st. petersburg back into the hands of the church. as our reporter shows, there is resistance. >> st. isaac's cathedral is famous, but it's also controversial. officially, it isn't a church. it's a state-run museum. but that could change soon. st. petersburg's local administration plans to transfer control of the building to the russian orthodox church, a decision that has made many people angry. sabina pechatkina and irina sheinman have been protesting against the measure for over a year. they're preparing to take to the streets of their home town again. irina's poster reads "the constitution separates church and state." the two women feel the orthodox church has stopped respecting that. >> this is part of a larger phenomenon in russian society. the church is interfering more and more in everything, in the army, in schools, in the government, in local parliament, in everything. even though officially there is a separation of church and state here. >> st. isaac's cathedral is the final stronghold in the battle for our state. the consti

petersburg st. reading about this atrocity in is paper, and everyone saying you are part of britain again, aren't you? europeans,er diplomats, they thought it was barbaric to burn the white house , to burn the capital. it was ok to capture somebody's capital, that you don't burn , thene else's art, letters library of congress was burned. she witnesses several scenes where the british diplomats are shunned at these social event's have to leave early because these others, only napoleon burned moscow in their view, and sure enough it backfires at the congress indiana, which is where emperor alexander is at this point. the leaders of europe are dividing the spoils of napoleon. the british think they will have the upper hand at these negotiations over what will happen to europe. they realize, no, it is back fronting on them and they better come up quickly with a peace treaty. delegates would get their instructions pretty quickly, and adams had to wait six weeks to get them six weeks from president madiso

st. petersburg. he is heading to court. vladimir litvinenko, one of the most powerful men in russia, is suing the organization. dmitry: litvinenko wins every case. reporter: always? realal? dmitry: yes, of course. >> the rector of the st. petersburg state mining university. reporter: litvinenko heads t destst tecical u unirsity inin rurussia. itit's very prestigis jojob, a it is alleged g got iin 1994 ththankso vladadim putin, , o was s the time deputy moror of st. petersbuburg. it's also algeged litvinkoko helplped pin witith s doctoror disserertation. he is nonow a manager r of the presidident's bid toto be re-eld onon mar the 1 18t presidident putin: i it is nico knowow that we havave engineeg univiversities of f such hih qualitity in russia.a. reporter: transparency claimed that litvinenko misappropriated funds. he is now suing for defamation the anti-corruption ngo and some journalists who reported on the allegations. he's demanding damages totaling close to a million euros. we wanted to film the whole hearing, but the

diplomats and withdrawal of our consent for the us consulate in st petersburg as far as other states are concerned we will always give amir a response. 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 either nato members or hopefuls the united states though may have to charter a jet sixteen evidence diplomats have been ordered to leave russia the same number kicked out by washington 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 mirrors 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 inciting in fueling this merican pain against our country to rethink incurred their reckless actions destroying bilateral relations with russia which remotely the nies any role in this poisoning says never before have we witness such mockery of international law it is also convened a special meeting of the organization for the prohibition

mission in st petersburg comes after moscow announced thursday that it would retaliate to washington's move in kind spelling sixty u.s. envoys and shutting down the diplomatic compound. in washington russia's ambassador to the u.s. anatolian torn off sore off his expelled colleagues as they got on board a plane bound for russia on sunday the plane carrying the russian diplomats arrived in moscow all sixty ordered to leave america have now come back u.s. diplomats are also expected to leave russia soon following moscow's mirror response is a russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov outlined the steps taken today. we have a built. in clude the expulsion of the number of u.s. diplomats and withdrawal of our consent for the us consulate in st petersburg as for result the states is concerned we will always give amir a response. 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 either nato members or hopefuls the united states though may have to charter a jet sixty evidence dipl

move the americans were also ordered to shut down their mission in st petersburg. back in washington russia's ambassador to the u.s. and tolly on tons of of his expelled colleagues as they got on a plane bound for russia on sunday the plane carrying all sixty russian diplomats arrived in moscow the effected u.s. diplomats are also expected to depart russia soon here's how russia's foreign ministry minister sergei lavrov outlined the steps taken so far we have the guts to tell it's a remote use include the expulsion of the same number of u.s. diplomats and withdrawal of our consent for the us consulate in st petersburg as far as other states are concerned we will always give amir a response. 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 i the nato members hopefuls the united states though may have to charter a jet sixty evidence diplomats have been ordered to leave russia the same kicked out by washington though what the u.s. consulate in st peters

consulate in st petersburg ahead of the official closure on sunday as the standoff escalates over the poisoning of former spy service clip out in the u.k. . and french police fire water cannon and tear gas of protesters letting off flares during a demonstration over the expulsion of environmental squatters for the city of known . this is r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. over a dozen palestinian protesters have been injured on the gaza border a day after seventeen people died and over a thousand were injured in clashes with israeli soldiers the un secretary-general is now calling for an independent investigation into the deaths local journalists here and who the really has been at the scene. so today's the second day of protests demonstrations and praise for the palestinians listing us from all over the gaza strip are coming to march through the fence and as you see we can still see this israeli soldiers night prayers trying to target all of the all of the protesters who are coming near the fence palestinians protesters are

st. petersburg. dozens of american doublets were expelled -- diplomats were expelled. it came with the closure of the russian consulate. >> they were not surprised by russia's tit-for-tat diplomacy. the administration could take additional actions against moscow. the u.s. closed the russian consulate in seattle. they installed -- >> russia's ambassador to the u.s. seemed to push back on that assessment. they called the explosion an unfortunate choice. >> they are not united states enemies. the united states authorities have expelled american friends. >> the u.s. and russia are destined to be -- become friends again. moscow announced it was kicking out 60 american diplomats including the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg. the press secretary said it marks a further deterioration in the united states-russia relationship. russia kicked out more than 150 diplomats from roughly 2 dozen countries. it also expelled russian diplomats in a show of solidarity with great britain. the uk and its allies have attri

st. petersburg was lowered and the building closed. em was done on orders from the kremlin in retaliation for the expulsion of russian diplomats from the u.s. and other countries. tensions escalated quickly after the nerve agent poisoning in england of a former russian spy and his daughter. charlie d'agata has the latest from moscow. >> reporter: it's no coincidence that president vladimir putin's aulitary chose this week to the test launch of its latest latest weapon. a well-timed show of force. a nuclear weapon dubbed "satan si" by nato, a ballistic missile ywsigned to strike targets anywhere in the world, cndetected. russia's biggest diplomatic target is already being dismantled: the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg, america's largest facility besides the embassy in moscow. the russians have been swinging the axe on other countries too: senior envoys, summoned and ordered to send diplomats home, adding to the expulsion of 60 american diplomats earlier this week. and moscow upped the ante with britain, too, now ordering more than 50

diplomats and their families could be seen packing their bags and leaving the us consulate in st petersburg light, the american flag was taken down. the consulate has been ordered to close down completely, with the expulsion of a total of 60 american diplomats from here and moscow. tit—for—tat expulsions have been matched by tit—for—tat rhetoric. in today's sunday telegraph, the defence secretary, gavin williamson, said "the world's patience with putin's repeated pattern of malign behaviour had worn thin." he added: russia has demanded consular access to sergei and yulia skripal. she is now said to be conscious. britain said her rights and wishes would be taken into account. the geneva convention says access should be allowed. we all know very well that the russians operate on a basis of strict reciprocity. if we interpret the convention in a restrictive way, they will do the same in some future case, and some unfortunate briton in trouble in russia will have trouble getting consular access. 0vernight, the last american diplomats left their consulate in st petersburg. in the coming days, mo

st. petersburg. was ruderussian but and verbally attacked everyone he spoke with, including me, include -- until someone mentioned i was ambassador george kennan's daughter. ande was a total about-face he embarked on narration about our father, for whom he had apparently been an escort in berlin. he proclaimed, your father is my god. i answered, i am only the daughter of god. [laughter] [applause] my four years at the incubator were challenging and frustrating. there was a period of constant learning and in less traveling. i ended up with the experience my father regretted he never had, living side-by-side with russians. he had been a largely confined by diplomatic life. later, he admitted how much he in the me -- he envied me, and i felt some way vindicated. i admit to feeling proud when on christmas day, 1999, the soviet union disbanded and i anticipated a more promising future for the russian people. to aoors were opening freer society. a major revolutionary upheaval for which no one was prepared.

consulate in st petersburg russia as the diplomatic fallout continues over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in the u.k. moscow south of saturday deadline for the closure as part of its response to the expulsion of more than one hundred fifty russian diplomats across the world they were expelled in support of the u.k. which accuses the kremlin of being behind the nerve agent attack on. his daughter yulia moscow denies involvement. renowned physicist stephen hawking was the pride of one of the world's most prestigious universities and people in the english city of cambridge have shown just how much she was loved by lining the streets for his funeral peter sharp reports. this was a very personal opportunity for close friends and family to say their goodbyes that insisted the service would be held in cambridge the city he loves so much and which loved him in return the six pall bearers were porters drawn from these college we all knew him personally demonstrating the strength the connection between the festival king and his college that goes back to nine hundred si

st. petersburg, florida. ri glor: thank you to bobby lewis and wtsp for bringing us that story. "cbs evening news" tonight. i'm jeff glor. the news continues now on cbsn. good night. we'll see you tomorrow. captioning sponsored by cbs y captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org in the battle over a bay area beach. apartment owners, set to pay a hefty fine for blocking access lic. >>> kpix5 is begins with a record settlement in the bay and the battle over a bay area beach park apartment owners set to pay a hefty fine for blocking access to the public.>> the coastal commission is about to hand down there biggest penalty ever in northern california. against the owners of the ocean air apartment complex in pacifica. it sits on a bluff that is notoriously prone to erosion. devon feely reports, the issue is over rust repair to a crumbling coastal cliff. >> reporter: the problem in a nutshell, people used to be able to get down to the beach to use coastal access here in pacifica right over here. a couple of years ago the cliff began to fail and the coastal commission trie

consulate in st petersburg russia as the diplomatic fallout continues over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in the u.k. moscow sent a saturday deadline for the closure as part of its response to the expulsion of more than one hundred fifty russian diplomats across the world they were expelled in support of the u.k. which accuses the kremlin of being behind the nerve agent attack on. his daughter yulia moscow denies involvement voters in sierra leone are waiting to find out whole be the next president the runoff is between two candidates after an earlier election failed to produce an outright winner opposition leader julius maher the bureau is a former military head of state he led a coup in one thousand nine hundred six which overthrew the government and put him in charge for three months well he's up against some more to come out of the ruling party candidate is served as foreign affairs minister in government whoever wins faces major challenges in post a bowler sierra leone including the fight against corruption economic woes and tackling poverty there's a wh

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st. petersburg, florida, collapses p sesending workers running for their lives. the video capturing the crane falling over thursday morning. just barely missing some of the workers on the ground. no one was injured. the falling crane created no hazardous conditions and minimal damage at the construction site. if you can believe that. that's extraordinary. >> amazing video. >>> coming up, facebook's apology tour. it is not over yet. as the company's data privacy scandal grows, the mea culpa continues. >>> and conor mcgregor with the epic rampage caught on camera. that's next. internet providers promise business owners a lot. let's see who delivers more. comcast business offers fast gig-speeds across our network. at&t doesn't. we offer more complete reliability with up to 8 hours of 4g wireless network backup. at&t, no way. we offer 35 voice features and solutions that grow with your business. at&t, not so much. we give you 75 mbps for $59.95. that's more speed than at&t's comparable bundle, for less. call today. >>> an investigation under way at ohio state univers

diplomats and their families could be seen packing their bags and leaving the us consulate in st petersburg, the american flag was taken down. the consulate has been ordered to close down completely, with the expulsion of a total of 60 american diplomats from here and moscow. tit—for—tat expulsions have been matched by tit—for—tat rhetoric. in today's sunday telegraph, the defence secretary, gavin williamson, said "the world's patience with putin's repeated pattern of malign behaviour had worn thin." he added: russia has demanded consular access to sergei and yulia skripal. she is now said to be conscious. britain said her rights and wishes will be taken into account. the geneva convention says access should be allowed. we all know very well that the russians operate on a basis of strict reciprocity. if we interpret the convention in a restrictive way, they will do the same in a future case, and some unfortunate briton in trouble in russia will have trouble getting consular access. 0vernight, the last american diplomats left their consulate in st petersburg. in the coming days, more of thei

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case intensifies flags are lowered at consulates in st petersburg and seattle which are now closed as more expelled diplomats return home and get back online artists and activist demand the ecuadorian embassy restores internet access but we can leaks founder julian assange has been cut off financially a week. hello there the latest developments in a look back at the last seven days to you watching the weekly here on our international. now the russian president has accepted the resignation of the governor of the commander of the region over last sunday shopping center tragedy the blaze killed sixty four people forty one of them children here's a recap of that day. but. i knew why didn't i see. in years you know your skis each of the kids whether any of you should watch it if you go for service you can observe through it she knew. it was. the first of that. war. if you don't look at it it's tragic that it is a vision it's. just like to ship them to. death. first. there was no alarm no siren no sprinklers the whole fire prevention system was off fire exits blocked people in wide this sho

launched a controversial floating nuclear power plant it's been on the construction of the years in st petersburg and its two reactors are jews be equipped with nuclear fuel it'll be towed out to the arctic sea next summer as moscow next to secure the rich deposits of oil and gas believed to be in the region around the north pole. russia's floating nuclear power plant makes its way out to sea and development since two thousand and seven the academic lemond us off cost around a half a billion euros it's builders say it's safe. this power plant incorporates all of the best features of traditional nuclear plants it's protected from all kinds of natural and technical dangers all these to. the ship is said to play a key role in russia's plans to develop the arctic it will supply vast amounts of electricity and warmth to far flung locations and to power oil refineries and desalination plants. environmentalists warn of the potential dangers greenpeace has dubbed it a floating chernobyl. its maiden voyage takes it around scandinavia to reach months in russia's far north that's where its nuclear reactors

consulate in st petersburg the kremlin ordered the consulate to be closed and sixty american diplomats expelled the u.s. is among twenty three countries ordering russian diplomats to leave this in response to the poisoning of the former russian double agent said and his daughter yulia in the u.k. . the trumpet ministration has frozen more than two hundred million dollars earmarked for recovery aid in syria former secretary of state rex tillerson announced the extra funding in february during a meeting in kuwait with other members of the coalition to defeat isis. in sierra leone a vote counting is underway in a runoff election to choose a new president former military coup leader julius ma to be zero on the first round and he's pledging to end corruption and offer free education his rival somewhere a camera from the governing party is promising promising continuity an economic recovery. the first round was won with a razor thin majority julia smart o.b.o. was viktor the challenger to the ruling party's candidate s'more a commodity but with only a fifteen thousand vote difference the rul

say is to prevent terrorism they say that the bombings in st petersburg metro were planned by those terrorists through telegram take advantage of that encrypted service to avoid detection by security services now it's been a very hot topic in russia as we say the kremlin is also a way that in they say that they use the messaging service as well both to communicate with the public between each other they say it's convenient but they say that users can simply find an alternative or get around the block of course they're also various blocks in place on other websites by the internet here and russian many people do use v.p.n. to get around them. telegram missed the deadline of the fourth of april to hand over the exception keys to the f.s.b. indeed sent a. joke letter to the f.s.b. saying that there were no corruption keys because it was a direct messaging service therefore he couldn't comply with the request he actually sent the f.s.b. pair of physical keys to prove his point it does seem though that the f.s.b. the state motto have got their way telegram will be blocked in the coming in the comin

consulate in st petersburg the kremlin ordered the consulate closed and sixty american diplomats expelled the u.s. is among twenty three countries also giving russian diplomats the boot all this is in response to a poison agent attack former spy sergei speak out and his daughter in salisbury england. pope francis has presided over his six easter vigil service in st peter's basilica at the vatican the service began with the lighting of a candle the light of which is meant to symbolize christ earlier francis urge people not to be complacent about the world's injustices. in pakistan a homecoming for a young voice of peace malala yousafzai is visiting her village in the swat valley it's the first time she's been there since two thousand and twelve when the taliban nearly killed her. she's a daughter coming home a daughter who six years ago was many killed here for her outspoken belief that girls deserve education because. the taliban shot malala yousafzai in the head but instead of killing her the attack strengthened her resolve now malala is back the youngest ever nobel peace prize winner is

plant has headed out for its first voyage the academic a long one i saw was choked out of the st petersburg shipyard where it was built is to react as will now be loaded with nuclear fuel environmentalists have criticized the project with greenpeace calling it a quote floating channel be. thousands have taken to the streets of company on a in spain they're protesting off the five men accused of raping a young woman at the twenty sixteen running of the bulls were convicted of the less a cry for sexual abuse the case has sparked anger given increased reports of six attacks at the event. new u.s. secretary of state's mike home page has arrived in saudi arabia is the first stop of his middle east tour where he'll discuss the iran nuclear deal with leaders there he's also expected to visit israel and jordan on his first official trip in the uk. the terminally ill british toddler at the heart of a long running and legal battle has died in hospital alfie evans had a red brain disease which doctors said was incurable his parents took the case to court off to children's hospital decided life support

st. petersburg. so vladimir putin, you know, went in just a couple years' time from a nobody in st. a series of the most important jobs in russia. for someone like a former lieutenant colonel to rise to be the president of russia was a shocking event in russian post-soviet society. he was pretty ruthless in following the kgb playbook throughout his very unlikely rise in politics and also obviously since he's been the president of russia. had you told me or i think most people, russians or americans in the spring of 2000, 2001 that vladimir putin would end up being the longest-serving russian leader since joseph stalin, whom his grandfather worked for as a cook, you know, i think we would not have believed you. >> putin has proven to be a survivor. but how? coming up, we meet some russians who are trying to take him on. >> i have no idea of how many time we spend for this. maybe one year, maybe ten years. maybe all our lives. but we should do this. we should keep fighting. just because it's correct.ou h ee plaque psoriasis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla.

st. petersburg, florida. it collapses and sends workers running for their lives.ty video captured the massive crane about ten stories high falling over thursday morning. just barely missing some of the construction workers on the ground. thankfully no one was injured. officials say the falling crane created no hazardous conditions and there was minimal damage to the construction site. thank goodness for that. >> indeed. close call there. >>> ahead, day one at the masters and defending champion sergio garcia was a master of disaster. watch this ball. you know it is going in the drink. coy wire has the details next in the "bleacher report." we'r she's ! stall. my video call's lagging. mom? surprise! surprise! hold up. hold up. we got a laggy video call here. you need verizon, the best network for streaming. here. trade ya. okay, people, that's a reset. you want us to surprise her again? yeah, but like in a fun way. like this. all my favorite friends are here. there's tony and diane. like something like that. (avo) get up to 50% off our best phones, like the samsung

consulate in st petersburg ahead of the official closure on sunday as the standoff escalates over the poisoning of former spy service in the u.k. . and french police fire water cannon until a gas of protesters letting off flares during a demonstration over the expulsion of environmental scorches from the city of known .