u.n. security council. see so and a day off to all the heated exchanges about u.n. security council meeting it looks as we just wrapped up only two states among the fifteen supported the accusations against russia it seems the majority therefore have big reservations about it what do you think. well i have to agree with russia's position that we have to prove presume innocence here until. we know for sure through an investigation. who was responsible for killing scriptable who. had been a double agent he was a spy and that being a spy for the u.k. he ended up in the u.k. on a spy swap by the way that in russia has never killed anyone it is given up in a spy swap and it makes sense because no one would ever swap with them again in any case i think we we need to investigate first six and then make charges later based on that investigation the u.k. is accusing russia of breaching the international chemical weapons convention that's a serious allegations what repercussions could that possibly be over that well again i mean you know there could be serious sanctions agains

u.n. security council holding the vials of powder that he said were chemical weapons from iraq he reminded the council and pointed out that it at this point now we have the united kingdom coming was simply a letter and that that there seems to be a history of rather unsubstantiated allegations against different countries regarding chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction from the united states in the u.k. this is the russian representative responding to the words from the u.s. and the u.k. was even with whom we are living in a very special time in front of our eyes incredible things are happening the process of replacing the presumption of innocence with the presumption of guilt is taking place this criminal law principle is being transferred into international relations envoy halley as an experienced chemist has talked about crimes committed by russia we've known for years that for you in order to determine the guilty party no investigation is needed today the best kind of proof is suspicion it is no longer necessary to show to the council why tubes with an unknown white substance

u.n. security council let's take a look at what nikki haley has said in the past. oh my promise to count how many times the u.s. envoy would mention russia during his state but i counted is twenty two russian russia russia russia russia trusted russian russians russia can russia russian russian russians and russian russians the russian the russian russian russian and the russians russia who just don't do political purposes only and not house of caravans with. now the purpose of the u.n. security council the fifteen member body that leaves the united nations is supposed to be to carry out the mission of the united nations but as we have seen it has recently become a forum for certain countries to criticize other countries now everyone in the u.n. security council seems to be in full agreement that the lives of civilians in eastern guta should be protected however there are some pretty strong disagreements about how that should be carried out and how and who is responsible for the situation there and we've heard some rather extreme rhetoric in the fifteen member body

to speak there at the security council number of spoken already it's currently chart of the speaking it seems like every city in the bones of the russian representative to the u.n. security council will be talking imminently in fact just looking at maybe pretty much looks like yes indeed we can go across now to the u.n. security council it looks like china has just wrapped up or about to hand to the russian represented first cross over live see what happens because when you listen to mr president this morning mr president yesterday. the security forces have circulated to it a letter from the british prime minister who after going to the united kingdom requested to close consultations we held was opposed to we asked the president of their security council to change the format of their meeting and change it from close consultations to an open briefing. and we did this not just not without thinking we did this because we wanted to make sure that everyone should see what is happening here in the last month because in a letter which one hundred. company legally responsible statements of the river and women which it is even difficult for me to comment all using diplo

u.n. security council meeting. the fighting has not stopped opposition groups operating in eastern good to have made clear their commitment to the ceasefire on the very first day the militants use the declared pause to start an onslaught on the second day the same mortar shelling has continued including of the humanitarian corridor not a single person has left the danger zone. there were reports that the assad regime once again used chlorine gas as a weapon i'm tired of asking this but do you understand how pointless it would be for damascus to use chemical weapons both from a military and a political standpoint whereas for the militants it would make perfect sense i think you understand this perfectly well but you persistently look for a pretext for an armed intervention. russia does not get you know laterally rewrite the terms of the resolution if russia is able to deliver a five oppose let it deliver a twenty four hour one you wouldn't need you but would you in our western partners are portraying the situation a

u.n. security council resolutions potentially might be eligible to get arms after of course the u.n. security council true the u.n. sanctions committee. commission has given permission for that so in that calles it is extremely difficult to determine who is allowed to have military force who is allowed to use it and who is allowed to actually at some point in time get arms sammi could you if the invision any scenario by which general haftar could participate in any political agreements or political process going forward i think look this is going to be difficult for me to say because it's one of those catch twenty two issues if you put yourself in kind if i have this position whereby you sided with the internationally recognized government and the islamist militias in tripoli rejected that international recognized government the secular parties refused to acknowledge the elections because they didn't win it they started telling the world that libya wasn't ready for democracy how do you take the other party seriously the problem with libya is that every party only accepts democracy in

u.n. security council holding the vials of powder that he said were chemical weapons from iraq he reminded the council and that there seems to be a history of rather unsubstantiated allegations against different countries regarding chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction from the united states and the u.k. . we are living in a very special time in front of our eyes incredible things are happening the process of replacing the presumption of innocence with the presumption of guilt has taken place with this criminal law principles being transferred into international relations and void as an experienced chemist has talked about crimes committed by russia we've known for years that for you in order to determine the guilty party no investigation is needed today the best kind of proof is suspicion it's no longer necessary to show to the council. cubes with an unknown white substance in it it's enough to send a letter displaying an egregious attitude to real to sovereign state. from there on the russian ambassador went on to call for a thorough investigation of the incident and determine

u.n. security council session over the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter. the u.k. government. said it was highly likely that russia was responsible for this. we haven't seen anything but highly likely as of yet. british prime minister of. twenty three russian diplomats and even though police are yet to announce any specific suspects. also ahead in the program claims. on the world in berlin is undermining the city's police force with criminal infiltrating its ranks. the final frontier. for the u.s. military as well trump suggests a space force. live from moscow to the world this is our international thanks for choosing us for euro news update this hour my names you know neal our top story the u.k. government has accused russia of breaching the international a chemical weapons convention the statement came out of an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council called by london over the poisoning of russian double agent surrogate script and his daughter in britain last week. the u.k. government concluded that it was highly likely that russia was responsible for this reckless an

u.n. security council because it's so concerned about it takes the u.n. a little bit of time to get a meeting like this ready inside the room of the fifteen ambassadors of the security council the members of the security council there the only countries allowed into one of these closed meetings other interested parties are left outside and of course one of those is the palestinian ambassador to the united nations riyad among saw who joins us now thank you for speaking to out zero ambassador first can you give us your reaction to the events on the ground in gaza and the latest information you have well first of all we condemn in the strongest terms the massacre conducted against our people in the occupied land of the state of palestine especially in the gaza strip in which tens of thousands of people civilians demonstrated expressed an opinion in a peaceful way raising only palestinian flag and they were attacked by the israeli occupying forces and conducted this massacre in which so far seven at least seventeen palestinians have been killed and close to fifteen thousand one thousand five hund

u.n. security council we heard from different countries addressing the council regarding the situation in eastern guta now we've also heard russia's president vladimir putin comment on the situation and point out that essentially this enclave in eastern guta is being used to attack civilians in damascus and that civilians in eastern go to are being used as human shields. and you know look unfortunately there are lots of extremist forces in eastern guta risible as a range of terror organizations recognized by the un the shelling is continually coming from that area on some days the number of missile strikes and mortar shell attacks which is fifty to eighty they even reached the territory of the russian embassy should we tolerate this indefinitely of course not. there's been a large number of efforts to protect civilians in the area russia carries out a five hour humanitarian pause on a daily basis in the hopes of protecting civilians and allowing them to get out through the humanitarian corridor furthermore the un security council has passed a resolution calling for a thirty day cease fire

permanent member on the africa portfolio and so talk about security council reform as lavrov says has an outer suburb make sense but it's not just about the u.n. security council the second priority will be about the defense industry of russia which is one of their main exporters and the trip has been partly about defense and security very clearly in the countries that he's visited and then there's the economics has visited several countries which have even oil or gas or diamonds and gov mozambique for example the mining opportunities in zimbabwe those are also potentially of interest to russia indeed russia is already deeply involved in diamond mining in angola and one of its gas companies is active in mozambique both big heavy hitters in ethiopia rex tillerson in ethiopia the only country on which in which both men kind of overlap by a couple of hours each why is ethiopia on both of those shopping lists. well if you have here is the seat of the african union so you can do two things you can maintain your bilateral relationship with ethiopia and you can also branch out and also engage the african union i mean look to love roth was also in et

u.n. security council called weeks ago for a cease fire but if syrian and russian forces feel that they're advancing and at the end is near what hope is there for a cease fire or cessation of hostilities while the u.n. security council called for a thirty day cease fire the need of turkey or russia they're listening to it so the attacks on. there are continuing and the cease fire has not implemented on the think so there are two days ago. two specially called for again calling for a u.n. cease fire to be implemented by till now both both actors both russians are going to end up listening to this u.s. resolution that american village in bergen airball thank you very much now to some of the other stories making news around the world greek authorities have been searching the energy and sea for survivors of a migrant boat that capsized of these sixteen people are confirmed dead three people managed to swim to land and raise the alarm they've been taken to the greek island of samples along with the bodies of those who died. russia has informed you kazan basser that twenty three british diplomat

u.n. security council called weeks ago for a cease fire but if syrian and russian forces feel that they're advancing and at the end is near what hope is there for a cease fire or a station of hostilities while the u.n. security council called for a forty day cease fire the need of turkey or russia they're listening to it so in attacks on. three in there are continuing and this is five not implemented on the fingers so there are two days ago the u.n. chief basically called for again calling for u.n. cease fire to be implemented by till now both both actors both russia and turkey they're not listening to this u.n. screw us resolution that american village in bergen airball thank you very much. and here in germany members of the country's large kurdish community have gathered in the city of hanover to protest the ongoing turkish offensive in syria police originally planned to ban the gathering due to fears of clashes between kurdish and turkish groups but a court ruling allowed the demonstration to go ahead. anger on the streets of hanover where the biggest demonstration took place coinciding

u.n. security council meets tomorrow to discuss a failing truce in the region. and. eastern ghouta to flex its every corner. of the struggle for survival here is ceaseless. sustained shelling on the city has led to the u.n. calling this the deadliest week for the syrian town since a cease fire was broken at the end of last month i don't want to marry children have been the west affected. this cameraman stops to rescue a severely injured infant the image to profit to show. you the rest of the human children's fund says the situation is desperate. the first two months of this year have been especially bloody for children we have received reports of over one thousand should one who were killed and seriously injured in the holds here yeah on the scene it's the year began. monday brought some reprieve aid trucks reached the embattled town for the first time since the offensive began . despite the excitement the world food program once it's far from enough. up to four hundred thousand people trapped on the inside of it all are living under siege and by that we mean there a

u.n. security council meeting. the fighting has not stopped opposition groups operating in eastern good to have made clear their commitment to the ceasefire on the very first day the militants use the declared pause to start an onslaught on the second day the same mortar shelling has continued including of the humanitarian corridor not a single person has left the danger zone. there were reports that the assad regime once again used chlorine gas as a weapon i'm tired of asking this but do you understand how pointless it would be for damascus to use chemical weapons both from a military and political standpoint whereas for the militants it would make perfect sense i think you understand this perfectly well but you persistently look for a pretext for an armed intervention. russia does not get you know laterally rewrite the terms of the resolution if russia is able to deliver a five oppose let it deliver a twenty four hour one you wouldn't need to me but would you and our western partners are patrolling the situation

u.n. security council meeting over the poisoning of a formal double for my double agent and his daughter the british prime minister is also expected to reveal reprisals against russia later this hour. russia says the u.k. still has not replied to its offer to help with the investigation or its request for access to the chemical used in the incident moscow earlier rejected a midnight automates and to answer questions about the origin of the nerve agent used. human rights advocates call on the u.s. congress to reject donald trump's choice to be the new cia director over her involvement in the intelligence agency you take your program. and welcome to block chain ville we hear how the technology that helps underpin the security of the online currency bit could be the foundation of all time and cities in future generations. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with mina key aaron good to have you with us this hour now our top story the u.k. has called for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council to discuss the diplomatic standoff between london and moscow the british p

u.n. urged the security council to take united stance towards russia this is how russia has acted in every other case where it is being called flouting international law denying 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 you today to stand by us christensen has more from the united nations headquarters in new york. the united kingdom laid out its case for blaming the russians and got full throated support from its strongest allies on the council including the united states france and sweden other council members were reluctant to point the fingers at russia but expressed their concern over the gravity of the situation the united states for its part made a very clear plan to stand by its ally while russia continued to deny the charges the united states stands in absolute solidarity with great b

u.n. security council. well think they'll see what happened in the last few minutes as a diplomatic scolding with no diplomatic consequences essentially the united nations leaving out the situation the growing which no surprise the people on the grow knew all need to well and they know that the united nations has at many points over the last few years agreed various things agreed various resolutions agreed various ceasefires and none of them seem to be implemented and one in that situation at the moment where there is a five or ceasefire dealy in eastern goto yet people say it is regularly broken we have the situation where is mr gutierrez said there was an aid convoy sent ten to help eastern ghouta all sides agreed it could do its job forty six trucks went in thirteen had to return fully leave because of the fighting and if strikes near where they were operating so they couldn't unload the ied that people there are so desperately needed i think people have got this idea that they would like one day to wake

u.n. security council later today ok lots of people. every show in moscow how has moscow responded to this. well there hasn't been an official statement yet the russian foreign ministry has said that there will be an official statement soon but there have been some strong statements here as well and the tone has been all along and as well today in reaction to may's statement defiant. on the personal fate on her own personal facebook page the spokes person of the foreign ministry money as a hot of a pointed out that may may have retracted his invitation to the u.k. but actually love rolf had never accepted it and it's not clear what the response from the foreign ministry will be there in previous cases russia's reaction has often been a tit for tat reaction to expelling diplomats we don't know yet what will what will happen though a member of the committee for international affairs and the federation council that's the upper house of parliament here in russia has warned that the response may not be tit for tat but it had may actually be

u.n. security council meeting which is jus to start this hour we'll be live at the u.n. in a moment first though a look at the day's events on a b phillips reports. there was an air of inevitability to the private this is announcement given what she calls the contempt with which russia has responded to her demands for an explanation of what the british authorities say was a agents of. so mr speaker there is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr script and his daughter and for threatening the lives of other british citizens in salzburg including detective sergeant nick davies. this represents an unlawful use of force by the russian state against the united kingdom she told parliament she's expelling twenty three russian diplomats alleged to be undeclared intelligence offices they have a week to leave she said the u.k. will suspend all high level bilateral contacts with russia and cancel a planned visit by foreign minister sergei lavrov ministers and the royal family will boycott russia's well cup in june an

every member of this council and it should be a lesson about what happens when we focus on fleeting displays of unity instead of on what's right rush says u.n. ambassador accused security council members of wasting time instead of taking action against all and groups in eastern. and thirty cities kulas jamie. some members of the security council prefer to squander time on letters and rhetoric with us now to claims against our country probably this is to conceal their own willingness to do something constructive in implementing the cease fire resolution and in line with the groups they sponsor. turkish troops are close to taking another northern syrian town as part of its of their offensive against kurdish why p.g. fighters are closing in on talor fastener affray turkish troops took control of a friend ten days ago following a two month operation turkish president. said his forces will continue to move east as far as man beach to push out the y.p. g. fighters who he says are terrorists because the ugly has more now from istanbul. turkish officials have told me that white beaches withdrawing from tel rafah but they underline that there is no military operation as in our

u.n. security council that british accusations that it's behind the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter are unfounded britain requested the emergency meeting in new york just hours after prime minister to resign may ordered the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats the u.s. called on the security council to hold russia accountable for what it described as a chemical weapons attack so again u.s. cripple remain in critical condition in hospital after being targeted with a military grade nerve agent last week britain's deputy ambassador to the u.n. urged the security council to take a united stance towards russia this is how russia has acted in every other case where it is being cool flouting international law denying destruction and threats it is what russia. 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 sta

u.n. security council members to immediately begin a cease fire in syria's eastern it follows three weeks of heavy bombing by the government and russian forces. u.s. president donald trump has singapore chip maker broadcom his bid to take over u.s. rival qualcomm he says the one hundred seventeen billion dollars deal is a security threat which broadcom has denied. lankan government is being accused of failing to act fast enough to contain a wave of anti muslim violence a nationwide state of emergency was imposed more than a week ago after days of riots in which buddhist gangs attacked muslim owned homes and businesses when a smith reports from colombo. sri lanka's embattled prime minister is on a damage limitation exercise ronnell wickramasinghe a visit to the county to promise swift compensation for the loss of life and property in riots last week the united al-jazeera asked for his response to the communal violence we have learned that in the course of the country as a boy people do not want to violence and the american people don't view the big issue of the world really your view of th

u.n. is closed today this was a hastily arranged meeting of the security council the security council can meet any time it wants on any day of the year even an official u.n. holiday when the u.n. is close so they got everyone in and started this meeting because they were so concerned about the situation any security council member can call for a meeting and it was the arab member on behalf of the palestinians who saw the policy and i'm bastard no there who called this meeting closed meeting to begin with and then because they noticed that the u.s. was not really prepared to engage on a statement they wanted a strong statement the palestinians and the kuwaitis condemning what has happened today in condemning the israeli actions because the israeli because the u.s. would not engaging on such a statement they then said well if you don't come up with a statement we're going to call for an open session the u.s. still did not budge and that's why you have this open session this is actually the ambassador from ecuador of guinea speaking now but some. of these representatives much lower level the

u.n. security council meetings are being conducted and what does essentially a blame game being used by certain countries at the council this isn't a bad. move so that the business most of some members of the u.n. security council prefer to spend time on passionate speeches and letters making shaky claims towards russia it's probably to cover their own reluctance to do anything good for the implementation of resolution two four zero one we're starting to believe that some external donors are losing interest in supporting people from the regions which have fallen under syrian government control we're getting signals from some capitals that there's a need to help only opposition enclaves. it's unclear what will happen next but it it's pretty clear that the position of russia is that the united states should be using these meetings for the purpose of trying to actually help the civilians who are in harm's way not for making unproven and shaky accusations against different kind. freeze and placing blame when so many civilians are in danger and do need the real assistance and attention of the securi

u.n. security council yes intercepting the domestic and office communications of the six nations that was sitting on the u.n. security council at the time in order to bribe them all intimidate more you know embarrass them in however way possible to vote for that second u.n. resolution that would have given the u.s. and the u.k. that legal cover for a preemptive strike and that does not exist even to this day there is no legal cover there's no justification for a preemptive strike i was aware of the fact that iraq was not a threat to the u.s. and the u.k. you know it was a country that had suffered years of war years of sanction and they were struggling to pull themselves together again and just finally advice to anyone watching you have you were a military installation or any government in the world to go out into the national living here in britain. what if they're thinking about you right now what should they be focusing on as to whether to go public it's obviously a very personal decision and it's a very difficult decision but i was speaking to matthew hoh who is a former u.s. we had hi

u.n. security council members trade blame and vent frustrations over their unheeded demands for a syrian cease fire the russian president vladimir putin promises action as anger mounts over a deadly shopping mall fire. and why zimbabwean schoolteacher has threatened to storm the president's office. hello beijing has now confirmed that the north korean leader kim jong un did travel to china for a face to face. meeting with president xi jinping it's kim's first official foreign trip since he came to power in two thousand and eleven speculation of kim's visit began circulating on japanese and south korean media on tuesday that's when a special armored train was seen near the border while it confirmed the visit china's state news agency didn't say if the two sides discussed north korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons which has led to tough u.n. sanctions backed by china let's speak to our china correspondent adrian brown joining us on the phone from beijing so after all the speculation adrian we now do have come for confirmation that it was it was the north korean leader in beijing. that's right ther

u.n. security council which was supposed to be focusing on relief efforts for war ravaged ghouta in syria has descended to threats the u.s. envoy has warned the washington is ready to strike the syrian government. we also warn any nation that is determined to impose its will through chemical attacks and any human suffering most especially the outlaw syrian regime the united states remains prepared to act if we must it is not the path we prefer but it is a path we have demonstrated we will take and we are prepared to take it again. course mckillop milton's been following events there from new york kelly shades of north korea the threat that they are you know military action could be there if needed do you construe that to be a threat from the u.s. ambassador. well we did hear nikki haley on the floor of the u.n. security council using the language that could be interpreted as saying that the usa has the right to attack the syrian government now the meeting was convened for the purpose of discussing the plight of civilians in eastern guta and the efforts to get them out of harm's way and ta

u.n. security council is going to meet later today in an emergency session france and britain insisting that the cease fire that was agreed upon over a week ago should be implemented but of course russia insisting that the way out of this crisis is for rebels to leave eastern huzzah. syria has obtained exclusive footage from the silent peninsula showing the aftermath of an egyptian military operation armed forces moved in one month ago to root out eisel another armed groups residents in the area say they're on the sea and their homes have been destroyed shallop ballasts reports. buildings pulverized by egyptian explosives. this exclusive video shows the carnage inside sinai one month after the egyptian ministry of defense began a major operation against eisel and other armed groups. witnesses told al-jazeera the military has demolished schools and dozens of homes displaced residents say they have nothing to return to their own lives the moment you and i am god will punish those who forced us to leave our homes in our lands we've been here since our great grandfather and we're very sad but we

u.n. security council members trade plain and vent frustrations over their own heated demand for a serious cease fire. but it could be a different look in the rest of. you know how they're not being in my view. the man who blew the whistle on the facebook days a scandal testifies that dirty tricks were used in the u.k.'s brecht's it campaign plus. shock fishing is still big business here in indonesia a population i declining and the government and treat its protection i'm struck by reporting from the fish option in the east of lombok. china says north korea has expressed willingness to get rid of its nuclear arsenal that softer the first seven meeting between china's president xi jinping and north korea's kim jong un is also kim's first trip abroad since aching power in twenty eleven relations between china and north korea have cooled in recent years and this meeting comes at a time of intense diplomatic activity on the korean peninsula as preparations are made the summits between the north and the south as well as between pyongyang and washington. well south korea's ministry of unificatio

u.n. security council. what does the prime minister think that the results of this is likely to be, given that one permanent member of the council is engaging in unlawful attacks on another and does she share my concerns that russia's actions in this country, in ukraine, and in murderous regime in syria means that the current security council mechanism is broken? >> i say to -- thank the honorable lady for her comments ap say as i said earlier, the foreign secretary did speak to the u.n. secretary-general yesterday and later today in new york, the u.n. security council will hold initial consultations. obviously, russia is a member of that security council, but i think it's important that we continue to use the international organizations that are available to us. the united nations is a protector of the international rules base order. that's what it should be and we'll be continuing to press for robust international response. >> mitchell. >> it's clear almost, you know, nan must-- almost unanimous response

u.n. security council now this meeting is set to take. place the fifteen member body leads the u.n. will be assembling francis saying that the resolution has not been implemented so people are waiting to see what will take place and what will happen as the security council meets to discuss the conflict in syria and more specifically the situation in eastern guta yeah ok a lot to taken and we do have to wait and see what happens up meeting kind of both in the reporting from new york. the former russian policeman labelled the siberian has been jailed for life for a series of grisly murders which have shocked the nation the fifty two year old has been described as a model employee and a perfect husband but had been living a sinister double life for almost two decades. here with her school bus you know it's. going to be a mistake to. let you you. know . even you didn't you know the dealers knew when to be. true was not the. truth with. which i would just want you to see them do you know. present time wants to help american jobs an industry that is a protectionist plans could already be s