A new German Government finally takes Office Nearly six months after the election. Is sworn in for a fourth term. Its good to have you with us tonight the United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting on britains fresh sanctions against russia in the poison just spying affair the United States Ambassador Nikki Haley says that russias crime and she is calling it is worthy of the Security Council action britain has acted after russia failed to meet a deadline to explain the poisoning of the former spy and his daughter in the u. K. Last week now among the saying twenty three diplomats will be expelled. Moscow has reacted angrily it has vowed to retaliate calling Prime Minister to resign mays move unprecedented and a crude provocation. May announce the measures after russia nor the deadline to provide an explanation for the attack she said moscows failure to cooperate showed what she called a disdain for the gravity of the events her conclusion when it came was unambiguou
Single biggest expulsion of over thirty years it is essential that we now come together with our allies and to send a clear message to those who would seek to undermine them. Also coming up a fourth term as german chancellor Angela Merkel the worlds most powerful woman made a promise today that she will probably never make again ishmael i swear that i will tell you kate my efforts to the well being of the german people have a full my duty as conscientiously and to justice tool. Yvonne help me count ah. We begin the day with the First Response to the first ever chemical weapons attack inside a member of nato the country attacked britain the country behind the attack russia now that is the conclusion of British Intelligence following last weeks poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter more than one hundred people are still feared to be in danger due to exposure from the nerve agent that was used yet Prime Minister to resign may she has yet to describe the incident in such stark
A week to leave the biggest expulsion of Russian Diplomats in thirty years in u. S. Students get ready to walk out of classrooms across the nation for seventeen minutes spurred on by the killing of seventeen people at a school in florida four weeks ago. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining Us High School students across the United States are walking out of their schools to protest gun violence and to call for stricter gun laws they have been preparing for this day since the Florida High School shooting last month or seventeen people were killed at the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School is being seen by many as a turning point in the american gun control debate student survivors have dedicated themselves to fighting for stronger laws theyve been the son joined by others around the country. Are trying to push for tougher. And lets see if we can bring our correspondent alexander phenomenon on line shes there in washington covering this protest for us in front
As a as a strong Leader People will hope that she doesnt go too far and that she strikes a balance between being fast but not so different away exploiting this for in town or popularity but sort of just doing whats right and whats right for for the u. K. And russia relations. And here were attacked with those nerve agent what do we know about their condition of this point we know that they are still in a very Critical Condition lets recap they were found unconscious on a park bench and souls were then now being treated in a hospital in salzburg and its not just them as well we know that a Police Officer was also hospitalized after the attack he said to his condition is its improving but he is still in a very serious condition and now one of the men responsible for developing this nerve agent hes been speaking to the press he said that even if they do recover that they will will be affected by this life this is a very very damaging poison and this will affect them for a very long time i