salisbury, a wonderful town? there's the famous salisbury cathedral, famous not only in europe, but in the whole world. i don't think any of their interview is plausible. i've watched it a couple of times now, and i think if i was their defence lawyer, my advice to them would be, "keep quiet". the government's accused russia of responding with "obfuscation and lies". also tonight... mobiles, travel and driving abroad — there could be big changes for the british if there's no deal on brexit, says the government. the boyfriend of the romanian tourist who died after being knocked into the thames during the westminster terror attack tells the inquest how he almost jumped in to find her. you're not really that normal kid no more, you're just that young carer. almost a million children are acting as carers in england — far more than previously thought, according to new research. and the hurricane bearing down on the east coast of america amid warnings it will bring catastrophic flooding. and coming up on bbc news,

daniel stanford, bbc news, salisbury. let's go to moscow now and talk to our corresepondent steve rosenberg. what has been the reaction from moscow? the reaction here i would describe as predictable. russia portraying itself as the innocent party here and pointing the finger back at britain. for example, the kremlin said that from the outset as it had been ready to go great with britain in an investigation into the salisbury poisoning but the offer had been met with silence. we heard from russian foreign ministry saying, we have seen the names and the photos of the suspects in the media and they mean nothing to us, and accusing britain of manipulating information. pretty much that has become the default position of the russian state is in recent years, whenever is accused by the international community of crimes, whether accusations of hacking or of military intervention in ukraine, and that position has been to accuse the accuser and deny everything. but i think, from what theresa may said in the commons, that it will no

in salisbury or anywhere else. we stand firm in defense of the international norm against the use of these horrific weapons. r use of these horrific weapons. and we stand firm with the british people. it's easy to express outrage, of course. we do it every day in this chamber. what is difficult is finding solutions. and today our british friends and colleagues are providing us with a master class on how to stop the spread of chemical weapons. they are creating accountability for those who use chemical agents and providing vital support for the international norm against the use of these deadly, illegal weapons. the british government is pursuing accountability for this attack in the only way accountability can truly be accomplished. in accordance with the rule of law. british investigators have conducted a full and fair investigation of what has been determined to be the attempted killing of sergei country is pal and detective nick bail request -- skripal and detective nick baily. the screggetters have -- investiga

. -- visited salisbury. on 4 march, they made the same journey, traveling to waterloo arriving at 2:25 p.m. the police are confident this was the reconnaissance of the area. on sunday the fourth of march, they made the same journey, traveling by underground to waterloo station at 8:05 am, before continuing by train to salisbury. the police have released cctv footage of the two men, which clearly places them in the immediate vicinity of the skripal house, moments before the attack. they left salisbury and arrived waterloo at 4:45 p.m. they then returned to moscow, at 10:30 -- departing p.m. mister speaker, this hard evidence has enabled the independent crown prosecution service to conclude they have a sufficient basis on which to bring charges against these two men for the attack in salisbury. the same two men are now also the prime suspect in the case of don sturgis and charlie, too. there is no other inquiry behind this. it is no one investigation. there are good reasons for doing so. our own analysis, toge

they left salisbury and arrived in waterloo at 4:45 p.m. they boarded the underground at approximately 6:30 p.m., from where they return to moscow, departing at 10:30 p.m. mister speaker, this hard evidence has enabled the independent crown prosecution service to conclude they have a sufficient basis on which to bring charges against these two men for the attack in salisbury. the same two men are now also the prime suspect in the case of don sturgis and charlie, too. there is no other inquiry behind -- beyond this. they have formally linked the attack. it is now one investigation. there are good reasons for doing so. our own analysis, together with yesterday's report has confirmed the exact same chemical nerve agent was used in both cases. there is no evidence to suggest that they may have been deliberately targeted, but rather were victims of the reckless disposal of this agent. the police have released further details of the small glass counterfeit perfume bottle and box, discovered in charlie rowley's house, and found to contain this ner

and pictures of them in salisbury as well. these two mugshots, if you like, of the individuals who have been named as alex and ruslan boshirov, all the authorities suspect that they are false names. but they have released these images, close—up head shots of these images, close—up head shots of the two men. and the prime minister in the last hour has said that the authorities here believe they are russian military intelligence operatives, although of course the russian state has always denied any involvement in what happened. but yes, people in salisbury and in amesbury, where charlie rowley and his partner dawn sturgess were also taken ill three months later and she sadly died, an innocent victim in all this, people in both communities can now see pictures of these two men, notjust the mugshots, but we have pictures of them arriving into gatwick airport on friday night, leaving out of heathrow on sunday afternoon, oozing the trains between london and salisbury and on the streets here of salisbury, just minutes before and

before continuing to salisbury. the police have today released cctv footage of the two men, which clearly places them in the immediate vicinity of the house at 11:58 a.m., which the police say was moments before the attack. they left salisbury and returned to waterloo, arriving at 4:45 p.m., and went to the underground to heathrow, where they returned to moscow. mr. speaker, this hard evidence has enabled the independent crown prosecution service to conclude that they have a sufficient basis on which to bring charges against these two men for the attack in salisbury. the same two men are now also the prime suspects in the case of dawn sturgis and charlie rally. there is no other line of inquiry beyond this. the police today have formally linked the attack and the events such as that now forms one investigation. there are good reasons for doing so. our own analysis, with yesterday's report from the organization, has confirmed that the exact same chemical nerve agent was used in both cases. there is no evidence to sug

salisbury, a wonderful town? there's the famous salisbury cathedral, famous not only in europe, but in the whole world. six months after the skripals were poisoned in salisbury, the uk government says this is just another case of russian lies. and number ten added that the russian response was an insult to the public‘s intelligence and deeply offensive to the victims. also tonight... house prices could drop by up to a third if there's a no—deal brexit — a new warning from the governor of the bank of england. a romanian tourist describes how he almost jumped into the river thames after last year's westminster bridge attack in his frantic search for his girlfriend. you're not a bad normal kid no more, you're just that young carer. —— that normal kid. almost a million children are acting as carers in england — far more than previously thought — according to new research. russia's biggest military drills since the fall of the soviet union. president putin says it's an answer to "aggressive and unfriendl

we are now up to some 37 accounts from russia as to why and how salisbury took place. i think none hold water. we believe that the evidence we have presented speaks for itself, but i repeat i'm very happy to give any member of the united nation a briefing on that. i think we need to recall that a woman has died, two people have narrowly escaped death. a whole city was placed at risk and the global none proliferation has been put at risk. i hope the russians would engage on the fact and accept the compelling evidence of russian complicity in this crime. as regards the allegations of british, allegations against russia over duma, i think this shows that for many russian authorities they work in a parallel universe, where facts and international norms are inverted. we abhor the use of chemical weapons and we take our responsibilities under the he chemical weapons convention seriously. we call on the syrian authorities and the russian authorities who work with them not to use chemical weapons against their own people. not to repeat eastern guta and duma, but as you and our

but then that two a p pa re ntly salisbury. but then that two a ppa re ntly com pletely salisbury. but then that two apparently completely innocent people had been accidentally contaminated really shocked people here. i think it's interesting that the two investigations, while still separate in time, investigations are now dovetailing by police. they are publicly linking them which is significant, even though these potential suspects are only being linked in the case of the skripals. people here still have so many questions but now they will be able to look at the images of the station in salisbury, at the roads and are being asked to remember the weekend when the skripals were attacked was a particularly cold snowy weekend. all of a sudden there is information and bits of detail which might trigger memories in somebody and might add to all the information that police have had to kind through in the last six months. let's hear more from the metropolitan police assista nt more from the metropolitan police assistant commissioner. today's announcement by the cps mocks most significant

from salisbury, thank you very much. and in the last few minutes and house of commons, the prime minister has been giving more detail and specifically about the two suspects. ican the two suspects. i can today tell the house that based on a body of intelligence, the government has concluded that the two individuals named by the police and cps officers from the russian military intelligence service. also known as the gru. and to steve rosenberg in moscow now. this ratchet things up considerably? it does, i would describe moscow's reaction to the news as rather predictable. what russia was saying today is, we had nothing to do with this crime in salisbury. so the russian foreign ministry issued a short statement in which declared the names and of the suspects published in the media mean nothing to was, moscow, the ministry accused the british authorities of information manipulation and called for what it has described as practical cooperation between moscow and london, saying that the investigation of such serious crimes d

salisbury, a wonderful town? yes. wonderfultown. salisbury, a wonderfultown? yes. there is wonderfultown. salisbury, a wonderful town? yes. there is the famous salisbury cathedral, not just in europe but in the whole world. it is famous for its 123 metres by, it is famous for its 123 metres by, it is famous for its 123 metres by, it is famous for its clock, the first ever created in the world that is still working. the conservative mp for salisbury and south wiltshire has called the statements not credible. he tweeted that he was delighted the two men saw the attractions salisbury had to offer but that it was very strange to come all this waiverjust but that it was very strange to come all this waiver just two but that it was very strange to come all this waiverjust two days while covering novichok in the luggage. he said the do not match the widely held intelligence we have on the two individuals. the mass collection of data in the uk has been found to have violated privacy rights. the case was taken out after the surveillance gathering was exposed by the us whist

our correspondentjon kay is in salisbury. tell us a little more about the response in that area given the rather startling news?” response in that area given the rather startling news? i think people here are pretty overwhelmed by the amount of information may have suddenly got. for six months, exactly six months this week all they have really had is that house, thatis they have really had is that house, that is where sergei skripal left and is where the attack is alleged to have happened. people have wondered how much do the authorities here really know about this case, do they really know who he had done it or who were suspected of doing it, how, when our wife. people are frustrated about a lack of information and a lack of answers and suddenly out of the blue today they have more than the house to look at, they have all these images, mugshots of the suspects, cctv pictures of these men flying in and out of britain, pictures of these men on the streets of salisbury in the minutes before this alleged attack on the skripal�

these two russians now stand accused of the salisbury nerve agent attack. it claimed in march they deployed the nerve agent that poisoned sergei skripal and his daughter, and which months later accidentally contaminated charlie rowley and killed dawn sturgess. police say they came to the country as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, but those are thought to be false names, used by two undercover operatives. the government has concluded the two individuals named by the police and cps are officers from the russian military intelligence service, also known as the gru. the gru is a highly disciplined organisation with a well—established chain of command. so this was not a rogue operation. it was almost certainly also approved outside the gru at a senior level of the russian state. the two men, police say, carried out a remarkably sophisticated attack. they flew in from moscow, and are seen here in salisbury shortly after it's alleged they smeared nerve agent on sergei skripal‘s front door, and this is what's believed to have been their weapon — the per

salisbury, suggesting for a long time we visit this wonderfultown. salisbury, a wonderful time? there is the famous cathedral, in the whole world. has the rollback of tanking regulation in america exposed us all to more risk? 0fficial still warm this could be too hazardous. moe is too late. we will talk about the president's fruits. 0fficials still warn this storm could be very dangerous we'll talk about the president's tweets about hurricane maria in a moment but first we want to look at what's happening right now with this storm. the bbc‘s laura trevelyan is in wilmington for us. isa is a danger for people that they think it is a category two so we don't need to get out of the way? that is certainly the message that the governor of north carolina was having in mind when he said just because this is a category two hurricane doesn't mean you should not worry about it because the risk will come from the prolonged rainfall, and what could be catastrophic flooding that we are expecting. right now, as you were saying, what is happening is the tropical storm force winds from the hu

daniel sandford, bbc news, salisbury. let's get more on this now from ian bond, who's the director of foreign policy at the centre for european reform. ian was also a former british diplomat, who served in russia in the ‘90s. thanks very much forjoining us this evening. let me ask you first of all if these two individuals have been identified and the police are saying they believe is enough evidence to prosecute them, what are the chances of actually bringing them to justice? the changes are quite limited. the russians have a constitutional ban on extraditing their citizens, and the only chance of getting their hands on them is if they sit their foot outside russia and that's why the british government is issuing a european arrest warrant and is planning to issue a interval red notice so law—enforcement agencies around eve ryo ne law—enforcement agencies around everyone know that we are looking for these people. alternatively, after the vladimir putin era, things may change and there may be a different sort of relat

translation: salisbury? a wonderful town? translation: yes, there is the famous salisbury cathedral, famous not only in europe but the whole world. it's famous for its 123 metre spire. it's famous for its clock, one of the first ever created in the world that's still working. that was part of what has been broadcast on television. the conservative mp for salisbury has called those comments by the two men not credible. he tweeted to say that he was delighted the men had seen the attractions salisbury has two offer but that it was very strange to come all this waiverjust two days while carrying novichok in their luggage it went on to say it did not match the widely accepted intelligence we have about those individuals been seriously hurt in a crash involving several vehicles on the m5 near taunton. at least seven cars and a lorry were involved. the motorway has been closed in both directions. people found guilty of assaulting members of the emergency services are to face tougher sentences. the new law, which will come in to eff

salisbury? a wonderful town? yes. preparing for a no—deal brexit, the cabinet meets to discuss contingencies, in the event of no agreement between britain and the eu. a romanian tourist describes how he almostjumped in the thames after last year's westminster bridge attack, in his frantic search for his girlfriend also coming up, preparing for the worst on the east coast of america hurricane florence bears down on the us — bringing life—threatening waves and up to a0 inches of rainfall an exclusive report on england's child carers, new research says more than 1 in 5 children is involved in some care, for sick or disabled relatives. the two men named as suspects in the salisbury nerve agent attack have appeared on russian state television and denied being involved. the men who identified themselves as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, dismissed british claims that they were intelligence officers, insisting instead that they work in the fitness industry. they said they'd taken a short break in the uk to visit

russia hits back at the salisbury poisoing investigation, telling the united nations that the allegations are unfounded and mendacious. britain's ambassador to the un says two russian military intelligence officers carried out the nerve agent attack. russia says its all been invented. they tried to murder the skripal‘s, they played dice with the lives of the people of salisbury. they work in a parallel universe where the normal rules of international affairs are inverted. translation: london needs this story forjust one purpose, to unleash a disgusting anti—russian hysteria. and to involve other countries in this hysteria. today the us, france, germany and canada said they have full confidence in britain's assessement that russia was behind the attack. also tonight. an inquest finds that neglect by a leading children's hospital led to the death of this toddler who was left waiting days for emergency surgery. his nurse ran down and said you need to do something, this baby is too per litre need to look after with the other babies i have got. and they still didn't do anything. plans to c

salisbury? a wonderful town? yes. preparing for a no—deal brexit — the cabinet meets to discuss contingencies in the event of no agreement between britain and the eu. an exclusive report on england's child carers. new research says more than one in five children is involved in some care for sick or disabled relatives. also coming up — preparing for the worst on the east coast of america. these pictures are live from cape fear on the north carolina coast, with hurricane florence predicted to bring life—threatening waves and up to a0 inches of rainfall. russia's biggest military drills since the fall of the soviet union. president putin says it's an answer to aggressive and unfriendly attitudes towards his country. and at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers the former trade minister, lord digbyjones and the broadcaster, henry bonsu — stay with us for that. two russian men — named by the british authorities as suspects in the chemical attack in salisbury — have appeare

salisbury, a wonderful town? visit this wonderful town. salisbury, a wonderfultown? yes. a tourist town. there is the famous salisbury cathedral, famous not only in europe but in the whole world. it is famous for its 123 metre spire. it's famous for its clock, one of the first ever created in the world that is still working. so you came to salisbury to look at the clock? no we planned to visit london at first and have fun there. well, let us find out more about that appearance, our correspondent sarah rainsford was watching the interview in moscow. we had a suggestion, yesterday, that a tv appearance like this might happen. what more did we learn from all of this? there is nothing accidental at all about the timing of this. it comes exactly a day after vladimir putin called on the key suspects to come forward and to explain themselves and had said himself there was nothing criminal, nothing special about them and lo and behold they appeared that very evening and we have seen the interview on rt, the foreign facing if you like channel of russian state television. now, the

daniel sandford, bbc news, salisbury. earlier i spoke to our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg, who told me that the effect of the sanctions that have been imposed on russia already, in the wake of the attack, is starting to be felt. ido i do get the impression that, in the last few weeks, perhaps, you do get the feeling that sanctions are starting to bite. and there is concern here about the next wave of us sanctions, which are expected in less tha n us sanctions, which are expected in less than three months‘ time. now, if these are announced, this could really deal a blow to the russian economy. and i think there is a concern that that could affect the national currency, the ruble. so although you hear a lot of bravado from the russians, saying that sanctions have an affected us, i think there is a feeling now that things are getting quite serious here in terms of the effects sanctions may have in the coming months. we can speak now to sir tony brenton, a former british ambassador to moscow. hejoins me down the lin

salisbury, a wonderful town? yes. a tourist town. there is the famous salisbury cathedral, famous not only in europe but in the whole world. it is famous for its 123—metre spire. it is famous for its clock, the first ever created in the world that is still working. salisbury‘s cathedral certainly is a tourist attraction, drawing visitors from all over the world, but just how plausible is the story of these two russians set against the evidence laid out by the police last week? there is the question of the motive for their trip, flying in from moscow to gatwick airport on friday march 2nd, all to see salisbury, and then there's their movements — the russian giving up sightseeing in salisbury on saturday because, they say, there was too much slush. they returned on sunday and here cctv catches them arriving at the station at 11:a8. but rather than head out to be tourist sites they said they wanted to see, like old sarum and the cathedral, they were spotted close to sergei skripal‘s house on wilton road, their images captured on

salisbury? a wonderful town? yes. but the british government says it's just another case of russian lies and obfuscation. we'll have the latest reaction. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... preparing for a no—deal brexit — the cabinet meets to discuss contingencies in the event of no agreement between britain and the eu. a romanian tourist describes how he almostjumped in the thames after last year's westminster bridge attack in his frantic search for his girlfriend.

today there has been anothere bizaist in the salisbury nerve agent attack. the two men naped as suspects ared on russian state television and denied being involved. they dismissed british claims that they were intelligence officers, insisting instead that they worked in the fitness industry, and that the taken a short break in the u.k. to visit the cathedral. gordon corera reports. britainlast week presented themsss a pair of n military intelligence officers, assassins, sent with agents to kill. day we saw a different side. they were, said a kremlin-funded tourists who had come to salisbury to see the sights. >> what were you doing tre? >> our friends have been suggesting for long time that we visit his wonderful time. >> salisbury a wonderful tn? >> yes. a tourist town. >> there is the famous salisbury cathedral, famous not only in europe, but the whole wld. it is famous for its 123-meter ouspire, ffor its clock, the one of the first ever created in the world that is still working. gordon: salisbury's cathedral certainly is a tourist drattractioning visitor

they say they were in salisbury, but only as tourists. and bye—bye beetle — german car manufacturer volkswagen announces it's stopping production of the iconic car next year. america's eastern seaboard is getting its first taste of the wind and rain from hurricane florence. the storm itself is still a few hours away, but it's a prelude of the damage florence could inflict when it does make landfall. the us national hurricane center is warning of life threatening floods. this imaging from our forecasting team shows the hurricane‘s final approach. we'll hear from some of those who have decided to sit out the storm in a moment, but first our north america correspondent chris buckler sent this report from wilmington, north carolina. for days people have been preparing, and now the first of the strong wind and rain has really arrived. in 12 hours‘ time this weather is expected to deteriorate rapidly, causing real problems here. storm surge pushing water inland and this time tomorrow the eye of the storm is expected to be over the carol

>> suggesting for a long time that we visit his wonderful time. >> salisbury a wonderful town? >> yes. a urist town. >> there is the famous salisbury cathedral, famous not only in e europe, but ole world. it is famous for its 123-meter spire, famous for its clock, the one of the first ever created in the world that is still working. gordon: salisbury's cathedral certainly is a tourist attraction, drawing visitors from all over the world. lebut just how plauss the story of these two russians set out against the evidence laid out by the police last week? there is the question of the motive for their trip, flyinto moscow on friday, march 2, all to see salisbury. and their movements -- the two russians gave up sightseeing in salisbury saturday, because, they say, there was too much slush. they returned on sunday. cctv captures them arriving at the station at 11: 48. rather than heading to the tourist sites they said they wanted to see, they were spotted close to survey sipal's -- sergei skripal's house. the images captured on thise. cv pict police believe it was around this time th

salisbury? a wonderful town? yes. preparing for a no—deal brexit — the cabinet meets to discuss contingencies in the event of no agreement between britain and the eu. an exclusive report on england's child carers. new research says more than one in five children is involved in some care for sick or disabled relatives. also coming up — preparing for the worst on the east coast of america.

salisbury, having been through the incident in march, then the subsequent incident after that, anything where people are taken ill in mysterious circumstances, that will be taken very, very seriously but we are keen to stress that as yet there is no direct correlation made by emergency services, but we do know that they have responded in numbers are now taking it seriously. simon, thanks very much. with just over six months to go till brexit, the british prime minister has defended her plan, adding that she gets a ‘little bit irritated' when people question how long she'll last in herjob. in an exclusive interview with nick robinson for the bbc‘s panorama programme, theresa may said the debate should be about the country's future, rather than her own. chris mason reports. to emerge from this period of change stronger... the path towards brexit has involved plenty of speeches and plenty of characters. some still in government and some not. and plenty of negotiation, too. here at home and in brussels. after a week in which some of her mps met in public to plan how to derail her bluepr

they played dice with the lives of the people of salisbury. they work ina the people of salisbury. they work in a parallel universe where the normal rules of international affairs are inverted. what can you do besides drive fast? have fun. burt reynolds, star of smokey and the bandit, deliverance and boogie nights dies at the age of 82. he certainly did have fun in a career that spanned six decades. also coming up: an inquest has found that neglect and gross failure of care contributed to the death of a toddler at royal manchester children's hospital in 2016 kayden bancroft, who was 20 months old, needed an emergency operation to repair his hernia, but after waiting for four days, he suffered a cardiac arrest campaigners welcome the ruling from india's supreme court that gay sex is no longer a criminal offence and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers the former director of communications for the conservative party, giles kenningham and polly mackenzie, director of the centre—left think tank, demos. stay with us for that. good evening and

salisbury? a wonderful town? yes. but the british government says it's just another case of russian lies and obfuscation. we'll have the latest reaction. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... preparing for a no—deal brexit — the cabinet meets to discuss contingencies in the event of no agreement between britain and the eu. a romanian tourist describes how he almostjumped in the thames after last year's westminster bridge attack in his frantic search for his girlfriend. an exclusive report on england's child carers — new research says more than 1 in 5 children is involved in some care for sick or disabled relatives. you're not really that normal kidney more, you'rejust that you're not really that normal kidney more, you're just that young carer. cut my body in half, half of it would feel like an adult, half of it would feel like an adult, half of it would feel like an adult, half of it would feel like a child. and —— life—threatening waves and rainfall —— as hurricane florence bears down on the eas

staying with the salisbury poisoning, and the real name of one of the men accused of the salisbury nerve agent poisoning has been revealed. an investigation by the bellingcat group — parts of which have been shared with the bbc — claims that the man who called himself ruslan boshirov and said he was a tourist is in fact a colonel in russian military intelligence. british officials say they will not comment on the investigation but the bbc understands there is no dispute about the identification. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has more. ruslan boshirov — that's who this man said he was when he came to the uk in march of this year claiming to be a tourist. but this is who he's believed to really be. this is a 2003 picture of anatoliy chepiga, a colonel in russian military intelligence. that picture of anatoliy chepiga is from a 2003 passport file. it was obtained, along with other material, by the investigative group bellingcat. british officials say they won't comment on an ongoing investigation, although the bbc understands there is no dispute about this identification. s

arrest warrants it's issued for two russians accused of carrying out the novichok nerve agent attack in salisbury in march. also in the next hour — legalising gay sex in india. campaigners welcome the ruling from india's supreme court that gay sex is no longer a criminal offence. and the world's largest working offshore wind farm — covering an area equal to 20,000 football pitches — opens off the coast of cumbria. good morning. it is thursday 6th of september. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the energy regulator has announced a cap on the annual cost of gas and electricity for millions of households in an effort to ensure a fairer deal for customers. under 0fgem's proposals, suppliers could charge no more than £1,136 a year — that's for a typical dual fuel customer who pays their bills by direct debit. it's aimed at helping around 11 million households in england, scotland and wales who are on the default tariff with their supplier. the regulator says that these customers should save an average of £75 a year, but those on the most expensive tariff would save more than

an investigative website reveals that one of the suspects of the salisbury nerve agent poisoning was not a tourist, but a colonel in russian military intelligence. in a speech to the united nations, theresa may chastises russia over the salisbury poisoning incident. the prime minister urges countries to work together for common goals and guard against authoritarianism at the united nations, president trump accuses china of attempting to meddle in the forthcoming mid—term us elections, and says iran and not getting on at all with canada on trade negotiations. in the last few minutes... president trump also said he could change his mind about brett kava naugh and withdraw his nomination for the supreme court based on upcoming testimony about alleged sexual misconduct. they're giving the women a major chance to speak stopping now, it's possible i'll hear that and i'll say," hey, i'm possible i'll hear that and i'll say," hey, i'm changing possible i'll hear that and i'll say," hey, i'm changing my mind. " the inquest into the death of a 15—year—old who collapsed on a plane after a

they said that they were in salisbury in march of this year on tourism. they wanted to see the 123—metre spire of salisbury cathedral and some other sites in the town. they have always denied that they were intelligence officers, but now, i expect there will be more digging around some of these identities, as the evidence at least seems to point increasingly to them being russian intelligence officers. thanks to gordon. next, to new york. more sharp rhetoric from donald trump on iran. he says any country or business which fails to comply with us sanctions on iran will face severe consequences. the president was in the security council. he was chairing today for the first time. he used that chance to push the iran message further. the iranian regime exports violence, terror and turmoil. it illicitly procures sensitive items to advance its ballistic missile programme and proliferates these missiles all across the middle east. the regime is the world's leading sponsor of terror and fuels conflict across the region and far beyond. no surprise, other countri

bring us up to date, tell us firstly what happened to night in salisbury. as you just outlined, when you hear the words, the alarm bells will be ringing in salisbury if anyone is going to be taken ill in the city centre. in the restaurant and the surrounding area, it was cordoned off at around 6115 uk time. there we re off at around 6115 uk time. there were specialist teams drafted in. that is when the ambulance service was called and tensions are understandably high because of the recent novichok poisoning that you mentioned. the geography of this, the italian restaurant is just a short walk from queen elizabeth gardens which was closed off because of one of those incidents. you can see why this was just a hugely tense moment in salisbury tonight. everybody will be thinking if it is linked. you have an update on what is happening? they admit this was extremely and extreme precautionary measures they took in response. there were fears that this was some sort of unknown substance. they have been taken to salisbury lake district hospital and the police say th

it isa attack on the streets of salisbury. it is a week since british police have released these pictures and named their suspects as russian intelligence agents be a week that russia has spent denying any of this is evidence of. now, vladimir putin has addressed the planes directly, with a half smile, he used the stage at this economic forum to announce that the suspects were not agents, but civilians. translation: we know who they are. we found them. i hope they will appear and explain everything. this will be best for everyone. there is nothing special here, nothing criminal, iassure you. the salisbury police and targeted sergei skripal, a former russian spy who could trade his company, country, but his daughter was poisoned too as well as a policeman. dawn stu rgess was poisoned too as well as a policeman. dawn sturgess was poisoned and died weeks later, her husband had found a bottle of novichok. the media here have excised this, even claiming that the cctv footage was fake. so it is not clear who might come forward now,

they play dice with the lives of the people of salisbury. they work in a parallel universe, where the normal rules of international affairs are in burton. that prompted a furious response from the russian ambassador, rejecting the british accusations as unfounded lies. —— inverted. rejecting the british accusations as unfounded lies. -- inverted. london needs the story for just unfounded lies. -- inverted. london needs the story forjust one purpose, to unleash a disgusting anti russian hysteria. that the us, france, germany and canada all agreed that the russian government will most certainly approve the poisoning of x by sergei skripal and his daughter. today, our british friends and colleagues are providing us friends and colleagues are providing us with a masterclass in how to stop the spread of chemical weapons. -- of former spy. last night, the uk's gchq said the threat from russia is reckless, real and active. jeremy fleming said the novichok attack was evidence of the kremlin's brazen determination to undermine international rules

there can be no place for such incidents as salisbury again. we need to shine a light on the use of state agencies to undermine the rule of law and interfere in the domestic lives of other countries citizens. and we need to make best use of our established methods, including sanctions, in curbing threats to our societies and our ways of life. as theresa may emphasised yesterday, the uk has no quarrel with the russian people. we continue to hold out hope that we will, once again, enjoyed a strong partnership with the government of this great nation. we have fought alongside russian troops in the second world war. but we will respond robust sleep when our security is threatened, when the lives of our citizens are endangered, and when the norms and rules of international law, and the international system, are flouted in such a brazen and reckless manner. we stand with our partners and allies. we are determined to continue to disrupt together the hostile activities of foreign intelligence networks on our territories. we will uphold the prohibition

they played dice with the lives of the people of salisbury, they work ina the people of salisbury, they work in a parallel you and the where the normal rules of international affairs are inverted. america's trade wars are concerning the farmers of montana. but it's still a state where support for the president runs deep and tonight he'll be there defending his record in office. going, going, gone. the protestor who was shouted down on capitol hill by the congressman, who knows how to auction. get in touch with us using the hashtag. hello and welcome, i'm katty kay in washington, and christian fraser is in london. spare a thought for anyone who had to turn up to work at the white house this morning, it must have been a very uncomfortable day. the president is determined to find out who wrote the anonymous oped that slams his administration from the inside. on twitter, mr trump suggested the action might amount to treason. his spokesperson called the anonymous source gutless, the article pathetic. but the real question in washington, is who did it? and what impact will it have on the trum

salisbury, a wonderful town? translation: yes. there is the famous salisbury cathedral, famous not only in europe but in the whole world. it‘s famous for its 123 metre spire, its clock, one of the first ever created in the world that is still working. just two russian guys on a quick trip to see this spire. the interview on the network rt. downing street did not take much time. it said... let‘s have a look at the movements of these two men according to british investigators. they flew in to gatwick airport on friday, march 2nd and stayed here in east london, staying in this hotel. on saturday, they went to salisbury, intending they say to see the cathedral — but they never made it. this is a quote from the interview. they did not the weather. they say there was "muddy slush everywhere". just for comparison‘s sake, we got bbc weather to do this for us. the average march weather temperature in moscow is minus 5.1 degrees. in salisbury, it‘s on average ten degrees warmer. you might think they could handle

salisbury, wonderful town? visit this wonderful town. salisbury, wonderfultown? yes. a tourist town. downing street described the interview as lies, blatant fabrications and an insult to the public intelligence. the bbc has spoken to the journalist who carried out the interview. has spoken to the journalist who carried out the interviewlj has spoken to the journalist who carried out the interview. i don't have any reasons to believe them, i don't know them, they are not my friends, but i have normal reasons to believe the conservatives who had been lying previously. some see the interview after putin suggested the men should speak publicly as provocative. whether there are will ever be challenged in a british court seems unlikely. the church of england has said it will keep its shares in the online retailer, amazon, a day after the archbishop of canterbury said the firm was "leeching off the taxpayer". the church times has revealed amazon was among the 20 biggest global investments by the church last year. a statement from the cofe said it considered the most effectiv