it is tit—for—tat. orders more uk staff to pack bags. it is tit-for-tat.ench embassy it is tit-for-tat. four french e m bassy staff it is tit-for-tat. four french embassy staff kicked out of night, as well. yes, they have now told our embassy in moscow to reduce the same numbers as they have done in london. britain is now threatening to close down the trade mission in north london. russia has four buildings in the uk. shut down the trade mission. that is almost a response to the closure of the british council which went further than just expelling spies when vladimir putin reacted initially to what britain did after the salisbury attack. strangely, russia is still saying, we want to have good relationss with you in the west, even though all of these countries are having their diplomats kicked out of moscow. not a lot of evidence for that but the russians are saying that they are simply responding to the action of international governance in response to pressure, or requests, from theresa may's government to do this. it's not a surprise. there is all of the

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 who 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 where 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 the sum up russia which denies 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 of chemical weapons would be c.w. has sent technical experts to

we don't see this as a diplomatic tit—for—tat. for that horrific attack on the british citizen and his daughter. the kremlin insists that it was not involved in the poisoning, but this attack in the suburbs of salisbury could lead to further international consequences, because the us has warned it may retaliate with further action against moscow. this might not be the return of the cold war, but relationships have certainly become much more frosty. chris buckler, bbc news. the british ambassador has just emerged. we have had a further discussion with the foreign ministry in moscow about the action both sides have taken after the events in salisbury. i will not go into any details for now but we will study what i happen told and make according decisions. why this crew crisis has arisen in the first place isa crisis has arisen in the first place is a use ofa crisis has arisen in the first place is a use of a chemical weapon in the united kingdom which has threatened the lives of people. we have not received adequate answers from the

a tat, so on and so forth. it is that escalation that is in and of itself dangerous for the impact that it has on all those economies. and, furthermore, for the impact that it has on confidence. and confidence is a super-precious good that builds over time and that can be destroyed very quickly. if the perception of investors around the world is that this is uncertain, you never know where the tariffs are going to go, how high, how low, against whom, with what scope, with what exemptions, then you start -- you step back you don't invest. you wait. and that confidence impact could be significant. if it's a combination of all that which can be triggered by something which in and of itself is not going to be a massive impact for the global economy. >> also in the years following low han and the financial crisis we did see a greater effort amongst lots of different countries, lots of different regulatory systems, to accord financial regulations. >> yes. >> basel and through other means. there has been pressure -- >

if we did have tit for tat? could you imagine the global economic recovery that we have seen the last few years losing steam, reversing? what are the -- how dire are the potential consequences, i would say? christine: you cannot just look at one country in isolation. if it'sif you do, well, a tit only, not a tit for tat and so on and so forth, it's probably not a major -- it probably doesn't have a major impact. i think it's losing jobs, it's probably a teeny, tiny potential risk in the growth. but the risk of that trigger is that it does produce the tat and that that tat then entails a tit which produces a tat and so forth. and it is that escalation that is in and of itself dangerous for the impact that it has on all those economies. and for the -- and furthermore, for the impact that it has on confidence. nd confidence is a super precious good that builds over time and that can be destroyed very quickly. if the perception of investors around the world is that this is uncertain, you never know where the tariffs

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 russian double agent sergei

well and that affected japan as well the south korea and don't forget we were talking about tit for tat and now that the wools our largest economy is taking back in stance on free trade what else is going to happen next and then don't forget also we are also seeing a highly globalized global economy dependent on very complex global supply chains so that it's at in that self that actually affects small businesses in ways that the headlines current the don't really talk about much for now our correspondent linda hong for us in singapore and here in the studio with me michael but at the economist at the humble university here in berlin thank you very much see both your analysis. will tariffs on u.s. imports would not only hit foreign trade partners but could also backfire for u.s. companies take the firm we visited in detroit it relies heavily on overseas supplies so slapping them with levees would not only threaten the success of the business but also detroit's way out of a financial crisis. detroit the motor city known for its manufacturing and innovative spirit. tunisia hubbard works on

it is a tit—for—tat. it is a tit-for-tat. freezing bank accounts, boycotting the world cup?ld cup? the world cup is the next thing. next thing. has been her best couple of weeks in terms of how she has dealt with it. terms of how she has dealt with it. and to get the international coalition behind the british line. coalition behind the british line. steady as she goes, a steady woman, and she has done a fairjob. and she has done a fairjob. her a spirit as the home secretary, this is a good area for her. this is a good area for her. secretary related stuff, she's in her element. her element.

singapore then talking about a trade war and the potential for tate for tat moves what can we expect to happen now with regards to china what do you think that they will now day. well china says it's plenty of measures to fight bag areas of. in part so i've been through all the electronic chips and. don't forget you know that she was the largest manufacturing base for some of the largest our u.s. electronics companies such as apple as well as intel and of the u.s. also has traits up last surprisingly in the small area of every culture and that's where china presence d.t.p. is actually are hitting at it's actually launch a poke in to u.s. exports of soybeans saw them and is studying ways to restrict shipments also have been coming into the country and of these are target and other crops that mr trump's support and some politically important farming states and china can quickly also throw out non-tariff obstacles to trade such as stepping up safety inspections and the people were essential for goods and to the country so these are some of the tit for tat things that china could do to t

russia has reacted with a tit for tat a tit for tat there and has expelled diplomats as well so we'll have to wait and see what the foreign ministry decides decides there but it looks like tit for tat and of course russia continues to deny any involvement and accuses britain not just of russophobia but also of ignoring international agreements. yes absolutely they are responding by denying any involvement and they also said that they would be willing to cooperate with the investigation the foreign minister sergei lavrov said today that britain has provided no access to the facts in this investigations or to the samples that may have been samples of this nerve agent that may have been involved in employed in the poisoning and today also went further he called this part of russophobia campaign and that's very much the rhetoric that we've been getting out of russia also from other politicians it's very much seen here this whole case as part of an anti russian campaign that the west is waging and that's good this is kind of part of a pattern that we've seen often with accusations against

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america says moscow has no justification for its tit—for—tat expulsion of 60 diplomats as britain's ambassadorks answer in moscow. the use of a chemical weapon on the streets of the united kingdom that has threatened the lives of a number of people in my country. we asked some questions of the russian state and we've still not received adequate answers. nearly a0 labour mps and peers call onjeremy corbyn to suspend a senior official at the centre of the latest row about anti—semitism. personal details of 150 million users of a popular online fitness programme are compromised by a data security breach. also in the next hour. senior staff at some academy trusts are accused of taking unjustifiably high salaries. mps say the academies in england are using public money that could be better spent on children's education. and 70 years on from sex, lies and murder on the high seas. new evidence about the porthole mystery. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. thousands of suspects under investigation for violent and sexual offences have been released from pol

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we don't see this as a diplomatic tit—for—tat.nsible for that horrific attack on the british citizen and his daughter. the kremlin insists that it was not involved in the poisoning, but this attack in the suburbs of salisbury could lead to further international consequences, because the us has warned it may retaliate with further action against moscow. this might not be the return of the cold war, but relationships have certainly become much more frosty. chris buckler, bbc news. 0ur correspondent in moscow, paul adams, has been telling us the investigation will be hoping yulia skripal will be able to provide them with vital information. we'll have to see whether, as she regains consciousness and talks, yulia is able to offer any fresh insight. the two victims at the centre of this whole affair have of course been essentially in a coma and on life support ever since they fell ill in salisbury more than three weeks ago, almost four weeks ago now. so investigators will be incredibly interested to know, can she shed any light on their

at one level, this is a tit—for—tat expulsion of 23, the same number as was expelled from london.e other hand, it has gone further with that consulate closure in st petersburg and perhaps most important of all in some respects, the closure of british council operations in russia. the british council is the scientific, cultural, educational software our department, if you like, the agency which teaches thousands of russians english through its classes. it does a lot of outreach and is seen as a real way of spreading britain's idea of democratic values across russia. so that is a serious blow. and because of those extra moves, we will have to see whether britain thinks it has to go a bit further in its action. james, thanks. police have launched a murder investigation after two women were shot and killed at a house in east sussex. officers responded to reports of a shooting at an address in st leonards on sea last night. two other women — including one who is pregnant — were taken to hospital suffering from shock. a 35—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. forecaste

but what is it we do to get out of the cycle of just tit for tat. you've seen this in terrorist cases, in the israeli experience. it doesn't do you any good to get into a response, counterresponse cycle. >> i agree with that. it's true within cyberspace because as was noted earlier, we are more vulnerable than russia in cyberspace. that does not necessarily need to be the case forever. i do think 10 years is probably an optimistic side but not for increasing offensive capability which is not nontrivial even today. one of the challenges we need to have in the foremost of our mind is we think about u.s.russia tit for tat. high end of the escalation ladder is thermo nuclear war. taking steps to show we have limited aims, keeping open channels of communication, taking note of fire breaks, today there's a fire break certainly between conventional and nuclear. i believe there's a fire break between if you will, nonkinetic and kinetic. at the point which you cross one of those firebreaks you open up a new level of potential conflict and it's -- and it's pr

is it just going to be an endless tit for tat or how is one going to get out of this diplomatically? do you think relations are forever harmed? >> i think the pressure on vladimir putin and russia will continue. the next six years. and demands will be on vladimir putin when he will leave his position as russian president and should depend to somebody more friendly to the west to take this position next. so six years of the ice war, as people called it right now. it's very dangerous. because it will before the football world champions, and we are afraid that the regime will start the war in ukraine. and if russia supports and is threatened by court to the football world champion or if russia wants to conduct such, they should give up russians with the oppressive regime to terrorize those for uprisal. >> mr. markov, you do raise some pretty fiery and scary sort of pictures there. by dunbass you mean parts of eastern ukraine and the world cup. but can i just change because obviously your state television and government continues to deny what happened in britain. and they have been reall

economy and create jobs still only accounts for two percent of world trade and yet but tit for tat of tariffs and penalties is the interest the ripple effects can escalate into a full on trade or u.s. business leaders and prominent members of his own republican party have warned his administration that is causing economic disaster with the stroke of a pen donald trump shook up international trade the president signed the healthy new tariffs into law flanked by metal workers he said he was stopping what he called an assault on the us. today i'm defending america's national security by placing tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum. the levees will take effect in two weeks but steel industry executives in south korea set up a crisis meeting right after trump signed them now korea is threatening to bring its case to the deputy oh. we're actively considering filing a complaint with the world trade organization. we've already discussed the issue with the european trade commission. me all the. other countries including japan and australia it trumps executive order makes it possibl

moscow hit back with a simple tit for tat sixty u.s. diplomats are to be expelled from russia matching the sixty russian diplomats thrown out by the u.s. . the retaliation against other countries will also be reciprocal that's in terms of the number of diplomats expelled from each country. usually it is that he's content seoul for the moment. for germany that's for diplomats who will be sent home some observers feared harsher measures after a spokeswoman for the russian foreign ministry the immanently denied accusations that moscow was behind the swivels poisoning she suggested britain had failed to protect the safety of russian citizens there. whether these measures will stop the diplomatic escalation may partly depend on decisions made here in the kremlin. or i want to go now to europe our moscow bureau chief good evening to you so why did moscow choose the consulate in st petersburg to close. some because there is a second capital of russia the u.s. consulate there is big and into the fact that it now has to close is obviously of gre

russia takes action to expel foreign diplomats in a tit for tat measure is the round over the script poisoning escalates. and german authorities can't force some sixty five thousand illegal migrants as the asylum seekers don't have valid id papers. this is r.t. and. fifteen palestinians have been killed in clashes with israeli soldiers during the first day of rage one thousand others are said to have been injured in the protest israeli defense forces use live bullets tear gas and drones. the annual day of rage is a demonstration that denounces the israeli occupation thousands of palestinians. across five locations i.d.f. soldiers meanwhile of station more than one hundred sharpshooters the protest is expected to last six weeks local journalist has been following the clashes on the gaza border. where you are only one hundred meters away from the front as you see we can see the israeli army likely as you can see the israeli army soldiers keeps and trying to tie get to the protesters that are being very close to the fans by lies i mean a sheet and rubber bullets and the tear gas caniste

western ambassadors are summoned to the russian foreign ministry as tit—for—tat expulsions continue over poisoned spy. fresh controversy for facebook as an old memo emerges saying anything it did to connect people was good — even if it led to a death. dancing with a purpose — we meet the woman behind the amazing moves of these nigerian street children. hello and welcome to world news today. thousands of palestinians in gaza have marched on the israeli border at the start of a six—week protest. they are demanding that some residents be allowed to return to homes that are now in israel. at least 15 palestinians have been killed — and 350 wounded — in clashes with the israeli defence force. a 16—year—old boy is said to be among the dead. the israeli military oversees a no—go zone along the gaza border, citing security concerns. palestinians have pitched five camps near the border — seen here in yellow. israel has deployed tanks and snipers and is using tear gas to force palestinians away from the border. the bbc‘s yolande knell is injerusalem. this was one of the largest demonstrations that

james: how would you avade a tit for tat cycle. we've experienced things, we agree we should do something back, the other side won't say, ok, we give up. we're going to get into an iterative process here, how do we control that? i don't know if escalation dominance is the way to think about it? but what is it we do to get out of the cycle of just tit for tat. you've seen this in terrorist cases, in the israeli experience. it doesn't do you any good to get into a response, counterresponse cycle. >> i agree with that. it's true within cyberspace because as was noted earlier, we are more vulnerable than russia in cyberspace. that does not necessarily need to be the case forever. i do think 10 years is probably an optimistic side but not for increasing offensive capability which is not nontrivial even today. one of the challenges we need to have in the foremost of our mind is we think about u.s.-russia tit for tat. high end of the escalation ladder is thermo nuclear war. taking steps to show we have limited aims, keeping open channels

but it takes action to expel foreign diplomats in a tit for tat measure was the rubber over the script poisoning escalates. and german authorities can't deport some sixty five thousand illegal migrants is the asylum seekers don't have valid id papers. have you with us next joining us this hour this is our international. will start with breaking news this hour fourteen palestinians have been killed in clashes with israeli soldiers during the first day of rage or than a thousand others are said to have been injured in the protest israeli defense forces use live bullets tear gas and drones. but. what. do you value then your day of rage is a demonstration that denounces the israeli occupation thousands of palestinians have pitched tents across five locations i.d.f. soldiers meanwhile the station more than one hundred sharpshooters the protest is expected to last for six weeks local journalists who drink is following clashes on the gaza border where only one hundred meters away from the front as you see we can see the israeli army life as you can see the israeli army soldiers keeps and tryi

so what is the latest on the transatlantic tit—for—tat over trade.day the european commission meets to discuss its retaliatory plan after president trump said tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium imports would be signed off this week. the commission has so far stated that its response would be fully compatible with world trade organisation rules. the eu has drawn up a target list of 100 us goods worth $3.5 billion many would have maximum political impact. among them the iconic us motorbike harley—davidson — made in wisconsin — home state to house of representatives speaker, paul ryan. paul ryan has been vocal about the fate he does not agree with these tariffs. and bourbon whiskey, made in kentucky, the state of senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. orangejuice is a key export for florida — a vital swing state in us elections. and there's the ultimate example of classic americana levis jeans a us firm that relied on europe for a 20%jump in sales last year. the row is already hitting business. electrolux, europe's largest appliances maker, i

the expulsion of 23 british diplomats — that was expected, that is traditional tit—for—tat.tting down of a consulate and the activities of the british council — that feels like a challenge to the british government. and the russians have said that, if britain responds with more measures against moscow, then russia will respond with more sanctions against the uk. the danger now is a spiral of confrontation. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. voting has begun in the presidential election in russia, where vladimir putin is seeking another six—year term. seven other candidates are also standing. thousands of people have been forced to flee the northern syrian town of afrin in the face of a turkish offensive. another exodus is under way in the rebel—held enclave of eastern ghouta, which is being subjected to a syrian government offensive. andrew plant reports. under control of the kurdish forces, afrin, in northern syria, has been under turkish attack. the city became the battleground as the two sides fought for control, civilians now fleeing their homes in search of safety. tran

now in a normally diplomatic tit for tat russia has expelled u.s. diplomats has there been now equilibrium diplomatic equilibrium with these explosions or can we expect more punitive steps might moscow. well i'm ready to the fifa world cup starts in two and a half months i don't think that russia is really interesting in making a bad situation worse the kremlin is going to wait and see what washington and what london are going to do in the days and weeks to come british prime minister may said that. there could be further sexual sanctions in the days to come against sanctions against russia of course if this is really the case russia will retaliate you have the u.s. ambassador huntsman said that there was no justification for the expulsion and it shows that the crime is really not interested in a dialogue with the u.s. on the other hand kremlin speaker peskov said this is not true we are really interested in having a dialogue with the west at the only thing that we do here in russia this is a russian perspective call of course we only count action t

russia takes action to expel foreign diplomats in a tit for tat measure as the route over the script poisoning escalates. and german authorities are unable to deport sixty five thousand illegal migrants as the asylum seekers don't have valid id papers. thank you for watching the news headlines here at r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow. at least seventeen palestinians have been killed and over a thousand others have been injured in clashes with israeli soldiers on the gaza border those figures were announced by the permanent observer for palestine riyad mansour or during an urgent un security council meeting it called for both sides to deescalate the conflict and to find a peaceful solution earlier israeli defense forces used live bullets tear gas and drones against gaza protesters. the. cut that was the was. in the u.k. annual march of return is a demonstration denouncing the israeli occupation thousands of palestinians have pitched tents across five locations while i.d.f. soldiers have stationed more than one hundred snipers with a protest expected to last six weeks l

summoned to the ministry — western ambassadors are called in by russia as tit for tat expulsions continuen moscow over the poisoned spy. fresh controversy for facebook as an old memo emerges saying anything it did to connect people was good — even if it led to a death. searching for the next breakthrough in computing — scientists believe they may have found a way to supercharge the processing of data. we can begin to solve problems that would take us more than it would ta ke would take us more than it would take us . seconds. the more than the. -- more or days. the more than the. -- more than the. hello and welcome to bbc world news. thousands of palestinians in gaza have marched on the israeli border at the start of a six—week protest. they're demanding that some residents be allowed to return to homes that are now in israel. at least 15 palestinians have been killed and a reported 1000 wounded in clashes with the israeli defence force. that's according to the palestinian health ministry. a 16—year—old boy is said to be among the dead. the israeli military oversees a no—go zone along the

russia takes action to expel foreign diplomats in a tit for tat measure as the rao over the script boys thing escalates. in germany also it is unbelievable to deport sixty five thousand illegal migrants as the asylum seekers don't have valid id papers. thank you for joining us here at r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate. more than seventeen palestinians have now been killed in clashes with israeli soldiers on the gaza border the figures were announced by the permanent observer of palestine at riyadh mansoor ahead of an urgent u.n. security council meeting oversize and others are also said to have been injured in the protest the israeli defense forces use life bullets tear gas and drones. but. what. the annual march of return is a demonstration denouncing the israeli occupation thousands of palestinians have pitched tents across five locations while i.d.f. soldiers have stationed notes on a hundred snipers with the process expected to last six weeks local journalists one who'd area has been following the clashes on the gaza border where the only one hundred meters

the expulsion of 23 british diplomats — that was expected, that is traditional tit—for—tat.tting down of a consulate and the activities of the british council — that feels like a challenge to the british government. and the russians have said that, if britain responds with more measures against moscow, then russia will respond with more sanctions against the uk. the danger now is a spiral of confrontation. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. voting has begun in the presidential election in russia, where vladimir putin is seeking another six—year term. seven other candidates are also standing. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: president erdogan of turkey says his troops are poised to enter the northern syrian city of afrin, after two months of fighting against the kurdish ypg militia. tens of thousands of civilians have fled through a corridor to escape the city. another exodus is under way in the rebel—held enclave of eastern ghouta, which is being subjected to a syrian government offensive. an engineer left a voicemail two days before a bridge c

oh it's close to the fans also this hour russia takes action to expel foreign diplomats in a tit for tat measure as the route over the script poisoning escalates and german authorities can't deport some sixty five thousand illegal migrants as the asylum seekers don't have valid id papers. for the wealthiest seven pm here in moscow he watching out international start this hour with breaking news to you because ten palestinians have been killed in clashes with israeli soldiers as the day of rage starts on the gaza border over a thousand of those are said to have been injured in the protest israel defense forces used live bullets and taken. the. janjaweed day of rage is a demonstration denouncing israeli occupation thousands of palestinians have pitched tents across five locations and i.d.f. soldiers memoir of stationed more than one hundred sharpshooters the protest is expected to last six weeks local journalist in darby is following the clashes in gaza where you all. the one hundred meters away from the fine as you see we can see the israeli army life as you can see the israeli army soldi

date a lot happening meant just go through the latest for us well there was the response to it for tat response in which all those countries that kicked out russian diplomats and those two dozen odd countries almost one of the nato members. seeking to become media members but russia's response was for every russian diplomat kicked out one of their diplomats was kicked. out of russia but they've gone further now with respect to the united kingdom with great britain because they've asked more of their diplomats to leave in addition to the two dozen kicked out as part of this tit for tat response the reasoning here is that it was great britain that began this whole anti russian campaign which went international which went to all these countries and said look stand and solidarity with us kick out russian diplomats because of this. alleged assassination attempt which we believe was done at the request of the russian government that on the orders of the russian government the russians are again they've denied any role in this attack they've said that we had nothing to do with that and this i

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's attack using a nerve agent. british prim

too long very almost line there predictably of course as i was saying earlier likely to be a tit for tat measures as is often the case but of course twenty three diplomats expelled a the biggest expose in about three decades as far as we're concerned of course far as when we stand. this isn't the last we'll hear of this scandal it seems to be only the beginning or i don't hear back to it let's bring in particular use an executive director of twenty first century wired dot com. there patrick thanks for your time today what do you think about this than twenty three russian diplomats expelled from britain was that the best move the trees are made could have made in the circumstances in russia at the moment saying it will top it won't talk to all tomatoes because no suspects been put forward there's a lot of jumping to conclusions first of all so russia as it stands whether you agree with the not thinks that it's in the right here do you agree and was what tourism a has done here too soon too much or not. the first thing i'm going to point out is that theresa may lay down an ultimatum to the

action is justified there is water and we don't see this as a diplomatic tit for tat is ready for. the gaza border. checking us conservative group which is a. project to expose the liberal bias of existing science. friday's top news headlines for this. international thanks for joining us russia is expelling sixty u.s. diplomats and shutting the american consulate in. the measures are in retaliation against similar actions by washington over the script poisoning case a russian foreign minister. responds to other states that have also deported russian diplomats. 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 either nato members or 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 over the us consulate in st petersburg is being closed down in response to the closure of russia's consulate in seattle and mirrors spawn's

and would there be more tit for tat diplomatically off to russia what is going to do next or will it calm down for a while my guess is that it will calm down for a while after all the u.s. and europe and russia all need each other. in spite of this incident the common threats that is to say. the islamic state and and southey jihad as north korea. you know whatever's going to happen in iran they require cooperation and you know from us from a chance of trying to each of our countries oh you know those issues are are much more important just going to some of the response from the just really briefly paid to what we got you on the line are you surprised that not everyone was on bold austria was a big member saying no bogey area greece as well the surprise that it wasn't you know enemas. now. astra has always been it is a neutral country by virtue of the austrian state tree he it's always been a place where there's been a leading ground between east and west. area it's always been historically very pro russian and for that matter so those freaks so. i'm not surprised that everybody didn'

many unanswered questions the mass expulsion of diplomats the freeze on the high level talks tit for tat action approaching means the diplomatic damage has already been done and it's too late to undo russia is being blamed for the alleged poisoning through the investigation is still ongoing words take a look at the so-called evidence behind the accusations. i'm afraid the evidence is overwhelming that it is russia and that's something by the way in the smug. response that we've heard from the russians to me indicates that fundamental. france britain's assessment that there is no other plausible explanation and reiterate. this is not an isolated incident russia failed to ensure syria destroyed its chemical weapons program. has taken place. over reckless. russian behavior. over many years. it well known ukrainian m.p. is accusing top tier of officials of being involved in a shooting massacre that took place during the two thousand and fourteen made on uprising events led to the overthrow of the country's government after. went public with her incendiary claims she was interned accused of p