Russia said its keeping a close eye on the fleet and the kremlin hit out a trumps handling of the situation. We do not participate in twitter diplomacy we support a serious approach we still believe that it is important not to take any steps that may harm the already fragile situation in syria we are also still convinced that the excuse regarding the use of chemical weapons in duma is made up and cannot be used as an argument for Military Action Russia has moved fast to establish itself in duma this Amateur Video purportedly shows Russian Police investigating near the site of the alleged Chemical Attack Moscow says it and the regime are ready to allow a probe but only one which shouldnt assign blame. Our correspondents Claire Richardson standing by In Washington and in moscow our bureau chief good morning to both of
you. If we could start with you russia is saying the alleged Chemical Attack is a fake and cannot be used as a reason for any kind of attack and if also all that. Well russ
the regime and the russians to go but it cannot deny any blame on any party and that s what the united states and others wanted that it should be able to see not only was chemical attack inducted but by whom that is of course the key question now we re hearing reports that rebels are leaving the area if they are ready are they going and when if in group of fourth as you indicate it is likely to is there s going to be a game changer for syria. well in it he absolutely is a game changer to come to the second part of your question first because if it is as russians see a completely under regime control and it s quite believable then barring a pocket and hum are one in daraa and live and durable those which are on serious turkey border with turkey what s on the ground the regime pretty much has all of syria s standard g. in its hold excluding the kurdish areas but then there are g.m. has a very different understanding with the kurds so this of course is
see a clear attempt by the russians to downplay the situation as much as possible by the way even russian state run broadcasters since yesterday reduced the antti western rhetoric significantly ok and this new information that we have russian personnel on the ground in duma certainly is a new and important factor right now a close go to you know the white house spokeswoman sara huckabee sanders is saying there s no tying table right now for action in syria is the white house backing off of its previous comments. well her comments are quite troubling given that trumps earlier tweets promising military strikes on syria and the fact that the white house is now saying that all options remain on the table suggests that trump was on twitter promising military action before anything had actually been decided now it s unclear not only what his long term plan is for syria but even in the short term what he really sees as a solution in the region if you remember it was just earlier this month th
your tip for the winner of the champions league well four teams going to be in the droll on friday. and then of course buy in and around madrid my heart says liverpool because liverpool got a lot of history with this competition they ve won it in the past against the odds but i think you have to favor ray out probably given that they ve won it twice in the last two seasons going for a third in a row so the head phase but the hot ses live up with jonathan king from us both the frank you very much. you re watching the dog news here s a recap of our top story german chancellor angela merkel has said germany will not join any possible military action against syria in response to an alleged poison attack international tensions have soared as russia and the west feud over how to respond to this expected poison attack. on the canal but by. cooler.
russia said it s keeping a close eye on the fleet and the kremlin hit out a trump s handling of the situation. we do not participate in twitter diplomacy we support a serious approach we still believe that it is important not to take any steps that may harm the already fragile situation in syria we are also still convinced that the excuse regarding the use of chemical weapons in duma is made up and cannot be used as an argument for military action russia has moved fast to establish itself in duma this amateur video purportedly shows russian police investigating near the site of the alleged chemical attack moscow says it and the regime are ready to allow a probe but only one which shouldn t assign blame. our correspondents claire richardson standing by in washington and in moscow our bureau chief good morning to both of