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Russia is not the country to be spoken to in the language of ultimatums I think it's high time the United Kingdom learned that focus will now to help the prime minister will respond an apple bomb is a professor at the London School of Economics It's about understanding where we do have power and where we do have influence look Russians keep their money their wives their children their property in this country and in Western Europe ending that practice ending the use that the money laundering that Russia does through here in forcing our own laws all of that could make an enormous difference to feelings about this country a Russian exile who had been given political asylum in Britain has been found dead at his home in south west London 68 year old Nicholai a close call for was a vocal critic of President Putin police say they're treating his death as unexplained. Donald Trump says he sacked his secretary of state's Rex Tillerson because they disagreed on too many things the formal oil executive has had a series of public disagreements with the president since he was appointed last j. Chris Caines is a Democrats who sits on the u.s. Senate Foreign Relations Committee it's a real challenge to be a secretary of state where your president publicly cuts you out of major decisions hands to his son in law rather than his chief diplomat critical initiatives around the world or where the values put forward in the president's budget dramatically undermine the ability of the secretary to lead a successful diplomatic effort. 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Only here but f.m. Across the u.k. On digital and online around the world this is b.b.c. 5 live with Cal McDonald and we're staying up all night. And. Can you imagine 2 reason me firing Boris Johnson by tweeting me neither for any number of reasons to be honest well expectation and imagination were once again exceeded and indeed blown by the president of the United States who was fired as secretary of state by tweeting it's about personal chemistry said the president is of course no secret that President Trump and Rex Tillerson fruition shit was on the rocks but why the messy breakup no will for. Indite Meanwhile the president has been viewing prototypes for his border war with Mexico and a special election in Pennsylvania is catching the eye of America and us we'll check in on what's happening there in the next few minutes plus before to what's making the front pages in the u.k. And headlines from Germany. Good morning welcome to the program thanks very much for your company and we're going to start with the latest on the spy a story I'm sure when you've been following Russia has not responded to Britain's demand for an explanation as to how a nerve toxin was used to poison a former Russian double agent his daughter and the police officer in Solsbury the prime minister to resign may had given the Kremlin until the end of Tuesday to explain how Novacek a nerve agent developed by the Soviet military had been used on British soil however an embassy spokesman told the Reuters news agency that Russia will not respond to London's ultimatum until it receives samples of the chemical substance the embassy denied any involvement in the incident well yesterday u.s. President Donald Trump said he supported treason is tough stance sounds to me like they believe it right here and I would certainly take that finding is that as soon as we get the facts great if we agree with them we will condemn Russia wherever it may be Alexander sure is Russia's permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and he's been speaking to the B.B.C.'s Anna Holligan in The Hague on Tuesday she asked him if Russia would answer Britain's questions you know or speak on to Russia it would be better to give up on all kind of odd to me terms it is not the way to speak to Russian was that Russian state responsible for this attack insoles Bray Well just talk to reiterate to the Russian Federation has nothing to do with this let me assure you that there has never been. Any kind of this military chemical program with such a name in the b. Joke. In the Russian Federation years. In the past Russia detained huge and chemical arsenal Russia declare that these arsenal they were perceived w. Last year we who Theall don't our big Asians but we got them the destruction of chemical weapons and we did it here the deadline would rush Russia be willing to give access to the w inspectors what kind of expect us you know all that there are no chemical weapons whatsoever whatsoever in the Russian to duration because the whole program. Was a completed last year like I told you and it is already certified by the. Opus a w what kind of expect us. Are we speaking of to inspect the world or. There are no more chemical weapons left in the Russian Federation you told already certified. If Russia does not meet the deadline set by Theresa May and the u.k. Were to respond with sanctions against Russian diplomats business people in the u.k. . Pact with that have. You know it will be unfortunate. Regrip recruitable. Pretty sure the. Option on sanctions is they didn't path they didn't worry. And. Neither side. Can gain from the sanctions on North West Russia to find those responsible for this when needed to talk when needed to be serious when you've had to be given thought to the whole problem will be able to go to or at the risk of the well that the b.b.c. Is on hold in speaking to Alexander sure just a couple of the morning's front pages as well on this the Times is leading on the story and the headline is don't try to intimidate us Russia warns Brisson. The 1st paragraph reads Russia warned Britain not to issue threats and as they say groundless ultimatums as it defied a demand to account by midnight for the use of the nerve agent in the Daily Mail's front pages Putin raises the stakes Russia last May issued a chilling warning to Britain not to threaten a nuclear power have a less speak to Alina poli ical for who is the David m. Rubenstein fellow at Brookings a foreign policy think tank in Washington Hello Alina Oh hi thank you for joining us are you surprised that Russia didn't respond to to reason these to make some I'm not surprised at all this follows a pattern that the Russian Federation has a stablished that whenever there's a disaster whenever there is an action that they are clearly involved then they just basically did I The involvement and asked for more evidence and proof over and over again and at the same time the Russian state media narrative frames everything as another example of Western resort phobia which of course is not true so how does this play out from here then what should the reason may be doing in the coming hours. Well a frankly I was quite pleased to see the prime minister take a strong stance I was also happy to hear our president President Trump say that he will stand by with our allies in the u.k. Whatever decision the British government reaches. You know what's clear is that there has been a long pattern of these kinds of activities meaning political assassinations interference in the domestic affairs of other countries there acted by the Kremlin this is exactly what the 10 year British government study found in regards the last time this happened 2006 with the polonium poisoning of the 20 Emco this incident now follows a very similar pattern it is a different type of nerve agent a much more dangerous one that we know has been produced in the Soviet did still exist of the Russian Federation in the early ninety's and they need to be I think quite severe consequences I think sions are of course the most direct obvious options I think there are other things that the British government could do. From an intelligence community perspective to really make it make it obvious that this is not acceptable you mentioned they're taking having a robust response to one treat another little bit of so forth because you know the Russian embassy today a warning that any threat to take punitive measures against Russia will meet with a response the British side should be aware of that as a side one of our newspapers daily mail saying that Russia has issued a chilling warning do you read that it's chilling I should Britain respond to that sort of threat. Look Russia and the Kremlin Mr Putin specifically really only understand positions of strength they understand strong response they do not respect weakness and frankly currently the West is in the weak position because of the Russia not because we have some sort of asymmetry Russia in the military front or other areas of course not economically I think it's clear that Russia is far far behind Western countries especially the u.k. But the reality is that Russia likes to use this kind of bellicose rhetoric that's quite an acceptable nuclear fartleks to mine people their nuclear superpower as a way to intimidate countries from taking real actions and I think now is not the time for the u.k. Or for any Western country to be intimidated looking in from the outside to I mean . Perhaps will speak for many people when I see is concerning isn't it when when tensions rise like this over an instance like this and it's not quite clear what sort of action either side me to take next. No I've course you're right I mean is it is. You know we are at this point in West Russia relations that's probably the lowest point we've been in and since the end of the Cold War But frankly a lot of the reason for this has to do with Russian actions I don't think I need to go through the litany of those since Britain took over in the year 2000 but clearly I think we need to change the narrative here the narrative now has been is that we wait for the Russians to do something egregious to interfere in our elections. Poison and release a nerve agent on the western countries soil and then we decided to respond but frankly it's time to switch that narrative and take maybe take the offensive and I don't think the Russian threats are real I think they're bluffing Alina thank you very much indeed thank you for joining us Alina political vote from Brookings the foreign policy think tank and of course we expect to resume the response to Russia as well lack of response to her ultimatum at least from today to New York here coverage of that on 5 life of course and right 116 in a poll night and President Trump has sex his top diplomat Rex Tillerson and then to go on Twitter the CIA director Mike Pompeo will become the new secretary of state's Tillerson has become the 26th person to leave the current administration Morgan Show front has been covering the story for The Hill website Morgan Hi How are you yeah very well thank you thanks for joining us right well 1st of all let's talk about the nature of this dismissal when stunned Rex Tillerson himself and on Twitter. Is the Twitter presidency isn't an action yet again. Yeah it seems like this came very abruptly and of course Tillerson recently been traveling abroad so I imagine it came as quite a surprise to many in the State Department obviously saw his undersecretary there I came out and said the teller Senate then. Expecting to stay on and he came out probably for him and he of course was removed as well so seems like the president really just made his decision and as he said today by himself and was pretty quick to announce it of course the Washington Post did report before Trump announced the decision on Twitter by a day he certainly one publicly very quickly yes there's been a general void present there that the president and Rex Tillerson haven't particular been getting old is this just the boiling point reaching boiling point. That's what it seems yes there's been rumors for months that Rex Tillerson was going to leave Of course he's gotten a lot of criticism in Washington you know from within the State Department and also lawmakers for the redesign and he's overseen the State Department but there have been a flurry of reports him kind of clashing with the president and officials at the White House whether that's over appointments of the State Department or foreign policy decisions on North Korea Iran Paris climate deal so I think that his days have been numbered for a while but I think that some people had expected you know him to leave or or be removed at the beginning of this years this came as a little bit more of a surprise ending that it's you know a couple months and. You have some commentators were referring to Rex Tillerson statement on Russia following prime minister treason these comments in the last couple of days on Russian involvement of course Rex Tillerson said we have full confidence in the u. Case investigation and its assessment Russia was likely responsible for the attack the nerve agent attack that took place and sold and as I say some commentators been pointing to that and wondering if that was the tipping point if president trumps all that is as a step too far. I'm not sure don't think there's really any evidence right now is pretty unclear but I think that what Trump did say today that I think is important is that he excited the Iran nuclear deal is a big disagreement or point of disagreement between him and his chief diplomat and I think that kind of sends a signal that that was really one of the big catalysts and of course Mike Pompei Oh he's who Trump has chosen to replace Tillerson has fallen more in line with Trump in terms of criticizing not agreement so I think that that was definitely a big catalyst whether or not the Russian by this situation was was also a contributing factor I don't think that's really clear at this point yeah. I've got a statement here as well from Freedom House which has commented on the on the appointment of Mike Pompeo and the they're concerned basically they say we're concerned by the nomination of a person who previously oversaw a secret overseas prisons were torture to police and hence interrogation techniques yet they're expressing concern as is their general concern about Mike Pompeo taking over do you think. There are concerns of from I've seen a lot of statements critical of his nomination from groups and individuals that have advocated for their on nuclear deal people that see him some people that see him as a more hawkish force on foreign policy they don't necessarily like that have come out criticizing him and of course. Trumps the person that Trump has now decided will leave the CIA have actually both been kind of scrutinized for past statements or involvement in controversial torture. Or controversial interrogation program's compare was got got a lot of scrutiny from that during his confirmation process but of course he was confirmed whether or not you know there's going to be uproar given that now he's in a position to be the chief diplomat I'm not sure it's it's clear whether or not that's going to kind of hold him up in hurdles for the Senate and when they consider his nomination Morgan thank you very much for joining us Morgan show form from the Hill giving us the details there on Rex Tillerson departure from the white types it's 121 at least one parent Mr where there may be regarded as a misfortune to lose both looks like carelessness so seize the imperiously to Bracknell an Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest that maxim doesn't seem to hold true for the Trump White House and did one of my friends commented he's thankful his boss doesn't use Twitter earlier on today Secretary to listen was dismissed by a tweet and Tillerson spokesman. The State Department Horst a short time later the president's personal assistant John McKenzie fired yesterday a total of $26.00 people have been shaken out of $1600.00 Pennsylvania Avenue since Mr Trump to cut the reins Well Matt McCovey yet is a Republican communications expert who leads the Potomac Strategy Group that's a political and corporate communications consulting firm another I asked him if having 5 top administration officials are the resign or be fired in the last 2 weeks was a sign of a White House and chaos No I mean this is unlike anything we've ever seen with the possible exception of the Nixon era. You know in the late sixty's particular the early seventy's during the Watergate timeframe you just haven't seen that kind of turnover and turbulence Sandton and tumbled in Wanted ministration that you see in the 1st 14 months of the trial ministration and. And look you know in some cases it's Trump firing people in other cases it's people 'd just kind of burning out these jobs at high levels are very challenging the other 1618 hour days they never stop sugar tremendous stress and pressure so for some they just they did their duty they served for as long as they could i thought it was time to go to go move on but but you know there's no question if you look at the rank of the people who have left the administration whether it's chief of staff whether it's press secretary what it's treat patients director what it's Cabinet secretaries you know it's the turnover rate is around 40 percent now which is just a shockingly high number 1415 months into a new administration in America. It's interesting that you started and. The only comparison you could make was to the Nixon administration surely that's worrying for Republicans and Republican supporters Yeah because actually Nixon's administration you know he was reelected in his 1st term as was was not you know turbulent it was that that Watergate period where you had a special counsel where you had you know the massacre that occurred within the Justice Department when the attorney general's fired there are some parallels there are also some differences too. So look you know obviously the rusher inquiry is taking a toll on the White House it's taken on President personally it's undoubtedly taken a toll on Jerry cushion or the son in law. Really affecting the president signed off from junior whose it was in some some jeopardy and of course you know one how tos involve the White House counsel's office the communications team the attorney general the deputy attorney general so this anger over that this administration there's real uncertainty about how it will resolve itself when it will resolve itself and who else could be implicated I'm interested that you're a communications expert. A strategist a political strategist as well mean what would be your advice if you were advising the White House right now was that was the way to play this the secretary of state being fired as a that's a big position a big person to lose. It is I mean this particular decision is not shocking if you've been paying attention or really since last fall they just have fundamental disagreements on major issues here India North Korea certainly moving the mc and Israel to Jerusalem the Paris time of the corps meeting down the list there's a long list of issues with Secretary of State is fundamentally just because of the president so while the decision in the announcement feels sudden and certainly the way that he announced it is really pretty ridiculous and reprehensible the decision is not shocking I think that in this case the president knows that he has he has pretty significant decisions facing him as it relates to the Iran deal and as relates to North Korea and if he has a secretary of state who is you know kind of the top person implementing his vision on those things and they have a fundamental disagreement he just felt like now is a good time to make that change but the device right after this White House that I just think it's critical that they stabilize as soon as they can and there I think there's actually going to be more personnel changes in the next few days you could see the National Security Adviser change you could see one of the want to dismantle cabinet secretary perhaps change but look they need to stabilize they need to get their team together you know the midterm elections 6 months from now you obviously have the rush inquiry which because of continues to pose a real threat to their legislative agenda which is really not going anywhere right now up on Capitol Hill on immigration on infrastructure on trade so they have a lot they want to do and look if they lose control of the United States House then his legislative agenda is really going to be dead starting in January so there's a sense that there's limited time here for them to continue to achieve what they want to achieve what he ran on and time at the time is ticking sure another strategic question of a May just to finish on is the special election of course happening in Pennsylvania and it is quite the de to fire a high profile administration official will this impact the election in any way do you think I don't think the Tillerson firing affects the special election I don't think someone was. You know voting one direction or the other and it's changed their mind or wasn't going to vote and now is. But I do think the other the other factors do matter the tariff announcement related steel and aluminum the direction of the economy you know look I think to the extent of the transition today makes voters feel like this is a chaotic White House and one that they don't have confidence in that could affect people but I don't I doubt that someone is sitting out there thinking everything is going great and then all of a sudden today they decide that the White House has to take a otic to stomach I mean if you've been paying any attention at all there have been a lot of chaotic moments over the 1st 14 or 15 months while today is is in some ways the most chaotic moment because Secretary of State has such a high ranking position with such huge global significance again this has been a pretty rocky rocky 1st 15 months with soap but so shocking to me about this whole thing is how you know normally a president doesn't like having his White House be called chaotic and they they really you know they reject the label and they try to prove it's not true and they have all kinds of people go out on television and talk about things are great that's not really the case with this president he doesn't mind chaos he actually kind of revels in it he enjoys it he likes having people that argue and that fight around him but I think at some point he just wants people that agree with his vision and there's agenda and that's part of why you're cone left after the tariff announcement and that's part of why tell us the last 2 because of the disagreements over Iran and North Korea that's much McCovey back to Republican communications expert strategist Ok let's go and find out about the special congressional election in the u.s. They don't usually make the news here of course but this one has been taking place in Pennsylvania as 18th congressional district and it's a little bit different it's a Republican heartland where the Democrats have often not even fielded candidates in the past but this time there's a chance that they may come close to winning so let's check in with Ella Milsom who's covering the story for the Vox news websites Hello Ela. Hi How are you how yes very well thank you pull schools a little while ago so can you bring us up to date on where we're at with the count so far yeah absolutely well so it's it's a pretty tight race right now we have a little over half of the precincts reporting about an hour and a half after polls close and right now the Democratic candidate Connor lamb is is ahead. He has about 53 percent of the vote as opposed to Rick to come in there public and with about 47 percent of the vote but it's tough to tell who is going to win tonight there's still a lot of votes that need to be counted sure and then give us the context on this district and why it is so interesting. Yeah absolutely or as you said earlier this is a district that Democrats didn't even think that they were going to be competitive in even just a few months ago this is a district that was held for over 15 years by a Congressman Tim Murphy a Republican Murphy had to resign suddenly last year after it was discovered that he had pressure a woman he was having an extramarital affair with to have an abortion and this special election obviously determined who is going to replace him for the rest of his term which goes until November and so Connor lamb and Rick the coner are running together. Connor lamb it kind of came in as this fresh face 1st time candidate and he's he's really been doing much much better than expected in a district that is pretty deeply Republican there is an intriguing to the mix as well in this district I believe will actually exist by the end of the year because of redistricting. Right absolutely yeah the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently ruled the state's old congressional districts as a partisan gerrymander and overturn them and a partisan gerrymander is is when it's found that one party has drawn congressional districts 2 to favor their own party or the other party for the sickly what it happened was Republicans in Pennsylvania had drawn districts to their advantage as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw that out and drew new districts so come the election in the fall there will be a completely new district and and honestly this district that they're currently running in is is probably going to be more favorable to Democrats and talks with the nail about how do this will be written up depending on which we goals for example if the if that Calderon the Democrat wins what will be the headlines and similarly the Republican wins will be the headlines. All right so our headline our working headline for you on our am when you know is this it would be a stunning upset something that the Democrats haven't been in decades and certainly in an area that I would say really matters a lot to President Trump That's one of these areas kind of an economic populist area. A lot of coal mining jobs a lot of you know working jobs in this is at the very core of Trump's economic agenda and one of the things that got him elected this is a district that went huge for him back in 2016 and a lot of people are going to be talking about this as a referendum kind of on his presidency. And of Rick's a comb when I mean the headline is is I think going to be the Republicans manage to hold onto the seat amid a very tight race but it's worth reminding people that they spent I think almost $10000000.00 trying to do so so they dumped a huge amount of resources into this campaign for a raise that they're going to have to run again in November the amount of money involved in u.s. Political campaigns continually baffle me. Is so much yes and on incredible absolutely remarkable thank you very much for the update Ella thank you we'll keep an eye on the results of that special election and indeed any of the headlines that me emerge as a result of the decision to come either way throughout the night here on a poll night it's $132.00 and it is a long line smartphones and tablets this is b.b.c. 5 Live and with the b.b.c. News on 5 Live used to Hornby Moscow House failed to meet a deadline set by to reason made to explain why a Russian nerve agent was used to poison a former spy and his daughter in Seoul sprit the Kremlin has denied all involvement in the attack and says any sanctions imposed by Britain will be met by a response President passed sacked his secretary of state on the placed him with the head of the CIA writes to listen had had several public disagreements with Mr Trump and found out he'd been dismissed on Twitter. U.s. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the teenager accused of last month's school shooting in Florida Nicholas crease he's 19 has admitted carrying out the attack and is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and the Treasury has launched a consultation into the mix of coins and secularisation leading to suggestions one anti pence coins could be scraps is those around 6 and in 10 of the coins are only used once before they're put into a savings China let's go live to Hamilton where England's cricketers a taking on a New Zealand 11 in there want their day night told match Simon Mann has the latest It's a 2 day game a week to go to the 1st test and the New Zealand 11 are in the field there already 5 for 2 working for Anderson broader she would open up the bowling with Anderson but brought with his 1st ball of the top in this over the a short when I saw the off stump and using the test statement Revelle nicked it through to the keeper folks standing in for Best So in this 1st session Tom lay them the other using intestate he's playing as well he's dollars Well to understand lovely ball across him which he nicked to folks and let them fight for nought so we get to the Old Firm Anderson brought in the New Zealand 11 are 5 for 2 more in the 8th over the afternoon now with the rest of the sport his necke ham and has been a nightmare that Champions League night at Old Trafford for Manchester United tenure in a friendly I was childish I have to Cairo I shouted was trying to the bow to the trade and had it all talked about that was Ok because we were trying to change a goal was our He's got another one I've got a shack in the world was going to Nigeria right as a child changing Amatus United out of the Champions League big in the last 16 of the competition they fell to a 2 on defeat at home to severe after a goalless 1st leg a brace from substitute for somebody yet or did the damage to us despite Romelu Lukaku pulling a goal back you know. His approach to that game has been criticised for not being at sacking enough the manager Joe simmering Young says he's had no problem with the way they played I don't have regrets I did my best the players they did the best we tried we lost and that's what all I was a good performance was about. Tension and the way we started was was really good and was really positive the 1st of all we've always change the direction of the game sometimes I look at the challenges other times other managers are look river changes memory knows decision to work as a World Cup pundit for the Kremlin back television channel r.t. Has been strongly criticised by an mpeg a after the solved attack the Member for Ronda Chris Bryant claims it's blood money paid directly from the Russian state coffers the Manchester United manager has repeatedly refused to answer any questions about the role elsewhere in the Champions League tonight rumors one will win at home to shocked at the nest season through on away goals in the Championship Cardiff City kept pace with leaders walls but crucially now have a 7 point lead over 3rd place Aston Villa Cardiff 31 come from behind win it Branford means there remain 3 adrift of the leaders to great feeling proud of you know a lot going on there tonight look the printer at the start we had in the way they were playing but boy did we stick in knowing in the show the character that we've got and then the football came through I thought we'd start pushing it around and I just thought it was a really good team to almost as well Aberdeen are through to the semifinals of the Scottish Cup Maybe you come on and on penalties in that quarter final replay can find all of tonight's results on the b.b.c. 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At 137 this is Khalil MacDonald the whole night how are you doing Thank you very much for your company we're going to find out what's on the what's been covered rather in the Daily Express earlier I spoke to Michael Booker from the paper and he started by explaining how they're covering the spring statement Well we all had street parties to come over and yesterday sure you were one of them as well will live on long in the memory the spring statement which was banned see thanks to the Tigger ish Chancellor Philip Hammond as he said he's no longer a or he was raising hopes of a brighter future ahead with tax cuts extra cash for public services and this is all thanks to a rising budget windfall from what he thinks is accelerating economy says there's light at the end of the tunnel there's better than expected growth and he expects more than 15000000000 pounds worth of headroom as he called it for the Treasury by 2020 to 2021 saying he's going to put some cash particularly into the n.h.s. But he's also going to try and keep taxes low so the could be some more tax cuts on the way for us he said Britain's making solid progress towards building an economy that works for every. On and he's promising to build a country we can all be proud to pass on to our children and we were we weren't told to expect too much in the speech now he went on a little bit longer than the 15 minutes we were promised it was 26 minutes no frills particularly but he seems to have cheered up some Tory M.P.'s who particularly towards the 2022 election want something to go and fight labor with i.e. The idea that the bill be a bit more public spending and sickly on the n.h.s. But there was some gloom coming from the Labor shadow chancellor he hit back he says there's nothing to be happy about he says Mr Hammond was guilty of astounding complacency saying we face in every public service a crisis on a scale we've never seen before so as you can imagine cool response to it but Philip Hammond hopes the people will be a bit happier Yeah and remind us where this leaves us in terms of the Chancellor's big set piece of vents now because that's the sort of queues the start of a bit of a change doesn't it when he's Yeah well we used to have the year that we had the autumn statement as well as the main budget now the main budget is now being moved into the autumn this this is more of an economic forecast a bit driven a bit drier this doesn't have huge statement as to what was going on with tax or anything such as that all the decisions are going to be left until the autumn budget from now on so it was a it was a briefing and there was plenty of dry as dust statistics tried out foot amongst it it did try and put a bit of cheer into it as well Salut were of course keeping a close eye on developments regarding Russia after the poisoning of our former spy in Seoul's Pretty of late and no news of a Russian exile who's been found dead and what he tells with us here well this seems to be a new strand in the Russia story and the Russian influence in Britain in this counterterrorism office is currently in. Yes to get in the unexplained death of a Russian exile called Nicholai Klitschko off after he was found dead at his London home he was 69 year old he was discovered by his family left on Monday night he's home in south west London and as a police have described as unexplained there has been some claims from Russian media that he was found by his daughter with strangulation marks on his neck Now last year he was jailed in his absence in Russia in the wake of allegations he embezzled 87000000 pounds when he was the head of their airline Araf lot already been jailed for 4 years in the year 2000 following claims of financial impropriety he was a close friend of the oligarch Boris Berezovsky himself was an exile in Britain and was found dead on the bathroom floor of his property in the south of England in 2030 now he had a scarf around his neck it was never quite clear whether he'd been strangled or it committed suicide but Mr glitched off aid always said that he didn't believe that bearish of ski had killed himself so it's also understood that he believed he was under threat as well so at the moment counterterrorism offices are linking it to the poisoning in Solsbury but it just seems to be another very suspicious strand and we've heard you to hear from the Prime Minister Blair on today to announce a string of sanctions and given there's been no explanation as to what happened in Seoul be from the Russians but there is quite over her worrying stemming from the Kremlin yesterday very much that they said one should not threaten a nuclear power so it looks as though the Cold War is well and truly back it is well thought. Elsewhere that the Deal Express carrying news of potentially the end of the hot flush year good news for quite a quite a few women out there a new class of drug has been developed the promise is to end the misery of the men opposing the hot flush there's been some trials of an experiment will. Well and it reduced hot flush episodes by almost 75 percent in just 3 days the severity of them was also caught by more than a 3rd now hot flashes a common symptom of the men a pause occurring particularly between the ages of 45 to 55 for many women it can be little more than uncomfortable inconvenience but for many others it can May and actually misery sleepless nights disrupted social and working lives and the lead scientist on this rainy period college professor wild at Dell or said that this is a game changer for menopausal women and the beneficial effect is obtained very very quickly and there's also the study's co-author Dr Julia prog who commented as well to see and said to see the lives of our participants in the trial changed so dramatically and so quickly was exciting and sister just great promise for the future of this new type of treatment so it sounds as though it's a drug that's so I mean some of these health stories it's a way off in the future but the list looks as though it could be within the next couple of years that it's out there on the streets and be very good news to a lot able they absolutely know who is describing memorial benches as a menace you know this is called Charles a live tour he's the National Trust. For the Channel Island of Jersey now he loves all the tourist hot spots very he doesn't like the he says it's a great pity that the so many people having memorial benches put up in their memory so obviously a lot of families apply to put these things up now there isn't a set course as to how they things are supposed to look now he's worried because people are going to put these memorials up at the places they used to go and look out into the sea in various places like that there's so many memorial banks has been lined up that is ruining the view itself he'd rather see relatives encouraged to plant trees in honor of the. When that these places again that might turn out the be a forest by the cost by the way instead of the benches he says we only have a certain amount of land to play with that's why it's becoming such an issue we're all going to die one day and that's not going to stop so we just worry that this is really bench after bench of the bench piling up there we've done our research this is been there's been complaints about this also in Bradford which have restricted number of benches that can be installed also in time where West Yorkshire and south Lennox band commemorative benches back in 2007 after complaints there were too depressing so just goes to show that it does seem to be the one thing they want obvious think people can do to remember their loved ones at places where they used to love to go but it looks as though we're going to many benches and there's not enough Parks left why a lot of that's so fascinating that that people just kind of take against them because it's not something that perhaps anybody I know has ever done this is get a memorial bench but not so people like to do as you say because people spend time in certain places and just a nice thing to do as far as they're looking at the look in that there is a picture in the paper today and there are there is a row of about 6 of them one particular part of the Jersey coastline and they all are different benches so you can see why he's brought this all but maybe slightly upsetting for the people yet another thing is everybody wants somewhere to sit in these nice places so yes there are people aren't going to appreciate the kind of done by donation underneath in the more real bunches than somebody else going to provide them or the exactly Anyway on to then a nice list 30 things that make British people smile will sort of stuff on their well it just turns out we're a big softie bunch we all think we're our people but we're not number one is a sunny day although I think the weather forecast for this weekend and we've had so far with the base from these coming back at all they were going to have many of them number 2 someone saying I love you you know number 3 a random act of kindness now what I don't like is number 24 right which is someone holding a door open for you now if I'm opening a door for you. You are just dawdling along smiling at me I want you to get through that door shopper here and move on picking up a little bit that would make me smile if I'm holding the door open for you. While the number 30 just momentarily is seeing cherry blossom on a tray and told us just we're in the nation that's the paper probably could've done a bit better than that could we rarely see simple things like how it ran again. But here you go Michael Vick are bringing us the details of what the deal Express is covering and it's paper at least they're on the right $147.00 and it's time to get the stories making the news in Germany Tobias Armbruster is in Cologne he told me that the German government appears to be supporting the u.k. And its confrontation with Moscow the German government seems to follow this story very closely this is I think because underlying Merkel has got in a way her own history with Russia she telephoned this afternoon where there is a lake and a spokesman for her said that I'm glad Michael was taking this all in very seriously and she also condemned the attack and she's taking very seriously 'd the British point a few that Russia is most likely behind this attack and she also said that she wants to stay in very close consultation with terrorism and I think this one is significant because in the past couple of weeks and months we have seen a very key a rift between many European countries Germany in particular and the United Kingdom because of practice it and this seems to be a situation where. Both sides. Seem to realize again how important this is to work closely together and I said already that I'm glad America last got her own history with Russia she lived in the German Democratic Republic when the wall was still. Up and at the same time is a nice native of loveliness Putin was a k.g.b. Agent over that show so she basically she had pursed hand experience of what secret police from from Russia can do and this has in a way form to quality to what Russia definitely of the past 20 years it's a clear contrast to what predecessor again had Should that it was very close and still is a very close friend with not a clear cuttin under Merkel always kept a very clear distance to flooding as Putin kept him always or rather treated him with with a certain portion of mistrust and I think this policy worked because loving it putting always. Has taken have very very seriously so in a way this might maybe be the a good support for for Great Britain in this situation to arise Armbruster they're bringing us some of the news from Germany let's cool to the Winter Paralympics Paralympics g.b. Wheelchair curling team are on the ice as I speak the score is 322 g.b. They're in the 5th and there j.j. Chalmers is our man at the games he's back on the mountain for more action in the skiing event Hello j.j. How is it going. Yeah very good I'm here at the biathlon center but today was the turn of the cross-country events and I actually joined by Scott Maida has just taken part in a 1 point one sprint event it's just just fail to miss to make qualifying by just 3 seconds how you feel in school they're. Feeling the respect hard I'm physically there in terms of a shape today. I think it's easy to be disappointed to meso by such a small margin bought by somebody had said to me I'd be 3 seconds off golf occasion a year ago when we were fastest can and into that these events I would have taken. A hospital to look at the bigger picture for a photo of my results so there you had a massively steep learning curve you really were beyond doing this just over just over a year really and. How does this compare to your expectation of the event and how was your performance across across the board I think I'm very proud of the way I've skied I think after Man Well a lot of intent a lot of I've brought my game you know our feel like a tape of well and I'm in a good shape for the games. As far as today's can sound the fuel that we. Supposed where we had expected to be today anything else would have been a massive overachievement you know the sprint event some really hard one to muster our fuel to the longest to become the best out of saw technically demanding an immoderate ahead of so small. Just by catching a bit of an edge Oh not that. Corner was probably cost me those 2 seconds and so that's something I'm going to pack up and carry on but this is clearly a lot of variables and one of the things that's changed massively in the last few days is the weather we had tons of snow when we 1st got here you were training we've had this massive change in temperature and I'm standing here in a t. Shirt right now what's that been like that changed the snow surface this trust and change for the world for the terms of the temperatures we've gone from and a minus 10 man i OS 10 you know it's been it's been crazy. As as far as a. Conditions. Gets tougher but that's a tough sport and it's a full lots of people so you just gotta go on with it you know and everyone's on the same point in fields and so one second what the hardest through lesson except change use and. I want to call it having a comfort and chaos and not something I can walk really hard on Nash and I'm really proud of the steps forward I've taken in terms of how I react to the to the chaos and the variables it gets thrown out in a sport where you're taking part in both the biathlon on the cross-country or 2 or 3 events of 4 events into it now you've probably done over 30 kilometers still to events to come you've got a couple of days rest you know what you going to do with those days how you can prepare yourself for some of the epic challenges ahead in the next couple days are really important to chance for me to really kind of pressure recall restock and get back into racing the key has. To do enough to keep moving but not get tired. Rest off or you don't go on 50 so I know it's a really important couple days but I'm just going to make sure the back end and I feel in shops we will be back on the range training tomorrow actually going to take a day off completely We're going to keep on snow and keep pushing through the power on to games now Scott as I know very well because we went through rehabilitation together you lost your legs in Afghanistan you know you're a former power trooper but part of this journey for years been so much about relabeling yourself getting that new identity as an athlete How do you feel at this stage by that feel like we've we've made huge huge steps forward in our feel like I . Phone My my profession phone and what the sports governing years are as a reason to get out of bed in a moment you know is help me redefine myself and I feel very happy that. I know where I'm going and I really rode into it and to have been part of the growth of what is a relatively new sport and a great lesson as something on. Very often also I meant to passionate about Israel in terms of. At the moment being at the helm and driving us toward God nor country right now thanks for talking to the incident as you say driving that sport within this country so yet things are sort of wrapping up here within the Biafran but this point is actually still to come to in the hour pine skiing lots of great interest in the giant slalom is halfway through and at this stage man if it's Patrick and or guy Jana Keogh that's in the visually impaired classification of course is sitting in 3rd place Cali Gallagher who is the only woman the only Brit to have ever won a gold medal at the Paralympics and her guy Gary Smith are sitting in 5th and Emily Knight and bright wild in sic 2nd runs are coming up 5 o'clock u.k. Time and we've already had massive matter success from front to those athletes bringing home to stay overs in 2 bronzes So I'd certainly say that man if it's Patrick is in a very healthy place to look to add to that medal tally nice one j.j. Thanks very much we'll keep in touch j.j. Chalmers at the Winter Paralympics bringing us right up to date let's get the stories now from the Boston Globe with David doll Hello David Hi How are you tonight yeah very well thank you Israel bit of a fight over what's going to be on the on the front page of the globe because special elections we've got secretary of state secretaries of state being fired what's the big story for The Boston there's always a lot of competition on the front page of The Boston colors because we have several good stories one about the student walk outs that are scheduled to take place here in the States. Tomorrow Wednesday to protest gun violence this is of course as a result of the terrible shooting that left 17 dead at Marjorie stone and Douglas High School and in Florida what is it now 3 weeks ago or so. There will be walk outs at schools across the country nearly $3000.00 walk outs including. Several here in Massachusetts perhaps. Hundreds of high schools in Massachusetts even though we are sort of coming out from under a big snow here. What's been interesting about this is that these school superintendents are trying to sort of blunt the the political nature of these and urging some schools are urging the students to walk out as a way to honor the 17 people killed at the school rather than call specifically for stricter gun laws which even in Massachusetts is a bit of a politically charged issue Massachusetts does have strict gun laws but even here it's some school superintendents are trying to steer it into a sort of a safer political arena the kids we've talked to basically aren't having any of the any of this most of the kids who are involved in this are activists and are usually pro-gun control so they're making it clear as one of the kids said that this is an end Herren political subject and the school superintendents don't have to agree with what they're doing but they're going to do it anyways one of the fascinating aspects of all of this that it did didn't I didn't realize this until we were looking at this story was that these are kids who essentially have grown up in an era here in the States when school shootings are commonplace enough that their memories are of of having drills lockdown drills at their schools too so they will know what to do should there ever be Haven't forbid a an active shooter in their own school so rather than the old nuclear drills that we might have had years and years ago these are kids that are trying to familiarise or having to familiarize themselves with lockdown drills in the event of a mass shooting in their own school so they have every reason to want want there to be limits on guns in the society because they're they're living in now. In fear Yeah absolutely what was said was the Globes take them might Pompeo who is president trumps new nominee for secretary of state well actually. We have a very interesting take on this he made some remarks after the marathon bombings of 2013 in which he appeared to suggest that Muslim leader lucid leaders were and were inefficiently vocal in condemning those those. Attacks those bombings to suggesting that perhaps they knew something he delivered a speech saying that Muslim religion religious leaders were potentially complicit in the terrorist attacks and that every Muslim leader must unequivocably proclaim that terror committed in name of Islam violates the core tenets they must do so repeatedly this is pump aoa saying this and they furthermore that the silence of Muslim leaders has been deafening this is in the days after the 2013 bombings he was it done a member of the u.s. House of Representatives those remarks are likely to come back to haunt him as he faces a confirmation hearing in the u.s. Senate here and in the next few weeks David thank you very much indeed David dial from the Boston Globe bringing us some of the stories at the papers going to be covering after 2 o'clock on a full night we'll be spending the hour in Australia finding out about the struggles of an aging population plus snakes and lizards and the came to woo.