sophisticated laboratory could make it very. very important is very difficult to make a highly toxic chemicals to this level of purity without a lot of effort don't worry about purities because they don't get in

may have misidentified the type of nerve agent used against the script files in eglinton soulsby last month and he says he's got the latest on this breaking story that. that's this get up to speed with the findings of the reports by the a.p.c. . of analysis on the chemical attack on the script pulse that happens on march the fourth now in this report it's the a p c w confirm the composition of the native agent was in line with the findings of the united kingdom they said that the chemical was said to be no type of native agent produced in the safe union they were unable to specify the origin of the source but during the analysis the a.p.c. w. gave samples of the nerve agent to four designated laboratories and russia has contacted one of these labs now a swiss house allegedly said that there were traces of another native agent in the song poll they would given this talks and was called he says now it tends out that these findings were excluded from the report published by the a p c w the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has been speaking only findings. it is more consistent with

colleagues that you're playing with fire and you'll be sorry we can achieve what has happened in soulsby we cannot ignore russia turning a blind eye to the use of chemical weapons in syria and insoles free and we cannot ignore the way that russia seeks to undermine the international institutions which have kept us safe since the end of the second world war brazil's former president louison asio lula da silva is considering his next move after a judge issued a warrant for his arrest it follows a ruling by the country's top court that he must begin a twelve year jail sentence the corruption supporters have gathered outside a union building in sao paolo where has retreated with some of his allies. president trump has altered his administration to consider imposing another one hundred billion dollars worth of tyrus on chinese goods is the latest in the tit for tat trade between the world's two biggest economy. south korea's former president will be sentenced in a corruption case that rocked the country prosecutors are seeking a thirty year jail term for. the sentencing will be broadcast live

chemical weapons watchdog has rejected russian claims that traces of a second agent with found in soulsby that's where the former russian spies sergei script and his daughter with poisoned last month. what was really striking about the session today was the russian it continues to provide huge amounts of disinflation to others including on this occasion a russian government official actually accusing the united kingdom of poisoning the scribbles and deducing them into a coma before they could poison them so that the o.b. c.w. could then go and investigate that is an outrageous accusation was made by a russian official in the o.p.c. w. today and those kinds of false narratives need to be stopped this couple case says being discussed at the un security council as well my counterparts. the council was briefed by the high representative for disarmament who confirmed the findings of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the o.p.c. w. that a highly sophisticated nerve agent was used one which apparently could only be manufactured in a state sponsored laboratory the session wa

that's right now cole says russian british relations are at an all time low since that incident in soulsby i believe a new chemical noting that the government here says came from russia and of course treason may today was adamant that it was a signal that chemical weapons the use of chemical weapons could not be tolerated anywhere and there are some observers who say it's because there have been so many alleged uses of chemical weapons in syria that perhaps the rest of the world including russia has thought that's a green light to tuesday's kind of weapons elsewhere the gun but here is saying we won't tolerate that we're going to make a stronger stand and yes a lot of people saying here that those two things may well be linked to the government now feels much stronger and much more strongly on the subject since the attack in salzburg ok if we're looking ahead what's next the americans are saying they're not going to be hesitating if they need to use airstrikes or any kind of military intervention in the future in the face of chemical attacks what's britain's perspective well trees m a earl

request this it is standing by its position that russia is most likely to blame for the incident in soulsby saying it's simply circumstantial that russia created this then agent it was stockpiled in russia and therefore all fingers point in that direction still kitty logan reporting from london thank you kitty. well in just the last few hours the situation has escalated even further this after the british foreign office was caught deleting a tweet clearly contradicting the porton down left statement in the tweet from march twenty second the foreign office clearly says that the lab analysis quote made clear that this was a military grade noble chalk nerve agent produced in russia but now that the lab has publicly refuted that claim it appears the foreign office went ahead and deleted that tweet that's played into moscow's hands as katie was saying it claims a foreign office was set on going after russia regardless of trying to clarify why it was deleted the foreign office said the tweet had misquoted the british ambassador to russia during a briefing in moscow however here he is they're repe

and stoltenberg nato secretary general with more details about the poisoning of these cripples and soulsby last month in that exchange said well it's been said that he believed this cripples have been under russian surveillance for at least five years that you get a scrip our e-mails have been under close scrutiny and it was said wells opinion that surrogate script was very likely being seen as a potential legitimate target for assassination by the russian state probably comes as very little surprise that a former double agent would still be under the watchful eye of russian intelligence but as you said he did arrive here in two thousand and ten no attempt to piece to be made to hide his identity or spirit him away to some secret location in a part of the country it was a very high profile spy swap of the brought him here to the u.k. the question is why perhaps did he remain a person of interest for russian intelligence will the moments i think may be coming to an end is a press briefing by the russian ambassador to the u.k. alexander yakka vanco he said that he was surprised by the spying

russian colleague has done so i will address it today he asked what were the similarities between soulsby and syria i think it's important that i point out that the cases are different in the following respects there is and fair investigation under way in salisbury as we have heard mr president there is no investigation underway in syria. the british government in seoul's pre is seeking to protect its people as is its duty the syrian government the country mr president again as we have heard today attacks and gases its people what the two do have in common they and i am sorry to say is russia's refusal to assume p five responsibilities to prevent the use of w m d and it's reckless support for the use of w m d by its agents and by its alliance mr president it is not as who want to alienate russia she alienates herself by not joining in the vast majority of this council who want to find a nonpolitical way through and to address the use of c.w. against civilians in syria the russian ambassador mention friends at the united states mr president my government and our people are proud to be a fr

military grade nerve agent onesies the poison a former russian spy is still say in the vicious town of soulsby last month u.k. government and its allies blame russia for the attack moscow denies any involvement catherine stansell reports it was the first nerve agent deployed in europe since the second world war the o.p.c. w was ordered to carry out an independent investigation into the poisoning of your young sergey screen last month when they were found slumped in a park in salisbury yulia was released from hospital this week her father is still receiving treatment. well the o.p.c. w. isn't responsible for finding out the source of the chemical it didn't stop the british foreign secretary boris johnson from pointing the finger only russia has the means motive and record the kremlin has to give answers the chemical identified is said to be of high purity suggesting that only a sophisticated laboratory could make it very hard purity is very important it's very difficult to make a highly toxic chemicals to this holy level of purity without a lot of effort don't worry about purities because they