and great britain. we're calling on both sides to reach an agreement and on british leaders to support the transition phase. but it's but that would give companies until twenty twenty before they have to adjust their business models with. business and the dissatisfied holes and sides of the car industry will be hardest hit according to a study the industry will have to shoulder at least three billion year i was in extra costs cars are among germany's most important export products. last year germany's exports to britain totaled around eighty four point four billion euros that made britain germany's fifth largest export market and german imports from britain came to around thirty seven point one billion euros. brics it will be especially hard on smaller german companies up until now many have had very little experience with trade outside the e.u. but just how complicated the post breaks it trade groups will become is not yet clear if that's still being negotiated. for more on the waging breck's of debate

i went to the green outside the palace of westminster to talk to a member of britain's house of lords international relations committee lord elf well to take a better look at the russian threat narrative and how it will affect the future of a post directed britain i'm now joined by lord valve member of the international relations committee at the house of lords and former member of the european parliament. thanks for being here on the green outside parliament twenty three russian diplomats being chucked out of the country in the next few days your reaction to tourism is statement. i can't see what. i mean what it will achieve is presumably twenty three british diplomats will be thrown out of russia some say more than maybe. but. the. choice everyone is saying in the house behind us because she has the evidence that the kremlin ordered an atrocity in england. i mean what i have no to seize these apparently the russian also or she's of os to need with the investigation to be given some samples of the know. and that's been refused now that doesn't seem to me like trying to solve the prob

britain and its allies bomb together over a claim. in the poisoning of former spy. on his talk with the british foreign secretary saying russia's response is enough to. the kremlin. but just two days before russians vote in the presidential election r.t. looks at how some western media are doing exactly what russia's long. term. for coffee california is refusing to serve uniformed officers and it's just a number in the u.s. which are betting their customers. around the clock across the world this is our team international from the team and myself you know neil welcome to the program nearly eleven thousand people have to escape the militant controlled syrian enclave of eastern using russia sponsored humanitarian corridors it is the biggest number two evacuated from the embattled area in one day but it's been tough to get to this stage has had to expect. that it was only a trickle of civilians fleeing serious rebel held territory of eastern gates it's now become a flood thousands have been given safe passage out of the embattled and play. so let's get out into the lot

in great britain. getting to break even and there is a big question for us for russians why what is happening such kind of getting poisoning only in great britain. what is this soil what is there in great britain that killed people that russian people because as the last person it's been here if he was traveling to alon done after freeing mean from then. from that. i rest ok he was absolutely clean when he when they left their country and now it has no i. know. for they are as as i'd. have. met he could it all right matthew goodwin a look i want to ask you a question about about britain's response and whether russia has miscalculated here but it just occurs to me and i could see do you think a campaign of russian with the misinformation and obfuscation aimed at a british and u.s. audience is now. i think that's likely that certainly consistent with russia's past action what we've heard even during this conversation is a lot of talk about international relations a lot of talk about the russian election

i think if there is such if great britain takes. measures against russia russia is no order precipitated to to make. sure we measure holes so it will add a new new it we agreed. distances because because russia is a sovereign country cannot stand without a reaction so. what i am afraid. as i said seen from geneva is now we are in a kind of escalating as collating tense sons because of russia as currently the right to make retaliations which is not too good a good thing but what what can or should do i think that there is no. means of doing so do songs for for russia and that's a pity for hold the situation on the european continent and will not be striking some people as particularly peculiar is how just yesterday we were reporting u.k. counter-terror police bringing live footage of them saying they were yet to declare any suspects so why now then just be twenty four hours later are we saying what is politicians being completely insistent the russia was responsible for the poisoning . yeah i think the russia is is nothing to see wit

the man britain believes poisoned him is andrei lugovoy. today, he dismissed claims that moscow had attacked sergei skripal as propaganda. translation: why do they say he was poisoned? perhaps he poisoned himself or had a heart attack. you talk about propaganda, but what about alexander litvinenko? the inquiry in britain into his death found that you had poisoned him, probably on the orders of vladimir putin. translation: there was no official investigation into litvinenko‘s death. there was an attempt to accuse russia and a russian citizen, me, of poisoning him in britain with polonium. as for the kremlin, well, it's been saying very little today about sergei skripal. president putin's spokesman told me earlier, "we have no information about what happened. we cannot comment." although he did add, it was a "tragic situation." but catching spies has become one of vladimir putin's priorities. yesterday, the former kgb officer praised russia's security service for uncovering 397 spies last year. the kremlin leader has never hidden his contem

the situation is new with a negotiation is not so easy in this country and britain is. definitely. has has to find the solutions with the european union and for the time being i don't see any results from the from the negotiations and they have in order to divert the attention from the bridge that they have to see to present something to the public that could move to it and there's a great possibility to launch this into russian campaign and to russian attack and so this is this is this is this is in the area which was written in london but . but from my point to you this is a very short sighted it's an area because in the long run. britain have to explain what is behind all these things and sold very i think they have to explain what they're doing in this secret chemical laboratory which is eight miles from from the from the source very. where were the investigated the substance based on their information on the samples based on the certain standards the have and this i think this would be the question that we have to clear a fly. in the organization for proliferation of the chemi

not allow people coming to britain but that main point is that britain never adopted to make new ski nodded worse adopt it in the united states which is the case of a. lawyer who worked in moscow and who was killed in two thousand and nine and for his murder which his former boss big brother claimed what it was. the american congress at dock that these measures to not to freeze assets of other people who were involved in his killing but asked of them to sort of not let them travel and sammer at their nationals great britain has never docked at those because it is quite complicated to. to get into such a strong faith with russia who is a very important country i detest just give it say in london a thank you you thank. quick look at some other stories making news around the world. free. to remove. terrorists. is. leaving. it to the gaza strip. to be site. involvement. we make. the continent's future. in youngsters. seven percent.

the far right in britain isn't just on the march it's taking violent murderous action. and the own nazi group called national action applauded the mother and the mother of a young woman member of the british parliament just before one o'clock today jo cox and painful inspanned with a touch of knocking first. i'm now very sad because she has died because also for instance. other alleged members are charged with planning the brutal killing of another woman m.p. . and two british soldiers said to be from the same nazi group face serious terrorism charges. fascism and far right extremism street violence and confrontation isn't new in britain it dates back to at least the one nine hundred thirty s. when oswald mosley blackshaw structed through major cities. today's encounter nations are no less deadly. this is the story of how it began how it developed revealing the major players and exposing the secret past the leader of the latest street movement. last year of the young woman labor m.p. joel cox was cruelly mobbed out in the course of her public duties in burstall west the

it's team minus three hundred sixty five and counting britain's departure from the e.u. is just one year away today as the british the british decision to leave the e.u. impact of the economy on both sides of the shop. and foreign direct investment in saudi arabia is heading. for a boost as the country joins a key london based even urging market index. also coming up a haven if it weren't for all the tourists now authorities in thailand say they have had enough shutting down the country's most famous big. this is the w. business live from berlin i am going to head off as welcome for twelve months time today britain will formally leave the european union there will be a transition period sure bus day will be out while many welcome it more of worried about the economic consequences because the numbers are not in favor of britain leaving the e.u. as a closer look last year the euro zone's economy expanded more than two percent but in the u.k. g.d.p. rose just one and a half percent this year british economic growth is expected to slow even further that we can economic outlo

of the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov to britain. counts he was equally key but willing to give me a lot of reviews are highly experienced polished diplomat and actually a pretty good foreign minister i mean well it's written showing that he's not welcome here but ok so what we say you're not welcome to talk if frankly far is the prime minister i'd be saying i hope he will soon come because we need some very frank dialogue about what he's going wrong in the relations between our two countries. and clearly if there was a poison attempt something has gone badly wrong and the russian state is one of the british state need to get to the bottom of what's happened aside from the geopolitical context and the atrocity and saw israel because the you're on the house of lords international relations committee and you mentioned business how will worse relations with russia affect breaks in britain it's difficult sorry to be quite honest we can only speculate at the moment but it's hardly going to make the russian government feel more co-operativ

that britain has a lot of business interests in russia. what would the reaction be here if there presumably would be some russian retaliation if they said well we'll have some sanctions against british business where do we end up with this we don't gamed up in a good place and also we don't yet know what the full facts of this case saw apart from the fact that anyone who tried to poison his obviously don't pretty competent because they failed obviously some ascribe the popularity of that of your putin in russia to being someone who dragged in public to crack down on the all agog says stole all the money from the russian people and you do brazilian back the measures being taken to freeze assets and that's where they're freezing the assets in london and then giving it to the russian people do welcome those policies i think clearly the. seniors in particular would rate for russia and a lot of money went out of the country that belongs to the russian people and one canary needs support a government which attempts to turn that around i would be

i‘m absolutely convinced that britain can rely on europe. even though the british have decided to leave the eu as an institution, britain is still a part of europe. because so far britain has been disappointed by its traditional allies, in that in the brexit negotiations, denmark, the netherlands, ireland, in the negotiations have chosen, if you like, the eu over ally uk. well, i wouldn‘t put it that way. even though i love britain, i mean, i have to be aware of what the danish interest is in this case. i have to protect my business environment in the same way that theresa may has to protect the british business community. and you believe that changing rules for the uk would damage the single market? that could be the case. it could be, you know, followed by other countries wanting to go down the same lane, if we allow this kind of cherry picking. but denmark is keen on some cherry picking of its own. it‘s one of the world‘s biggest exporters of fish but danish fishermen rely heavily on access to uk waters. they want that to continue a

this is you don't reduce live from berlin britain and the european union take a step closer to brings it to the news chief negotiator mission about abuses the two sides have reached an agreement on a two year transition period will make life easier for citizens and businesses our business correspondent has all the details also coming up your foreign ministers condemned the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter they say they take extremely seriously london's assessment that moscow is to blame and turkey promises to push on with this offensive against the kurds in syria after its seized control of the city of i think displacing around one hundred fifty thousand people. on little rock thanks for your company everyone we begin with that briggs it breaks through the european union and britain are one step closer to a greeting a divorce settlement the u.k.'s negotiators says there's been significant progress towards a final deal well according to e.u. chief negotiator michaud about the end the two sides have agreed on a large part of britain's were drawled deal including

all great britain could do is watch and wait. they needed no way to lose against slovakia if britain were to stand any chance of making it through to the play—offs. another nail—biting match between norway and slovakia. it went to an extra end and they even needed to bring out the measuring device to see who's stone was closest to the centre. in the end, norway won, which means they take the fourth play—off position. great britain are out the curling tournament. they will not win a medal at the paralympic games. huge disappointment for them. but britain did not have long to dwell on that news. they had another match to play against china, one of the top teams in the round—robin standings. unsurprisingly, they faced another defeat. a disappointing day for great britain. they leave these games without a medal, a real shame, because it was going to play a big pa rt because it was going to play a big part in the medals target that was set for them before the games, and will put a lot of pressure on the rest of paralympics gb

shadow chancellor john mcdonnell prepared to attend the world economic forum in switzerland britain's entire nuclear program today is judge ruled to be in trouble because of strike action while firefighters strike at sellafield site of the worst ever nuclear incident in british history is important is clear just how many people could be killed by an uncontrolled fire and what's at stake at sellafield on the irish sea in the northwest of england so are those big enough to hold six double decker buses filled to the brim with some of the most dangerous radioactive waste in the world and there's a lot of it there are twenty two silos like this in the sense why building housing and to home runs move radioactivity released by the chernobyl disaster it took fifty years before the state mandated b.b.c. could reveal the truth about how successive british governments covered up the circumstances surrounding a fired windscale as sellafield was called before its p.r. name change the fire in one hundred fifty seven could according to the b.b.c. have irrevocably altered the u.k. u.s. special relati

britain is no whether you like it or not i happen to like it. a multi-racial country. but even if you don't like it it's too late to do anything about that as well first i don't agree that it's a multi-racial country integration hasn't taken place to a significant extent and it's for this reason i don't really have noticed but on television advertisement over the last year or so every single advertisement involving people has got black people in it asian people in it as well as whites and particularly insidiously in my view they're showing including in furniture and bedding advertisement. black and white couples. in we are insidiously being got at they're hoping that nature will follow our and that if they create an illusion of an actuality of integration and race mixing and miseducation that that's how the public will follow it when the bricks has indicated that they're not the national front trying to give itself a democratic leader standing in local and national elections with no success. it's part of the overwhelming rage and anger felt by many black on muslim comm

politics or for the great britain very friendly with russia so i think it is going on the same. trends in our relations i think that it's no good but it's not our troops ok it's not your choice barbara the british prime minister met with her security team met today to discuss more possible measures against moscow what could just possibly be. there's a number of measures that are being discussed one is for instance to restrict to travel for certain people from russia certain people from the circle of flooding refuting the president there is also talk about seizing russian property if it is explained if the owners here in britain cannot explain where the money came from and also of course to tighten rules against money laundering because it is well known it's been known for at least a decade that britain is regarded as one of the worldwide capitals of money laundering and there are billions of russian money spent on sort of floating around for lodging around london and a commentator here in one of the big national newspapers wrote to britain has to sort of wean itself off its love

do you think that britain this response has been robust enough. well. expectations or said quite high with mrs may speech on monday then measures that for a modern announced on wednesday expulsion of. some diplomats in effect that the official delegation of britain will not go to a world cup are at this point largely symbolic probably in a couple of days it's difficult to come up with effective measures so the jury is still out on what written will do about it. we hear heard in the news and the cost death in the u.k. is also being printed. another putin critic mixing untimely and the police at this stage and not linking the two cases you link them. i don't have enough information to link found etc i'm not a big fan of conspiracy theories so given this outbreak of death amongst prominent russian critics of the regime in london i wonder are you worried well i have known towers that russian security services can carry out an assignation and part of the world including the u.k. which probably has a large number of security agents so i don't think anything c

kick twenty three russian embassy staff out of the country this comes as western allies rally around britain in responding to a poison attack on a former russian double h. . and on the trail of the peace diamond in sierra leone it was supposed to bring prosperity to the villagers who founded instead its bread discontent we have an exclusive report. well i'm terry martin good to have you with us russia's foreign minister has said today that moscow will expel u.k. diplomats after western allies accused of attempting to murder a former russian spy in britain in a joint declaration yesterday the u.s. joined france germany and britain indirectly blaming moscow for last week's attack using a nerve agent it comes as washington separately announced sanctions against russia for allegedly meddling in its elections. 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 stg a script and his daughter yulia may visit at the restaurant where t

britain and the european union say they've reached an agreement on a transition phase following britain's withdrawal from the european union the agreement should provide clarity for businesses and citizens although they remain sticking points over the issue of the irish border. you're watching the news for all of us here thanks for the company we're back at the top of the hour with more world news as. every journey begins with the first step and every language but the first word has been the. coaches in germany to learn german why not learn some simple online on your mobile and free stuff from the d w e learning course we can speak german made easy. german state by state. the most colorful.

britain is a global power. and britain is an advanced industrial country. britain in the eu we believe very strongly in, britain outside the eu we believe very strongly in. what you do with brexit is really your decision and we support whatever decision you make. it will not impact our relationship with you. interesting though is mixed reviews with bin salman. clearly what he's doing at home in three months‘ with bin salman. clearly what he‘s doing at home in three months‘ time, saudi women will be able to drive for the first time in the kingdom. there are remarkable social and cultural changes and even economic changes. trying to diversify the saudi economy. it is a crucially important partner for the uk. president trump and jared kushner spent a lot of time in saudi arabia and invested in them relationship. it is an important relationships this way as well so they will invest time and it especially given that they‘re looking to the post wrexham future and given the fact that saudi arabia is moving away from oil. there is focus now on services and

largest nuclear sites well it's outside the mark the birth of britain's weapons of mass destruction program now located on the river clyde in scorned britain is of course extorting weapons all around the world some believe the brics it may lead to a spiraling of u.k. weapons dealing so we caught up with a member of britain's arms export control panel outside parliament story in people in letham is also on the u.k. international development select committee pauline thanks so much regularly on going underground after a long in the green outside parliament so we're. do you say to people who are warning the british public that post bricks it is dealing is going to twenty eight percent two point nine billion pounds with their licenses agreed to june twenty sixth any connections you are having to do deals with with a repressive talk receivers because we need the deals because we're leaving europe no there's nothing to say we have to do a deal we give licenses to allow companies to export and they're very stringent they regulate it so there's no reason at all why this anything to do with s

union in britain announced they've agreed on a two year transition period for the u.k. to complete its exit but there is still no guarantee that that is a guarantee we'll get more from our correspondent in london also coming up no pull back at the border turkey promises to push on with its offensive against the kurds in syria now that the city of afternoons been seized and one hundred fifty thousand people displaced plus facebook facing more blowback a whistleblower says fifty million user profiles were plundered to help create fake news and he says to put in the white house. it's good to have you with us tonight we know it will be a slightly longer divorce britain and the european union have laid out plans for a two year transition period following brags that the deal includes concessions from the u.k. which will allow it to stay in the single market in the customs union until the end of the year twenty twenty now for business isn't ordinary citizens this is good news but for the future of bright city itself the uncertainty remains. a rare sight the two chief negotiato

britain's department stores used to be the height of luxury and service. if you needed anything from clothing to electricals or food, they were the place to go. but today they face fierce competition in all categories, as online retailers offer everything a customer wants, everything a customer wants at the click of a button. radio 4's consumer reporter, samantha fenwick has been finding out how department stores are fighting back. george davies has been called a serial brand creator, a fashion visionary, the king of the high street. they're very abba, these, aren't they? yes, very good. i was too young to remember abba. laughter he's the man behind next, george at asda, and m&s. when i started next in 1982, there were 10,000 registered vehicles. when i started next in 1982, there were ten million registered vehicles. by the time i got to the 1990s, when starting george and asda, i already knew parking was a real problem. so you could see that there was, at that point, decline in the high street? yes, sure. it was obvious. george left m&s in 2008, vowing n

so what might be retaliation of britain be? —— the. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. less than an hour remains until the deadline announced by theresa may for moscow to explain its role in an attack using a nerve agent upon a former spy and his daughter. sergei and yulia scripal were taken ill over a week ago in salisbury. the kremlin said today it would not co—operate until it was given a sample of the substance involved. as tensions deepened, scotland yard gave more details of the attack and appealed for more witnesses. here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. it began as a brutal attack on the streets of salisbury, the poisoning of a former russian intelligence officer and his daughter. but it's become, tonight, a global diplomatic row, with britain in confrontation with moscow and looking for allies. british ministers have given russia until midnight to explain how a nerve agent created in russia ended up nerve agent created in russia ended up in britain. and if midnight passes without that explanation, the government is promising a robust and expensi

diplomats after western allies accuse it of attempting to murder a former russian spy in britain in a joint declaration the u.s. france and germany backed britain and directly blaming moscow for last week's nerve agent attack in the city of salzburg. british prime minister to reason may is one of the few visitors to salzburg these days traders in the cathedral town say tourists and shoppers are staying away in the wake of the poisoning of former russian double agent sergei 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 probab

the situation is new with a negotiation is not so easy in this country and britain is. definitely. has has to find the solutions with the european union and for the time being i don't see any results from the from the negotiations and they have in order to divert the attention from the bridge that they have to see to present something to the public that could move to it and there's a great possibility to launch this into russian complain and to russian attack and so this is this is this is this is in the area which was written in london but . but from my point to you this is a very short side it's in the area because in the long run. britain have to explain what is behind all these things and souls very i think they have to explain what they're doing in this secret chemical laboratory which is eight miles from from the from the source very. where were the investigated the substance based on their information on the samples based on the certain standards the have and this i think this would be the question that they have to clear it for i. in the organization for proliferation of th

we'll ask if britain's measures will have an effect. and whetherjeremy corbyn judged it right, in his response to the prime minister. good evening and welcome to bbc news. britain is expelling twenty three russian diplomats after moscow refused to explain how a military grade nerve agent was used on a former spy in salisbury. it's the biggest such expulsion for more than 30 years. the prime minister told parliament that the "undeclared intelligence officers" have just one week to leave. the uk has also cut off all high level contacts with russia and announced that government ministers and members of the royal family will not attend the world cup. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. the midnight deadline came and went, leaving a morning with no new a nswe i’s. leaving a morning with no new answers. theresa may when prepared to prime minister's questions, ready to prime minister's questions, ready to announce the biggest diplomatic action against russia since the cold war. they have treated the use of a military grade nerve a

joins britain and blaming russia for poisoning a double agent and his daughter in britain the united states believes that russia is responsible for the attack on two people and the united kingdom using a military grade nerve agent. this after british prime minister theresa may announce she would x. bell twenty three russian diplomats a move not seen since the cold war we'll have expert analysis also coming up. as slovakia's crisis heats up prime minister robert vito says he'll step down but the move is unlikely to stop public anger over the murder of a journalist who was investigating government corruption. and fourteen million displaced people that's the human cost as syria's civil war enters its eighth year we look at the situation facing one family who fled their home for one of the country's last remaining rebel strongholds. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us the united states is back in britain as it retaliates against an assassination attempt on a former spy london says it was the kremlin that was behind the attack to come and denies any involvement in response prime mi

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 an willingness to hear russia's aunts as to its questions that moscow to date has denied any involvement in the attempted murders of scribal and so this diplomatic spat that has gone on for a while now looks to continue to go on for some time. there will be former russian officer was jailed in russia for handing secrets to british intelligence he moved to the u.k. in a spy swap in twenty ten three weeks ago and his daughter were found critically ill in salzburg u.k. police expect their probe on the alleged poisoning to take months 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 cyber warfare this information middling in european election campaigns to say nothing of election campaigns elsewhere the general

and got britain done thing what what started your entertainment career. i got started in the military actually i was as you saw the morning the movie good morning vietnam i was good morning vietnam but in the navy but of course i'm coming i was first my first. poem a car pull the cut he says the beetle of they they had a big helping hand from radio caroline how did you end up on this ship. i was a destruct in france at the time. doing bowlby more shit gupta on europe number one and i was also a leader do seen the x. it came from england on tour and i was on stage with sam the sham and the pharoahs when there are a manager came up and he said you know you really good you should be on radio carolina's what's radio caroline. he said well this is a pirate ship that just started in england and i'm good friends with run o'reilly so i said well you know here's a tape bullets see what happens and two weeks later i had a phone call from rodin who said get your so here i need you you know is a pirate radio station what you frightened of going on to some ship that y

in 2010 he was and that over to britain as part of a spy that over to britain as part of a spy swap. the russian government says suggestions it was involved are com pletely says suggestions it was involved are completely untrue but the murder in london in 2006 former russian spy litvinenko means suspicion is almost inevitable and the ramifications are huge. if russia is behind it, they are taking this to a whole new level. it is in fact the declaration of war. experts here have been trying to work out whether toxics su bsta nces were trying to work out whether toxics substances were used to try to kill former russian agent and his daughter, now in hospitalfighting to stay alive. later we will go live to moscow talking to a journalist who has been following the story of sergei skripal since 2006. the us state department is imposing new sanctions on north korea, after formally accusing it of using a deadly nerve agent to kill kim jong—un‘s estranged brother. washington said the use of vx nerve agent to kill kim jong—nam showed contempt for universal norms against the use of chemi

today notting hill is expensive one of britain's most exclusive on cliffs. the rich the famous and the fashionable live eat and shop. at the time of the notting hill race riots it couldn't have been more different this area was one of grimy crumbling tournaments owned by slum lords charging the rents. the young carpenter who was stabbed to death right here in golborne road in notting hill was obviously not britain's first victim of racially motivated murder but he was the first to address national attention. the first the big boy would never know it a symbol of resistance to race. at the time notting hill was a hotbed of white nationalism oswald mosley is union movement and cullen jordan's white defense league had this seeding with a racial tension. we feel that you cannot have colored immigration on the scale in which you're having it today without sooner or later having breeding that must lead ultimately to a britain we feel that if we have population in the future that must mean the downfall of the civilization and culture of our country which we hope if

and the news on russian tv: britain has been russia's enemy for centuries. the message to viewers: the uk cannot be trusted. russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, claimed britain was using the poisoning of sergei skripal to distract attention from brexit. then, pictures from the kremlin. the president meeting his security chiefs to discuss uk sanctions. moscow's response expected soon. russia may be coming under increasing international pressure, but the language coming out of the kremlin is increasingly defiant. vladimir putin's spokesman today described britain's stance as "destructive and provocative". the president, he said, will take the final decision on how russia responds. and just when you think relations can't get any worse, the defence secretary tells russia to shut up. the reaction in moscow? it's not only a mistake, it's worse than a mistake because it's stupid. or it's done on purpose, it's a provocation, they want the russians to be provoked. criticism of russia, too, by nato. it agrees moscow was behind the salisbury attack. all others ag

if britain goes further, russia will respond. you could see the whole thing ratcheting up and already it isa thing ratcheting up and already it is a fever are atmosphere between the countries, the relationship is absolutely at rock bottom —— it is a fee but at least they say they want to maintain some kind of relationship despite everything that has happened, they don't want to break the relationship completely which is critical, because then it would leave a very precarious situation between the countries. thanks for joining us. richard, speaking to us from moscow. we will go to the foreign office now. and kathryn stanczyszyn. theresa may was speaking? she was speaking at the conservatives spring conference earlier on this morning, and she described what happened in salisbury as a russian act of aggression, the antithesis of british values and she also reiterated several of the points that were made in a statement from the foreign and commonwealth office earlier this morning. they put out the statement within a few hours of

has also joined other countries supporting britain in its standoff with russia. and its wings is a freezing with knights of seem to go on for ever and it has one of the world's highest suicide rates in the u.s. says it is the happiest place on which countries are to stay with us and find. i'm full go welcome to the program. u.s. president donald trump is to impose new sanctions on russia in response to allegations that it meddled in the twenty sixth us presidential election his latest move targets five organizations and nineteen individuals united states is also signed a joint declaration with france and germany in support of britain's standoff with russia over the attempted murder of a russian former spy in britain mr trump was asked if he thought russia was responsible. who was behind this mr president it looks like it i spoke with the prime minister and we are in deep discussions a very sad situation it certainly looks like the russians will be hided something that should never ever happen and would take an adverse seriously as i think are many others. of the