hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up version france the u.s. and germany join together to condemn russia for the nerve agent attack in the u.k. . a serious civil war and it's a year thousands of civilians flee from eastern guta. and one of the world's best known toy stores is shutting up shop with the rise of online shopping apparently to blame. the united states has announced sanctions on russia targeting nine hundred individuals and five entities for trying to influence the two thousand and sixteen presidential election the drug administration says it will keep tough policies in place against russia until last go changes its behavior but both republican and democratic politicians say president trump needs to do more our white house correspondent kimberly hellcat reports. last july the g. twenty summit when u.s. president donald. met with vladimir putin he said it was an honor to meet the russian president the yeas are ninety eight and in august when the u.s. congress passed legislation to sanction russia iran and north korea trunk grudgingly

while the u.s. france germany and britain issue a joint statement blaming moscow for a nerve agent attack in southern england plus. i'm andrew thomas at the opening of sydney's b.n. ali this year is the first ever to have an altruistic director from asia i'll be explaining why that significant what it says about to change its straight society. first we go to syria where thousands of people are leaving the rebel held enclave of isa groups near damascus the government is inching closer to taking full control of the area. there are reports that they are now in control of seventy percent of the region for weeks syrian government forces have been bombarding guta more than a thousand people have been killed many of them children helen fisher reports. we had a choice stay and face more bombardment or leave to an uncertain future they choose to leave it started with hundreds it grew to thousands grabbing what they could carry what they could stuff into vehicles and a mind of a home they may never see again my own

is really significant about this joint statement is that german chancellor angela merkel france and also the u.s. i mean let's just remind ourselves that these sides were talking about a potential looming trade war just a week ago go now we learn that the west still exists will stand together and is putting its international credibility and its outlook on russia here on the line at the same time all sides are interested in maintaining dialogue with russia russia is key parties have pretty much recognized as to solving the big crises of our time including including the war in syria so considering that everybody has an interest not to escalate this situation this is really calling on russia that it has to respond to this because it could very interesting thank you. now to syria where it looks like they have siege of rebel held eastern groups that could be coming to an end to a monitoring group says more than twelve thousand civilians and out leaving the area and crossing into government controlled territory that's just begun after regime forces advanced overnight seizing the eastern half of the ke

while the u.s. france germany and britain issue a rare joint statement blaming moscow for a nerve agent attack in southern england. and also ahead people power in slovakia massive protests over the killing of a journalist and his fiance forced the prime minister to resign. first though to syria where thousands of people are leaving the rebel held enclave of. damascus the government is inching closer to taking full control of the area there. so they are now in control of seventy percent of the region four weeks of syrian government forces have been bombarding more than a thousand people have been killed many of them children alan fisher has this report. they had a choice stay and face more bombardment or leave to an uncertain future they chose to leave it started with hundreds it grew to thousands grabbing what they could carry what they could stuff into vehicles and a minder of a home they may never see again my own i know there's no water no medicine that could be provided to our children not even failed

mase international allies are standing by here the u.s. france and germany joined britain in blaming russia calling the attack the first offensive use of a nerve agent in europe since the second world war russia has responded by saying it would be absurd to carry out an attack on foreign soil ahead of the presidential elections and the fifa world cup moscow accuses britain of dishonesty and withholding information. in which i can't tell you the motives of a british colleagues but i don't think they are on a stage. if they were britain would answer the questions we've been asking and would follow the procedures of the chemical weapons convention this is. just what the. moscow promised swift retaliation to britain's decision to expel russian diplomats. so there's a lot to him back in this story to do that i'm joined here in the studio by our political correspondents all over salad and from washington tonight our correspondent carson phenomena carson let me start with you u.s. president trump today seems former in his support for britain's position

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 script and his daughter yulia mae visited the restaurant where the chemical attack took place and put the blame squarely on moscow. it is right that the u.k. government reacts in a robust way to what has happened here insoles break that is exactly what we've done i've announced that we will be expecting twenty three russian diplomats. intelligence officers will have an impact on their intelligence network the we all the measures will be taking britain's allies are showing their support france germany and the united states have signed a statement repudiating russia and president all trump says he thinks moscow probably carried out the attack. nature'

international backing in its route with russia over an assassination attempt on a former double agent the u.s. france and now germany have all expressed solidarity with british prime minister to receive may she says the kremlin is behind the poisoning of service sergei scribal and his daughter with a nerve agent in response she has decided to kick twenty three russian diplomats out of the country but moscow is hitting back saying that the u.k. has no evidence and vowing its own response to london's measures. until recently britain's prime minister to resign may had to tone being accused of not being hard enough on russia on wednesday she got her redemption. standing before parliament me and equivocally accuse the kremlin of attempting to murder a former russian double agent living in the u.k. what followed were a series of punitive measures against russia the united kingdom will now expel twenty three russian diplomats who have been identified as undeclared intelligence officers they have just one week to leave this will be the single biggest expulsion of over thirty years and it reflects the fact th

while the u.s. france germany and britain issue a rare joint statement blaming moscow for a nerve agent attack also ahead after weeks of intense and strikes thousands of people stream out of syria's rebel held enclave. and what's in a water bottle a surprising finding prompts the world health organization to conduct a review. and i'm far a smile and be here with all the sport on a tanzanite of europa league action as arsenal look to ease the pressure on under fire boss arsene wenger lay down his face eighteen land with a place in the quarter finals on the line. they don't she states has announced sanctions on russia targeting more than a dozen individuals and groups for trying to influence the twenty sixteen presidential election and it's warned more sanctions will follow against government individuals while our white house correspondent kimberly how kate is in washington for us came day any more details on who these sanctions are against some just the justification really as to why now. right ok so in ter

meanwhile person in the u.s. franceand germany say they united in blaming russia for the nerve agent attack on sergei script all in his daughter britain's expelled twenty three russian diplomats and suspended high level contact with moscow over the incident russia is expected to retaliate with similar measures and all the headlines thousands of people are fleeing the rebel held and the east and due to in syria the government is inching closer to taking full control with reports that they are in control of seventy percent of the area now syrian government forces have been bombarding guta for weeks killing more than a thousand people many of them children in total some twenty thousand people have left rebel held areas and go to since the syrian war began seven years ago in all the developments u.n. investigators accuse syrian government forces of raping thousands of men women and children during the war they say it was part of a campaign to punish opposition communities and amounts to crimes against humanity even though i

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u.s. presidential election the united states has also signed a joint declaration with france and germany in support of britain's standoff with russia over the attempted murder of a former russian spy britain blames russia for the attack in the english city of souls for a using the deadly soviet era nerve agent no which will. 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 script and his daughter yulia may visited the restaurant where the chemical attack took place and put the blame squarely on moscow. it is right that the u.k. government reacts in a robust way to what has happened here insoles break that is exactly what we've done either now so that we will be expecting twenty three russian diplomats who declare that intelligence offices will have an impact on their intelligence network the we all the measures will be taking britain's allies are showing their support france germany and the united states have signed

today the leaders of the u.s., france and germany joined the u.k.formal condemnation of moscow. the joint statement reads in part and we quote we share the united kingdom's adeszment there is no plausible explanation and note the failure to request -- we call on russia to add dress -- address all questions related to the attack. christopher dicky currently world news editor for daily beast and msnbc contribute to and willing to wake up at 4:40 in the morning to talk to us. u.s. managing editor of the financial times. i'm told there's a delay of a couple of a seconds to paris. your view? >> well, ig think today's statement is condemnation without consequences as far as russia is concerned. and i think that in fact people are missing it if they don't understand that putin is benefitting from this entire controversy. putin has a -- it doesn't really do anything to anybody else m they are con -- constantly attacking it. he will win a huge majority. everybody expects that. one reason he will get that is because he convinced them he is standing up against

didn't see a constructive approach from moscow now the impasse is that did not attend were the u.s. . france and britain u.s. and britain did send a representative from the embassy embassy workers and the kremlin spokesperson reacted to that u.k. decision said it showed willingness to hear russia as to the question so it's just literally at the moment it's gone on for ages i can't see or no one can see how this is going to when right now i am sure that it's going to go on for some weeks. at least ok thanks to do that was artie's near a cheetah there with the latest. now another new use the hash tag delete facebook has been trending on social media after it was revealed that the tech giant failed to protect the data of millions of users from being used for political purposes the scandal involves a british data gathering firm called cambridge analytical it worked with multiple u.s. presidential campaigns including donald trump's reportedly harvested the details of as many as fifty million facebook profiles for its operations the company is now under investigation and has even suspended its chi

resume a this is the city where the former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned nato the u.s. france and germany are all rallying to her supporters also coming up thousands of syrians who plead to seize eastern good time as government forces close in the battle for the rebel held enclave has been one of the deadliest in the country's seven year civil war plus what is in your bottled water new research shows it probably contains micro plastics is this a new public health threat in the making evil i ask our environment correspondent and it gets very cold in winter and has one of the world's highest suicide rates yet the u.n. says it's now the happiest place on earth say with us to find out where exactly that it is. i'm sorry kelly thanks so much for joining us. we don't want another cold war but we will defend our allies the words of nato chief jens stoltenberg as ever more countries rallied to support britain the us france and germany have all expressed solidarity over an assassination attempt on former double agent sergei script all which took place on british soil a british prime mi

resume a visit to the city where the former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned nato the u.s. france and germany are all rallying to her supporters also coming up thousands of syrians lead to seize eastern good time as government forces close in the battle for the rebel held enclave has been one of the deadliest in the country's seven year civil war plan.

on march fourteenth sixty percent of that traffic came from brazil the rest mainly came from the u.s. france argentina and the u.k. really showing how global this conversation has gotten i want to share a tweet with someone with you from someone who explains that this is stuff she says mary alley and anderson's daffs are so impactful because they were so brazen and cool intentionally squandering black. excellence and hope with bullets she goes on to say that this killing of a black l.g. p.d.q. woman who did everything quote unquote right to employ marginal voices is perverse and that's why her name now uses the hashtag is resonating in brazil and i'll swear when you see the impact that work has had people telling these stories and sharing her work across the world what what do you think of that and why do you think that that is. yes medea is what a very active as far as especially for black feminists rizzio. and you might hear lee we have been together several times for me to present shocking. and best to not about her death but also many ways she had forced them to work off of their lives i

you know a person the u.s. france and germany say they united in blaming russia for the nerve agent attack on several square paul and his daughter britain has expelled twenty three russian diplomats and suspended high level contacts with moscow over the incident russia is expected to retaliate with similar measures and other top stories thousands of people are fleeing the rebel held and. in syria the government is enjoying closer to taking full control with reports they've claimed seventy percent of the area syrian government forces have been bombarding killing more than a thousand people slovakia's president except of prime minister robert features resignation and his deputy to form a new government political leaders are trying to end a crisis provoked by the murder of a john list who is investigating fraud involving a businessman with political ties. up to ten people have reportedly been killed after a pedestrian walkway collapsed in the u.s. state of florida the bridge fell on to a busy highway near a major univers

. >> the leaders of the u.s., france, and germany have joined the u.k.ing a next nation with russia. countries put out a joint statement, saying it points to moscow -- evidence points to moscow being sponsored will for the nerve agent attack. mentionedfter moscow it would retaliate for the uk's decision to expel russian diplomat. according to a person familiar with the matter, the talks will focus on whether to hold a mentioned it would retaliate for the uk's decision to expel russian diplomat. summit and possible trust building measures. sweden has often played a special role for the u.s. and north korea, since it has an embassy there. former trump campaign chairman paul manafort wants a judge to dismiss money laundering and other charges against him. he charges that robert mueller exceeded his authority in the case. the judge has said manafort could spend the rest of his life in prison. and in manhattan, landlords are racing to fill vacant apartments. according to a, owners are cutting rent, offering incentives, and doing whatever else needed to attrac

the u.s. france and germany have come out with a joint statement condemning the new agent attack as an assault on u.k. sovereignty and saying it is higher and saying it is highly likely russia was behind it you say russia always gets the blame you see you don't see you seem to be down to the russia is to blame i think it's too early to judge because we didn't have any proof so far i think it's very clear that one needs to have a statement of solidarity because different from your point of view i was shocked and i think a lot of british people in salisbury were shocked that something like this could happen in their country and i find it quite understandable that it's a difficult situation for may you need to react somehow but i think it would have been much better. to wait with laboring one second because i'm sorry that russia always gets the blame why it is right rather russian are always get the blame i find that there's a certain stereotype of russians as it's often said in british media even brits

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u.s./france and germany is demanding the start.sident trump spoke with the french president and angela merkel all agreed that the syrian government must -- >> the resolution has not stopped the bomb from falling. the syrian military says it dropped these leaflets on friday on e.ghouta. >>> it may have many analysts questioning how much of it is true or bolstering. >> russia president has a clear wave when he made the announcement and who he was aimed at. for more on that here is cnn's brian todd. >> following his unveiling of new missile systems. vladimir putin delivers his threat straight to our living room. >> it has been thrown into the wind because his new missiles are so good that it could evade those defenses. putin was asked of mismillshis he boasted about have been tested? >> yes, all of them are tested and one of them is already on combat city, it is with troops. >> where would they be? >> well, it is quite possible, if they are on combat duty, they be in the western pacific, that's where they have moved, nuclear capabilit

u.s. joined the u.k., germany, and france in blaming russia for the attack. >>> as nbc reports this morningcow, again, responds. >> reporter: russia accused of deploying a chemical weapon on the streets of weapon it's banned even in war. the u.s. stands with its closest allies. >>> this is an nbc news special report. he's lester holt. >> good day, unfolding catastrophe right now in miami. these are live pictures near florida international university where a newly construction pedestrian overpass, a bridge collapsed, five or six cars under the wreckage and reporting several fatalities. no numbers have been offered right now, but you see the length, a 174-foot span of bridge, newly constructed, scheduled to open to pedestrians in 2019. for some reason, collapsing on to that multilane highway there. you see, and there are several fatalitie fatalities. we are en route to the scene there in miami, is on the phone telling us what she learned so far. >> caller: well, the florida highway patrol says they have confirmed there are several fatalities involved in this pedestrian and bridge collapse. we

today just prior to the white house sanctions announcement the leaders of the u.s., france and germanye uk in a formal condemnation of moscow. as we said, the kind of thing we used to see. the joint statement reads in part and we quote, we share the united kingdom's assessment that there is no plausible alternative explanation and note that russia's failure to address the legitimate request by the government of the united kingdom further underlines russia's responsibility. we call on russia to address all questions related to the attack in salisbury. we are so fortunate to have these two guests with us tonight, christopher dickey, a veteran foreign correspondent currently paris based world news editor for the daily beast and willing to wake up at 4:40 in the morning to talk to us jillian tet is with us of "the financial times." i'm told there is a delay of a couple seconds to paris so, christopher, i'll start with you. your view of the reaction to today's statement and the u.s. action overseas. >> well, i think today's statement is essentially condemnation without consequences as far a

u.s. and france may be readying more air strikes?k they are certainly giving that impression and it may come to that, but i think what we've got here, and it would be justified in my view, the president's first air strike was, but i think what we got here is a much more fundamental problem. when you have a regime like kim jong un that will sell its dangerous technology to anybody who has the right amount of cash, and you have something like this apparent russian attack in great britain on a russian former agent for the united kingdom using the family of marriage agents, even more deadly than the bx agent that kim jong un that used to his half-brother in malaysia. it all ties together. >> ed: what you make of that? i'm glad you raise it because the prime minister in britain, theresa may today had some tough words for russia and gave them a deadline to respond. >> i think this is extremely serious. this is not the first former russian agent who has been assassinated. some years ago killed by injection of polonium 210, a radioactive ele

u.s. and france britain and the u.s. sent embassy workers instead a crimp spokesperson reacted to the u.k. decision by saying that it showed unwillingness to hear russia's aunts as to its questions that moscow to date has denied any involvement in the attempted murders. and so this diplomatic spat that has gone on for a while now looks to continue to go on for some time the former russian officer who was jailed in russia for handing secrets to british intelligence you moved to the u.k. in a spy swap in twenty turn three weeks ago when his daughter were found critically ill in salisbury u.k. police expect their probe of the alleged poisoning to take months however british politicians very quick to pin the blame on moscow or britain's foreign secretary and his latest statement here. russians as ever responded with. distortion and delay and that is their tactic. of cyber warfare this information middling in european election campaigns to say nothing of election campaigns or a general feeling that russia is going to be moved

u.s. announces fresh sanctions almost go for meddling in the twenty six thousand presidential election and it joins france and germany in a show of support for the u.k. as london accuses russia of carrying out a nerve agent attack on a former h. . and a confrontation with russia is also expected to be one of the issues on the agenda today when german chancellor i'm going to meet french president and. our political correspondent joins us with more details. plus a dangerous new strain of a child being emerges in the philippines we'll ask a medical specialist in manila what's behind the spike in infections and point can be done to stop the spread. and on the trail of the peace diamonds in sierra leone it was supposed to bring prosperity to the villagers who found it instead its bread discontent we'll have an exclusive report. hello i'm terry marchant good to have you with us. yes president donald trump says he will impose new sanctions on russia in response to moscow's alleged paddling in the metally rather in the twenty sixteen us presidential election the united states also signed a joint declaration with

today the u.s., france, germany and the british released a joint statement condemning the incident with the white house calling it a reckless attack. sarina marshall with the latest from washington. >> that's an interesting border. >> reporter: after staying mum, the president has now spoken out after the nerve attack on former spy sergei skripal and his daughter. >> this is something that should never, ever happen and we're taking it very seriously, as i think are many others. >> reporter: the white house's statement on the attack went even further, this fits into a pattern of behavior in which russia undermines the sovereignty and security of countries worldwide. as ambassador nikki haley called this a defining moment. >> if we don't take immediate concrete measures to address this now, salisbury will not be the last place we see chemical weapons used. they could be used here in new york. >> reporter: british investigators found the nerve agent used in the attack was developed by the soviet union and later inherited by russia. british prime minister der re e teresa may expelled 23 rus

u.s. and france britain and the u.s. and embassy workers instead a criminal spokesperson reacted to the u.k. decision by saying that it showed unwillingness to hear russia's to its questions that moscow to date has denied any involvement in the attempted murders of scruple and so this diplomatic spat that has gone on for a while now looks to continue to go. for some time there are two there were former russian officer was jailed in russia for handing secrets to british intelligence he moved to the u.k. though in a spy swap in twenty ten three weeks ago scully palin's daughter were then found critically ill in seoul u.k. police expect their probe on the alleged poisoning to take months has been heard however british politicians were quick to pin the blame on moscow britain's foreign secretary has become the latest to launch accusations. russians as ever responded with denial distortion and delay and that is their tactic. the cyberwar for this information middling in european election campaigns the scene of the election ca

u.s. and france britain and the u.s. sent embassy workers instead a crimp spokesperson reacted to the u.k. decision by saying that it showed unwillingness to hear rushes to its questions that moscow to date has denied any involvement in the attempted murders of so can you list cripple the russian former intelligence officer and his daughter you were allegedly poisoned insults three both of them remain in a critical condition and so this diplomatic spat that has gone on for a while now looks to continue to go on for some time well meanwhile the u.k. is foreign secretary boris johnson says he believes this group poisoning leads inexorably back to the kremlin you cited a number of allegations but claims he doesn't want a new cold war. i want to be very clear that we do not wish to engage in a new cold war i deprecate that term i don't want i remember them or they will go. they go on the road so to the. clues to the action putin is going to use it the way he was the one hundred thirty six delegates here so i think the compar

u.s. france, germany and britain agreeing that russia was to blame for a nerve agent attack on a former spy in england. it's a rare joint statement issued. president trump, french president macron, theresa may, all saying, quote, there is no plausible alternative explanation to russian responsibility in that march 4th attack. the u.k. expelled 23 russian diplomats earlier this week. we brought it to you from the live desk. i can tell you the update now. we've got u.s. and european leaders saying this use of chemical weapons is quote, an assault on u.k. sovereignty and quote, a breach of international law. russia denied any involvement. they're doing it for their clients. >> we're still a few weeks from opening day. but there was plenty of action near at&t park. here's a look at "good orning america" at 7:00 a.m. with rob marciano. >> good morning. coming up on gma, breakin news overnight. an investigation is under way right now after a fighter jet skrashd during a training session killing two nav