u.k. british prime minister theresa may had strong words for moscow. the attempted assassination. for which there. was culpable. in those days i climbed the steps of the earth between the gruesome undergrowth of the lost forests until i reached you my true picture high city of step stone. cradled in you like two parallel lines of lightning and humanity's cradle in a wind of the mother of stone foam crown of the congo. high above towering clouds mysterious and remote lies much you picture no account towns of this city no european no spanish conquistador ever found a way through the wilderness of the valley. on a july day in one thousand nine hundred eleven the us archaeologist and historian hiram bingham accompanied by a native guide was the first to make his way along overgrown incapacity skirting the steep mountain slopes at the top he discovered the ruins of a long deserted city overgrown by the jungle. was this long lost vilcabamba where the incas had hidden their goal from the spanish invaders not a single gold artefact has ever been found no one knows who lived here nor why t

u.k. the british government has dismissed the claim saying the poison used on sergei script and his daughter yulia came from russia person accuses moscow of being behind the attack a charge it denies russia and britain of expelled twenty three of each other's diplomats over the route with both sides considering further retaliatory measures foreign secretary boris johnson says international experts will conduct further analysis on the poison on the help us to understand how the stockpiles of nobody. go missing and how some of it could have turned up on the streets of will in this way or else i'm afraid we will be forced as a problem to sit in the house of commons to draw the conclusion as we did in the case of alexander litvinenko that the trail of culpability leads inexorably to the kremlin an israeli has been stabbed and wounded in the occupied in occupied east jerusalem as a specter attack and english shot by security forces was a turkish tourist tensions have been escalating in jerusalem since u.s. president donald trump recognized the city as israel's capital at the end of last year mean

in the u.k., british health services have announced that the daughter of the former russian father werend her poisoned -- she is out of danger, at least in terms of her health. solange: that news made the front page of "the independent" this morning. this came after health services said her condition is improving rapidly and she could speak to investigators soon. on the diplomatic front, russia is sort of on life support. "the new york times" says the relationship between russia and the united states has hit a low that has not been seen in decades. molly: how are we seeing russian press cover this? solange: there was a headline "russia uses the right to reply." moscow says it has the right to mirror the moves of the 27 other nations that expelled russian diplomats. it is a tit-for-tat, but one that may not change much in the middle east and syria. that is according to a pan arab paper. they say the power dynamics in syria in regard to russia will not be affected by the diplomatic freeze. molly: 10 we seeing in terms of cartoonists as they discuss this or draw about this? solange: there ar

u.k. british counterterrorism police saying that nikolai cough was found dead at his london home earlier this week died apparently from compression to the neck they say that as yet there is no evidence to suggest a link to the attempted murders of the script oles all meantime now to nigeria where the niger delta is one of the most polluted regions in the world in the one nine hundred fifty as oil was discovered and production began but since then oil spills have caused extensive environmental damage and a report amnesty international has accused the oil major shell and any of responding to the spills to slowly west africa correspondent chris for ports this is a common sight in the niger delta. for neighboring communities oil spills are a catastrophe farmers can no longer from fisherman must sail hours from the coast in order to catch anything. brazilians often blame the international oil company. pipeline network alone there have been more than one thousand bills since two thousand and eleven according to amnesty international the outcome of it us is further evidence that. all companies opera

u.k. last week it came as a new leaders met for a second day of summit talks which saw the british prime minister pushing for jolt spray on march the fourth on script paul and his daughter said now treason maybe u.k. prime minister has expressed so let our train take further action against russia here's what she had to say i welcome the fact that last night the european union council agreed with the u.k. government's assessment of the attempted murder that took place on the streets of seoul sprit but it's highly likely that russia was responsible for that attempted murder i think it is clear that russia is challenging the values we share as europeans and it is right that we are standing to get together in defense of those values of course of the leaders were present to you including chancellor. angela merkel and french president mccall and now they both say france and germany agree that additional measures against russia will be necessary also speaking at the summit with donald tusk president of the european council for human kind of president of the commission they say states have different appr

u.k. british government has dismissed that claim saying the poison used. on his daughter came from russia. is next. michael. it will be good. to see. cyprus has long had an important geopolitical position in the mediterranean but it's been at the center of an f.b.i. dispute see nine hundred seventy which is divine beyond the. the republic of cyprus is controlled by greek cypriots and is recognized by the international community in fact it became a member of the european union in two thousand and four more than part of the island is ruled by the government of the self declared northern cyprus. is recognized by turkey and guarded by its armed forces. the conflict has gone through many ups and downs but things escalated recently when the turkish navy blocked access to an italian drill ship in february the vessel was part of efforts to explore recently discovered gas fields on the southeastern tip of the island the heads of the e.u. backed the greek cypriot leader nikos anastasio address the european commission's president jean-claude juncker said he was stric

bunning the standoff deepens russia says it's to expel twenty three british diplomats this emitter theory inside the kremlin off to the u.k. passing the blame to president putin over the poisoning of the former russian double agent and his daughter on british soil but have the latest from moscow. also coming up more than one hundred fifty thousand civilians fleetingly syrian city of free this is turkish forces shelled the city observers say more people have died in an strikes today. plasticky director all b f b i andrew make a business fire to the dismissal comes just before mccabe was due to retire was his removal politically motivated we'll have full analysis. i'm helena humphrey thanks for joining me the dispute over the poisoning of an expiry britain is deepening russia says it will expel twenty three british diplomats in a tit for tat response to measures that the u.k. has taken against mosco over the case well the british ambassador to moscow nori bristow i was summoned to the russian foreign ministry earlier here's what he said after that meeting. russia. is a friendly place. we lived with him thank you thank you.

is a former military officer who was jailed in russia for hunting out secrets to british intelligence but moved to the u.k. in the bicycle in two thousand and ten british police expect the investigations to take months but politicians have been quite quick to try and pinpoint blame and one thing is clear they from the press conference announce we've been getting mixed messages say perhaps more sanctions are on the way or we could see the east eighth having more of an open dialogue with moscow. and she said the reporting was responding to the scope of poising there's a lot for your leaders to get through at this summit of course aside from all that political strategist anthony weber believe treason may should be focusing on brics it these talks i don't think convinced at all but the wider issue is why the tories of mary is wasting this by the people time but the e.u. go on this destruction when she should be negotiation even the best deal for britain with threats from the e.u. so there's a great deal of concern about what was it seen as a pretrial of british interests were the brits to go. we have to look

power as a former military officer who was jailed russia for handing secrets to british intelligence he moved to the u.k. in a spy swap in two thousand and ten british police expect their probe into the attack to take months but politicians have been rushing to blame most go from the outset. let's go live now to political strategist anthony where they discuss this further mr weber thank you for joining us on the program it's good to see you how much of an appetite is there do you think of the e.u. nations to take similar moves as britain and expel their russian diplomats well i think there's a bit of a mixed message there because they're not touch it sproing the ambassador. please to reserve mary i don't think. all the wider issue is why the trees of mary is where he's doing this for other people time but the you are on this destruction when she should be negotiating even the best deal for. from the you so there's a great deal of concern about what watered seen as a pretrial of british interests with the. sions. now it seems like they're on the same page at the moment but even members really differ wild

u.k. the british government has dismissed the claims saying the poison used. and his daughter came from russia britain accuses moscow of being behind the attack a charge it denies and republican senators are warning u.s. president donald trump not to fire special counsel robert mueller saying he must be allowed to investigate alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election trump as we knew his twitter attacks on both the f.b.i. and melissa it's far in the bureau's former deputy director and the mckay those are the top stories one on one east is coming up next. china isn't a limp exporting superpower. but football has always been there richard least you know. they've only qualified for the world cup once up and long.

cripples a former military officer who was jailed here in russia for handing secrets to british intelligence he moved to the u.k. in a spy swap in twenty ten british police expect their probe into the attack to take months but nonetheless politicians have been rushing to blame osco from the outset political strategist anthony webber believed to resume a should focus on breck's it instead of pushing for action over the scribble incident. i don't think very convinced at all but the wider issue is why the trees of mary is wasting this by the time but the e.u. are on this destruction when she should be leaving the best deal for britain from the e.u. so there's a great deal of concern about water it's seen as a betrayal of british interests with the brits to go show asians we have to look at it in the whose interests is it for these accusations to be made against russia if it's would be of no benefit to russia whatsoever to do what they're alleged to have done so does it benefit somebody else and this is where we need to put our miss marple hats on and ask a lot of questions and get the answers we need to have the f

u.k. government has done to condemn the culprit for the c.e.o. of the russian. well theresa may also said that this is these developments are not a question of british diplomacy but a question of russian called culpability now given despite the fact that an investigation is still going on and just yesterday we saw the police in the u.k. say they are not quite ready to point fingers and that the investigation continues throughout this whole time russia has said. it has nothing to do with the poisoning of sergei scrip all they said that what would have been nice is to see an official request from britain that we heard the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov say that if such a request had been sent russia would have replied within ten days but no such official traditionally use diplomatic channels have been used let's take a listen to sergei lavrov with a view which. the who we haven't received any official request from london based on its own obligations in accordance with the chemical weapons convention we've told britain we are ready to respond if they file the request instead of fighting the official request the u.k. continues to pull political stunts. well m

u.k. the british government says. were attacked using a military grade nerve agent developed by russia moscow has denied any involvement . the u.s. is calling for an immediate cease fire in syria's rebel held eastern ghouta its ambassador to the united nations warns the u.s. will act alone if the international community doesn't want there are a thousand people have died since the syrian government intensified its offensive in eastern ghouta last month. and investigators are trying to find out why a bangladeshi airliner crashed in the past capital killing at least fifty people at the u.s. bangor airlines flight from dhaka missed a runway at katmandu where port and burst into flames in a nearby field. now in the united states the republican members of the house intelligence committee investigating russian meddling in the twenty sixteen election say they have found no evidence of collusion but the top intelligence democrat has disputed that claim saying there is clear evidence russia tried to help in the twenty sixteen e

u.k. government has done to condemn the culprit in the senior. russian embassy here in london has said that the steps taken by the british government are unjustified unacceptable and shortsighted also saying that they did deterioration of ties between russia and the u.k. lies on the british government and that ultimatums don't work with russia everything but if. you accept the way we perceive it to provoke each. we believe that the you know i do keep the full big international none of them under this obligations to him. to keep giving the weapons they have to present their request to the organization and we're happy to consider this we didn't do the deed this is the international law and of course we're not ready to. to talk you know we will be ultimately the actions taken by the british government became really a crescendo of over a week of the spy saga in raveling where we saw what could have been a potential local incident unravel into a huge international diplomatic standoff. the white house has reacted to britain's a punitive measures saying it supports the decision to expel the russian diplomat moscow says it regards the move as unjustified

a former cambridge analytica research director testified before a british parliamentary committee on allegations that the u.k. data from exploded personal data of millions of facebook users to influence u.s. and british elections and may have swayed the u.k. brexit boat . this is 3.5 hours. -- vote. this is 3.5 hours. >> welcome to our inquiry into disinformation and fake news, i would like to welcome christopher wylie to give evidence of this morning. before we start the media session, i would like to get an update on the invitation to mark zuckerberg to give evidence before us on the serious nature of the allegations made around the use of user data. mark zuckerberg has suggested that chris cox, the officer at facebook, who is coming to london to get evidence to the committee in the first week after the easter recess. we'll be happy to invite mr. cox to give evidence. however, we would like to hear from mr. zuckerberg as well. we will see if he is available to get evidence or not. if he is available, we would be

u.k. the british press is covering the fact that in 365 days, the u.k. will leave the eu.one-year anniversary of what the u.k. theked article 50, conservative paper's not saying that britain is jumping off the deep end. quotes --or hi -- rather, it quotes foreign secretary for in johnson -- boris johnson. says primean" minister theresa may does not have a mandate for a hard brexit. they say that for the sake of democracy and the 48% that voted to remain, the government should go with a soft exit. they say it is time to change course and illustrate -- and to illustrate their point, they of may and a cartoon johnson getting seasick. genie: social media is all abuzz with the news that the world's youngest nobel peace laureate has arrived back in her native pakistan, where she hasn't been since she was shot there by the taliban in 2012. >> it is a glorious thing. the paper says the 20-year-old has managed to nearly silence her haters on twitter. while she is widely loved abroad , there are conservatives there that think she is a western agent and that she is bad for pakistan's

u.k. british investigators have raided the premises of the political consulting firm cambridge analytic or over a major data breach scandal the company is known for having worked with donald trump's election team in twenty sixteen and is under investigation for allegedly mining the data of some fifty million social media accounts in fact the scandals also put pressure now big time on facebook with u.s. lawmakers calling for c.e.o. mark zuckerberg to testify before congress in germany to facebook representatives have already been summoned to face questions over the data breach. for a long time we've had the impression that unless you apply a lot of pressure nothing happens within facebook and obviously they try to run the business with a minimum of resources and any issues raised over social responsibility i'm not welcomed with a lot of enthusiasm or at least that's the impression i get. followed somebody hurting facebook already billionaire tech entrepreneur elon musk has deleted his personal page on those for his space x. and tesla car benches will exhibit to julian assange also lashed ou

u.k. the british government has dismissed the claim saying the poison used on surrogate script his daughter came from russia britain accuses moscow of being behind the attack a charge. republican side that has a warning u.s. president donald trump not to fire special counsel robert saying he must be allowed to investigate alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixth presidential election trump has renewed his twitter attacks on both the f.b.i. and melissa it's firing the bureau's former deputy director and friday. reported to have kept detailed notes about his interactions with the president. there is that the top stories inside story is coming up next grow a. lot of opinions dominated russian politics for eighteen years now he's sessoms a be elected president for another six at a time when relations with the us a compared to the cold war and moscow is accused of poisoning a spy in britain what do russian voters expect from them this is inside story.

u.k. government has done to condemn the culprits of the senior. russian embassy here in london has said that the steps taken by the british government are unjustified unacceptable and shortsighted also saying that they did deterioration of ties between russian and the u.k. lies on the british government and that ultimatums don't work with russia everything is what is. acceptable we perceive it to provoke each. we believe that the you know i do keep the full big international and none of them under this obligations to him. given the weapons they have to present their request to the organization and we're happy to consider this we didn't do the deed this is the international law and of course we're not ready to. to talk you know we will be ultimately the actions taken by the british government became really a crescendo of over a week of the spy saga on raveling where we saw what could have been a potential local incident unravel into a huge international diplomatic standoff. do you know hawkins join me in the studio lead to discuss russia's reaction to britain's punitive measures. i think it will be too long before there is that official response wit

the outrage that the british government feels about the use of nerve agents use of chemical weapons or against innocent members of the public against innocent police officer on u.k. so. british prime minister to resign may is set to outline the government's further response on wednesday. in iran a prominent political analyst has been sentenced to eighteen months in prison after giving an interview to d.-w. . is a professor of political science at the university of tehran he spoke to the persian radio service earlier this year following anti-government protests in iran he says that he was convicted on the basis of that interview in which he expressed sympathy for the protestors iranian media say the academic was for spreading lies and propaganda against the islamic republic he plans to appeal the conviction and a reminder of the top story we're following for you u.s. secretary of state. that he has been told he has not been told he is out of cia director. has been. made. with some instructions from. his village with electricity.

live from the standoff deepens russia says it's to expel twenty three british diplomats this image period guide the kremlin off to the u.k. personally blamed president putin over the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter on british soil we'll go live to moscow also coming up russia prepares for sunday's presidential election there might be a done deal to putin that can he get the voters to turn out in the numbers he wants . plus former deputy director of the f.b.i. and you make a big fire the dismissal comes just two days before mccabe was due to retire was his removal politically motivated we'll have full analysis. her. time at home free thanks for joining me the dispute over the poisoning of an ex spa in britain a steepening russian says russia says it will expel twenty three british diplomats in a tit for tat response to measures the u.k. has taken against moscow over the case and the british ambassador to moscow bristow was so mendip to the russian foreign ministry earlier here's what he said after that meeting. if russia doesn't. make. itself twenty. three miles away. you. would. sail. against

from bali this standoff deepens russia says it's to expel twenty three british diplomat this image fury inside the kremlin on the u.k. personally blamed president putin over the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter on british soil we'll have the latest from moscow always are coming up. more than one hundred fifty thousand civilians leave the syrian city of after three this is turkish forces shelled the city observers say one people have died in an strikes today. plus former deputy director of the f.b.i. andrew mccabe was fired the dismissal comes just before mccabe was juicer retaught it was his removal politically motivated to have full analysis. on how to humphrey thanks for joining me the dispute over the poisoning of an expiry in britain is deepening russia says it will expel twenty three british diplomats in a tit for tat response to the measures that the u.k. has taken against moscow over the case now the british ambassador to moscow nori bristow was summoned to the russian foreign ministry earlier here's what he said after that meeting i wrote a play doesn't. look like. i was a prime. t

welcome back moscow has expelled at twenty three british diplomats as relations between the u.k. and russia continue to deteriorate over the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in the south of england the officials left the embassy compound earlier on friday the explosion near is a move taken by the u.k. last week and it comes as even members gather for a second day of summit talks which they're considering how to respond to the tac well our correspondent he said he is following what's happening at the summit in asia good to see you now the leaders are grappling with breaks it and how to put on some sort of unified front of the script power poisoning is it a coup or do a lot of us fear that. well touring the e.u. summit in brussels the agendas being discussed on the second day included trade and of course high only agenda was this was the salzburg attack on script on his daughter back on march the fourth now a member states have agreed to take further steps against russia in the next coming days as moscow is being accused of being behind the attack now when discussing russ

u.k. soil will not be tolerated after the poisoning of a former spy russia's expelled twenty three british diplomats from moscow in retaliation for a similar action by the u.k. . and his daughter were found unconscious in the eastern city of salzburg almost two weeks ago russia denies involvement russians head to the polls on sunday for a presidential election the authorities in crimea have reportedly been told to make sure there is overwhelming support for president putin crimea became part of russia four years ago after the territory was annexed from ukraine. now the temperate it director of the f.b.i. has been fired less than two days before he could retire with full pension rights andrew mackay put been a frequent target of public condemnation by president donald trump mr trump took to twitter to applaud the sacking saying this andrew mccabe fired a great day for the hardworking men and women of the f.b.i. a great day for democracy sanctimonious james komi was his boss and made mccabe look like a choir boy he knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the

u.k. the british government blames russia for the attack on the script how he and his daughter were exposed to a military grade nerve agent in the town of salzburg several weeks ago and remain in a critical condition the u.k. forced twenty three russian diplomats to leave london in response to the incident. black lives matter protesters who closed a highway in the u.s. city of sacramento over the police shooting of a twenty two year old police shot stephen clark at least twenty times on sunday in his grandmother's backyard the police have been responding to calls that a man had been breaking into cars initial reports of clark was armed with a gun but only a cell phone was ever found those are the headlines the news continues after witness season. i mean i don't even want to come to the benefit of a. little bit of their. regular little time in television of the learned in the middle doing with somebody like this but them doesn't look what. they. had out. although. i'm going to want to. bob i did watch our. president and the president asked them to get important but you didn't manage them tha

u.k. the british prime minister has told parliament that she will expel twenty three russian diplomats in a row over the poisoned ex russian spy russia says it will retaliate calling the move unprecedented and a crude provocation. has been sworn in for her fourth term as german chancellor she won reelection by a slim margin in the german parliament just nine votes today. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i have to see that. freedom of expression. of value that always has to be defended and new. all over the world. of freedom freedom of art. a multimedia of project about artists and their right to express their views freely. d.w. don't come part of freedom.

also coming up the standoff russia says it's to expel twenty three british diplomats this image fury inside the kremlin after the u.k. personally blamed president putin over the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter on british soil. hi michelle henery thanks for joining me. another high level firing by the trumpet ministration former f.b.i. deputy director engine mccabe has been dismissed just before he was he to qualify for retirement became to work for the agency for over twenty years we'll get full analysis in a few moments but first here's a look at what happened. work as deputy director of the f.b.i. and drew mccabe played a key role in investigations into hillary clinton's e-mail affair and alleged russian involvement in the twenty sixteen election he stepped down in january but remained on the f.b.i.'s payroll he was fired twenty six hours before he would have become eligible for retirement the justice department acted after an internal f.b.i. investigation concluded mccabe had quote made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and looked kinder including under oath on multiple occa

u.k. government has done to condemn the culpability of the russian. russian embassy here in london has said that the steps taken. by the british government are unjustified unacceptable and shortsighted also saying that the did deterioration of ties between russian and the u.k. lies on the british government and that ultimatums don't work with russia everything what if. we. have a ph. we believe that the you know i do keep the full big international none of them under this obligation to hear. the weapons they have to present the worst to the organisation and hip it to consider this within a few days this is the international law and of course we're not ready to. to talk you know we ultimately the actions taken by the british government became really a crescendo of over a week of the spy saga in raveling where we saw what could have been a potential local incident unravel into a huge international diplomatic standoff. the white house has reacted to britain's the punitive measures saying it supports the decisions to expel the russian diplomats moscow says it regards the move as unjustified and aimed at destabilizing relations sai

u.k. slams british foreign secretary scott. harrison of russia to nazi germany calling it an insult to the russian people also to come this hour in our. clashes erupt in paris between police and people taking part in a nationwide strike against president promised reforms. and as the son of libya's former leader moammar gadhafi runs for president we speak exclusively to saif gadhafi for. the situation you have libya is the result of the destruction of the state institutions not only toppling the regime return back to its roadmap become a democratic sovereign state. hello there you watching r.t. international this thursday afternoon is just turned five o'clock here in moscow on our top story the russian ambassador to the u.k. alexander has slammed boris johnson's comparison of the upcoming world cup in russia to the lympics under hitler calling it an acceptable and an insult to the russian people. the roads like to go. the way we want to go to sleep. here so i think the comparison with these exist is right moscow considers this k

close the british council in russia person has accused the kremlin of being behind the no agent attack on a former russian spy in the u.k. a british a data firm is under investigation in the u.s. over possible interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election cambridge analytical is alleged to have used the dater of more than fifty million facebook profiles to support president donald trump's election campaign the companies reportedly harvested the data without authorization as the headlines al-jazeera world is coming up next. illo . to be in vehicle with the sheet metal would look on me to set the event to we can i at. a look a little bit. under so we. can subsume the i'm going to a little bit of a deal like deal them in the he will see ourselves nino homes last us in the city is to me. yeah. it's a bit bloody but could well. let the harley a bit ott. and that cathedram in a saudi in what the long said i want to mean a lot i'm a little more money that the last couple had john hodgman. she does one on one so you're a small baby. lisa and john are drawn. to their kid out on their feet from google. to a man. any ho

u.k. government has done to condemn the culpability of the russian. the russian embassy . here in london has said that the steps taken by the british government are unjustified unacceptable and shortsighted also saying that they do deterioration of ties between russia and the u.k. lies on the british government and that ultimatums don't work with russia is that. everything what is. acceptable with the city if the pictures. we believe that the you like to keep them should pull the international none of them under this obligations to him. live in the weapons they have to present their request to the organization and then we're happy to consider this within a few days this is the international law and of course we're not ready to. to talk you know we the ultimate. the actions taken by the british government became really a crescendo of over a week of the spy saga on raveling where we saw what could have been a potential local incident unravel into a huge international diplomatic standoff now thank you for those details last r.t. is an associate check in and london for more on the russian response let's go over to our correspondent dan

u.k. british authorities saying he was poisoned by a nerve agent. s daughter and police officer who also came in contact with the substance all lie in comas a at british hospital. police are working with chemical weapons experts to try to figure out the exact nerve agent involved. they stress that the public is not in any danger. ♪ >> julie: jeff sessions standing by his decision to sue the state of california. the attorney general saying the state just can't stop i.c.e. agents from congress their job -- doing their jobs in an effort to protect illegal immigrants. >> we got to challenge it. i don't want to do that. california is great state and important part of america. we want a good relationship with it. federal law determines immigration policy, state of california is not entitled to block that activity. somebody needs to stand up and say no. you gone too far. you cannot do this. this is not reasonable. >> julie: joining me now chairman of go pack. don callaway former democratic missouri state representative. thank you very much for talking to us

u.k. british prime minister theresa may earlier today said it's highly likely moscow is behind the poisoning of sega's scrape and his daughter with a nerve agent wannabe phillips reports from london. the british police and military are still combing all over the town of salzburg but they and the government now believe they have some monsters that circus creep paul and his daughter yulia were poisoned with a nerve agent developed by russia and that leads the prime minister to one of two conclusions either this was a direct shot by the russian state against our country or the russian government lost control of its potentially catastrophic lee damaging nerve agent and allowed it to get into the hands of others she presented the russians with an ultimatum we must now stand ready to take much more extensive measures. mr speaker on wednesday we will consider in detail the response from the russian state should there be no credible response we will conclude that this action amounts to an unlawful use of force by the russian state against the united kingdom. but from russia so far blanket denial vla

u.k. government has done to condemn the culprits in the seat of the. russian embassy here in london has said that the steps taken by the british government are unjustified unacceptable and shortsighted also saying that they did deterioration of ties between russia nato and the u.k. lies on the british government and that ultimatums don't work with russia everything what do. you see in the people we perceive it to provoke each. we believe that the you know i do keep the full big international none of them under this obligation to help. the theoretical weapons they have to present their request to the organization and then we're headed to consider this wouldn't be ten days this is the international law and of course we're not ready to. to talk you know we'll be ultimately. the actions taken by the british government became really a crescendo of over a week of the spy saga on rivaling where we saw what could have been a potential local incident unravel into a huge international diplomatic standoff this is. with the latest full across. the whole could be the crosses all day it's been pretty fast moving to a lot of this was expected i guess. as far as moscow

u.k. the british government has dismissed the claims saying the poison used to cripple and his daughter came from russia britain accuses moscow of being behind the attack a charge it denies and republican senators are warning u.s. president donald trump not to fire special counsel robert mueller saying he must be allowed to investigate alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election trump as we knew his twitter attacks on both the f.b.i. and melissa it's far in the bureau's former deputy director and the mckay those are the top stories one when a state is coming up next. china isn't a limp exporting superpower. but football has always been there it can be seen. they've only qualified for the world cup once i am lost every single match. despite their current low rank china wants to conquer the beautiful game the twenty fifth. it's spending billions of dollars importing foreign football stars and creating trainee accountant to develop tomorrow's superstars. i'm steve chow on this edition of one of one east we ask can china lift its game to dominate the most popular sport i

crisis provoked by the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter in a british town buying by the u.k. on russia the british deputy ambassador to the u.n. called on the security council to take a united stance towards russia which. we have already heard the attacks and threats that russia has made over the past few days we know that there will be more to come this is how russia has acted in every other case where it is being caught flouting international law denial destruction and threats it is what russia does but we will not let such threats deter us we will not weaken our resolve we will stand firm confident in our democracy our rule of law and the freedom of our people we will stand by the values which is shared by the overwhelming majority of those in this council in this united nations and we are skewed today to stand by us or you are still awaiting the russian response in that meeting the let's now go to question still in the u.n. headquarters in new york so we're hearing from the u.k. representative that question how much solidarity has there been with the u.k. on this matter.

u.k. british prime minister theresa may has hailed the coordinated global response. >> together we have sentte russia's continued internationalout law and undermine our values. european nations will strengthen their resilience to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear risk and bolstering the case to deal with hybrid threat. taylor: kim jong-un made a surprise visit to china in what would be his first trip outside the country since coming to power in 2011 according to three people with knowledge of the matter. the train believed to be carrying the delegate -- delegation was seen leaving beijing today. trump ---- battle saudi aramco says the ipo remains on track despite growing investor skepticism and government -- on when and where it will happen. thereo told bloomberg still much that needs to be done, but the plan is moving ahead. we should be, as we always said, ready as a company for listing in the second half of 2018, so we are doing a lot of work to get the company ready for listing at the same time our committees from the government that overlook what we are doing and what we a

u.k. ambassador was summoned to the foreign ministry in moscow and the results of that conversation are as follows twenty three british diplomats same number as russian diplomats being settled from the u.k. have just one week to leave russia in addition moscow's revoked permission for britain to operate a consulate general in st petersburg moscow has also stated that the government could take further action if britain takes any more unfriendly moves towards russia here's how the u.k. ambassador reacted to the opportunity to explain all the material. we asked russia to clear the material that it will keep the organization from. what he did noise. in the old stuff and still moscow today it is that idea any involvement in the attempted murders of survey and scribble and russia's representative to the chemical weapons watchdog explains how russia has never run another chunk program that's the nerve gas allegedly used in the poisoning since the collapse of the soviet union. russia has no connection to what happened in salzburg as far as novacek is concerned the russian federation i stress that the russian federation has ne

u.k. government has done to condemn the culprits of the serious russian. russian embassy here in london has said that the steps taken by the british government are unjustified unacceptable and shortsighted also saying that the did deterioration of ties between russian aid and the u.k. lies on the british government and that ultimatums don't work with russia everything but if. you feel accepted we pursued a different location. we believe that the you know i do keep the full big international and none of them under this obligations to him. given the weapons they have to present the request to the organization and we're happy to consider this we didn't do the deed this is the international law and of course we're not ready to. to talk you know we will be ultimately the actions taken by the british government became really a crescendo of over a week of the spy saga on raveling where we saw what could have been a potential local incident unravel into a huge international diplomatic standoff. yes they are keeping an eye on when the russian representative to the u.n. security council speak maybe in the next says i will be across it is looking now at kuwait a belie

u.k. tonight british first to go to raided the london offices of the political consulting firm cambridge a little over a major data breach scandal the company is known for having worked with donald trump's election team in twenty sixteen and is under investigation for allegedly mining the data of some fifty million social media accounts the scandals also put pressure on facebook with u.s. lawmakers calling for c.e.o. mark zuckerberg to testify before congress meantime over in germany facebook representatives have already been summoned to face questions over the data breach. for a long time we've had the impression unless you apply a lot of pressure nothing happens within facebook and obviously they try to run the business with a minimum of resources and any issues raised over social responsibility i'm not welcomed with a lot of enthusiasm at least that's the impression i get. before it's already hurting facebook contrapuntal deleted his personal page and those for a space x. and tesla cars ventures. also lashed out on the social network and others are rushing to do the same too with the de

recap our headlines now russia's foreign ministry is expelling twenty three british diplomats in response to similar action by the u.k. comes after the british ambassador to moscow was summoned for talks so gay screwball and his daughter were found homes and in the english city of souls for almost two weeks ago the u.k. blames russia over the incident. about ten thousand civilians have left the eastern of all turn the northern syrian city of our free in the past few hours these are pictures from russia's defense ministry that appeared to show the evacuations from these things thousands are leaving the rebel on klav as well as the are free in the region. the u.s. attorney general has fired the f.b.i. his deputy director less than two days before he was eligible to retire and to make a bit been a frequent target of criticism president donald trump cables involved in the investigation into possible russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election. chinese presidents close political ally aung china's been voted in as vice president xi jinping in south has been confirmed for a second term in offi

the decision to remove twenty three british diplomats from russia mirrored u.k. prime minister to resign may's own statement on wednesday expelling twenty three russian diplomats from london the countermeasures didn't stop with the expulsion of british diplomats from the embassy here they were as well what the russians would call a symmetrical measures to match the reason mase promise of looking more closely at the sources of russian money in the u.k. so britain's diplomatic presence in russia will be further reduced by the closure of its consulate in simply does burke russia second city and the operations of the government funded british council will cease a charity that promotes british culture abroad the russian government has long suspected it of being a cover for british intelligence it is though in diplomatic speak might be described as a measured response what's is there russia does not want. fresh wanted to ask then the rest by britain. expulsions could be the even more severe way with the americans they could exploit more they could cripple actually the b

globe welcome to international our top story twenty three british diplomats are to be expelled from russia in retaliation to an identical move by the u.k. over the poisoning of a former double agent. the british ambassador to russia was told the news when he was summoned to the foreign ministry on the joins us live to do with this just broke not so very long ago. what do we know but this diplomatic keeps escalating this is the latest reaction to it what is russia here what's their response well you know as you know this is been so controversial it's been dominating the headlines across the world and on a daily basis. you know action taken. by russia and it's russia's turn today. since have been escalating and here we are now twenty three british diplomats are going to be expelled they've got a week they've been given a week to to leave this was told to the u.k. ambassador he was summoned to the russian foreign ministry this morning the russian foreign minister also said that further measures in retaliation to this growing diplomatic dispute over the nerve agent attack on the former spy in britain will be taken if and this is quite inte