To find out and asking the public also for any help witness reports videos shop. To be able to identify who shopped those people and tell us about these militia groups being talked about by police and indeed on social media. So let me just describe and roll back to yesterday we experienced this ourselves and saw all the increasingly. White men and women in fatigues camouflaged heavily armed handgun on the holster not one sometimes 2 or 3 with long. Rifle meaning a ar 15 m. 16 a k 47 semiautomatic rifles here. Infiltrating or mixing with the protests crowded with the demonstrators here. And that was it is an eerie sight i mean the city here in america weapons and guns are on people are not something youre not familiar with in large parts but it is a different sight to see those in full almost full military gear and more armed up as the real police or real nationals are people running around in the street mixing with protesters you have of course of course like lives matter and to protest against Police Brutality in this case against a complaint so this is quite a scene and it makes you slightly nervous however it is it is what it is this is a reality here and it is some reality now police and Law Enforcement has to reckon with in that regard everything expect this to be a very interesting day and possibly. More interesting nights to come so it doesnt sound like theres any sign of bass dying down. No absolutely not i think this will further put all into the fire on the fire protesters now are of course who lives in charge here everybody even police probably didnt see that coming or didnt want it to be happening now it happened and now you see whats at debate at the core here did not go away people are still upset where were you very much hurting and frustrated and angry with how the how everything went down with me to take up blake being shot 7 times to do that. Wearing a t. Shirt and and a pair of shorts it didnt go away the family gave yesterday in an interview at a press conference that is of course not going away for them then i paint there really really hurt like that community and the anger towards bully significant because remember the District Attorney here and for 30 days oversold it in mitigation people want answers now did not want to wait 30 days they saw all the videos and pretty much made up their mind what is going on and what was happening in their staff and assignments and 10 osha thank you so lets take a closer look at these these militias who are increasingly taken to tell themselves to patrol these protests often with the blessing of local Law Enforcement so what do they want the dummy correspondent all of a solid sense being to meet with members of one minute and then as american will. Target training with the Armed CivilianGroup Americans wolf somewhere in the state of washington. This is one of peter de a says favorite rifles the tory is a k 47 or kalashnikov originally made by the soviet army but now a weapon of choice to defend American Values as he says. Pretty good classic so they dont make them like that anymore right dias believes it takes armed men like him and his group to keep america the way it is. They fear freedom is under threat in the wake of the pandemic and countrywide protests but theyre also led by conspiracy theories. Their government is in the midst of a coup. Theres certain members of our government who are actively working to change this government from what its designed to be the land of opportunity theyre trying to turn us into some sort of socialist government a new form of government humanitarianism where the group is on what they call a mission to portland in the past they have acted a self declared peace keepers tonight they want to get firsthand impressions off the Portland Protests that have been going on for more than 80 nights. For you the refuses to wear face masks protesters attacked them immediately they were Walking Around as a group of people and do a group of people surrounded by a group of people while not wearing face coverings despite that being the law understandably so because they were in the middle of a pandemic i believe like some of it has to do with our present a fee is let that kind of behavior and that ideology just orange and i think that now they think that they have power. When they were here for black lives matter and theyre all here for White Supremacy so theres a clear. You know theres a clear difference of opinion and their opinion is not welcome here. But d. S. Insists his group does not stand for White Supremacy he wants the police to take tougher action against what he sees as a violent black lives matter movement. In my opinion when it gets to this type. Of mob mentality it should be dispersed thats where i stand with it. Police hanging back i understand that theyre worried about the numbers growing but i would handle the situation differently if i had the manpower and equipment. Critics say im civilian groups like american wolf are inciting violence just by their presence but in the end it was they who had to retreat. In america the political left and the right are drifting ever further apart. Well the disservice is in kind of unfolding against the backdrop the public and National Convention after a competent Opening Night day 2 was supposed to strike a different type of reconciliation and unity. One was about the pending apocalypse of a democrat when from washington d. C. To the 2021 point you can National Convention. Evil deeds to use to soften the image of americas most unpopular president in almost 40 years i would like to invite johns wife jamie to join us as grant john im not sure you know this is a full pardon. Pardon so im not one of his friends but for a former. The theme of redemption set the tone for a night which casts trump as americas savior. Each family drafted in to sing his praises this is a fight that were in right now and it is a fight that only my father can win as a recent graduate i can relate to so many of you might be looking for a job my father built the riding economy once and believe me he will do it again my problem im speaking to you from beautiful jerusalem looking out at the oars the appearance of the secretary of state a figure normally kept out of Party Politics that rankled diplomats. This was the convention the group with convention. From delivered her headline speech from the white house in a breach of ethical norms offering a message of unity charged with the 1st nights warnings about democratic demons. I dont want to use this precious time attacking the other side because as we saw last week that kind of talk only serves to divide the country for a day the farce lady then touched on her husbands controversial relationship with the truth. The only knowledge on a tramp makes no secret about how he feels about things. Total honesty is like the citizens this is a president that there you like it or not you always know like hes thinking. Her remarks to the republican partys appeal to undecided voters ignore trumps malls and give him a 2nd chance. A less pick up about point with the w. s Washington Bureau chief in just a poll welcome but in this so Melania Trump that making a rare public speech what was her role in this what was she told what was the party trying to achieve with her. Right 1st of all the you have to keep in mind that shes part of a patchwork we should be misled by her like rather smooth speech you know there were also people appearing who are against abortion rights or who really attacked joe biden really aggressively but however she represented herself as a unifying figure she kind of wanted to prove. That trump donald trump is small that only this harsh aggressive man that hes a man of truth she talked about her own American Dream percentage herself as an immigrant and reaching out to immigrant voters so she kind of try to smooth and this whole appearance of the harsh and sometimes even brutal President Donald Trump and as we see. These images from no show wisconsin was that was there any message or indeed any hope in this convention for black voters like those who live in davie fear of being hostile killed by white police offices. Its very interesting that you see so many African American speakers and representatives of other minorities at a Republican Convention i think that is not mainly to reach out to africanamerican voters theyre very difficult to get in larger numbers. From the republicans but i think the idea behind that is to show why it may be swing borders wide borders who do not know if they really can stick with the party who is led by a by donald trump to show or to prove listen we are not races we give minorities a voice so this is rather addressing white voters who are not quite sure yet if they want to vote for donald trump again the coronavirus of course is everywhere and this is the big issue will the president s handling of the pandemic help or hinder his chances. There was also interesting that actually milan the trump was pretty much the only person who addressed the yesterdays convention day. Most definitely this will be crucial on election day all the weeks before election when people start to put in the mail in ballots because as you said i mean the figures are devastating we expect to hear tens of thousands more people dying of the wires so this will play a very Important Role during these election come pain in his poll in washington thank you. Well take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the u. N. Security council has blocked a bit by washington to be impose sanctions on iran in a Video Conference the Councils President said there was a lack of consensus in the uns highest body over u. S. Strategy on iran 13 of the 15 Council Members voted to reject the u. N. The u. S. Is bit. Heavy flooding in northern and eastern afghanistan has killed at least 100 people and injured schools more official say the death toll is likely to rise as rescue teams work to locate people buried under hundreds of destroyed houses torrential downpours and flash floods kill thousands of people every year in afghanistan. 2 prominent hong kong opposition lawmakers are among more than a dozen people arrested in connection with last years mass antigovernment protests choi and ted crete were detained after Early Morning raids on their homes the arrest of being seen as part of a widening crackdown on opposition figures in the territory. But calls are growing louder to investigate the suspected poisoning of russian Opposition Leader alex in a valley thats after german doctors this week said they have found evidence that he was poisoned and the gathering of defense ministers here in late nations secretarygeneral u. N. Stoltenberg call for a transparent investigation and going to other World Leaders the kremlin has dismissed the allegations that mr the valley was poisoned it spokesman insisted today the case shouldnt damage relations between russia and the west thanks to the families care of me in a medically induced coma ive been in charite hospital after falling ill in siberia. Well leon a fix his Program Director for International Affairs at the foundation here in berlin she specializes in European Security and defense policy welcome to the w so we have the poisoning which russia denies we have alex in the valley being waste away to germany for treatment the findings of german doctors that he was poisoned and then various demands for full transparency inquiry so then in moscow now just going through the normal downs or something more serious happening. Well i think this is specter poisoning up number only is one additional issue to a long list of grievances that have been there between germany and russia for a long time and especially in the last 30 years would make this case so difficult is that we see at the moment a tactic from the russian side of suggesting that theyre sort of multiple twos out there that the doctor doesnt arms they have not found poison so far the substance is not identified there are the russians that will not open investigation the lower house of parliament has suggested it might be equivocation so we see a tactic of sort of muddling the waters and this makes it all the more difficult to keep trust in the russian government that they might follow up on this case with a criminal investigation also in order to not further damage the relations between germany and russia so its a given that bad i suppose thats what im driving at the fact that there is this long history of distrust is this just another straw or does this straw break or strain the camels back. I think the question is what how can it will a ship wait i mean german officials and also youve been officials always and the and that you cannot wish russia wait wait i mean that so many issues in the world where you have to Work Together but and this is a bat if cases accumulate like this case or like the murder or the hacking on the German Parliament then obviously this further erodes the relationship and that might also lead to discussions about how to respond to the to such kind of actions on the western side and to the lack of will to cock weight and was all these issues theres never any conclusive proof that all these cases and theres always strong suspicion but never a smoking gun as it were so given that is anyone really going to punish russia in any meaningful way. I mean this case is particularly difficult because not only is the prince the russian citizen but we had other cases like the cyber attack on the german tagg web where german classic you just were able to identify the involved. In this case so this makes it a little bit easier to directly ask questions at our t. s to investigate these issues. The cases are obviously different but the whole that theyre not only cases will be investigated and will be investigated in a transparent way is obviously very low it is nevertheless an important symbolic statement and is to say that germany as well as other ellison you can countries do care and therefore even take into account their. Talking so openly and so critically about the case of navarre and he might further deteriorate there will asian ship thank you for joining us me on a fix for me Cover Foundation here in. The cinema for Peace Foundation has played a key role in bringing russian opposition activists to them for treatment in the shower take hospital it did so with the pussy riot act mr potter has in office in 28 and of course alex in the valley at the weekend the group said chair yakka busy busy spoke earlier with my colleague of became a. Chief political editor. You are the head of cinema for peace but most of all at the moment you are the man who pours Alexander Valley to germany how safe do you feel right now. Well the been a few threats but ive experienced this before so i dont really feel unsafe i think thats what happens when you deal with Opposition Leaders from countries which are not a full democracy. Where did you call for us because its not easy to just get a permit to enter of us or just like that where 1st so called charity and procyon open prefer to find out if there would be willing to help again like they did 2 years ago and was kind of a bit funny funny because the office said like oh youre calling finally weve been expecting a corelli since this morning since weve seen the news so they did thought it could be a similar case possibly how much the system is did you get from that 1st moment from the german government. Actually we informed them about things that we were doing but the very 1st moment was mount the logistical work obviously we were aware of the fact that im american and my client will be giving some statements and theyre offering medical help in their countries so we felt like there should not be any obstacles from that side how has the last week changed your view of the political reality in your. Well i mean what were proud of in the west is that we have socalled western values of democracies and i think after what has been happening with donald trump where its been having with corona it felt like that theres an erosion of democratic values. And also if you peon unity i think if the west wants to stay the west it needs to take a clear stand for human rights and democracy. And it also needs to prove that in a relationship to the rest of the world whats your biggest hope and your biggest concern right now. Who are my hope would be that the patient will come back to normal fully i saw last night but chances were again she seemed kind of like. Ok. I have the feeling that one over on me could be doing a little bit better now by now so my hope would be that actually the whole thing will be resolved in a sense that he will be able to do his work again and then maybe the whole case can also remind. Our countries to work on russia to protect its jobless and opposition politicians and not to be a country where people are going to put those Boris Nemtsov of on over no money have to fear for their lives that have busier thank you very much for talking to us thank you. To sport and boss about a superstar little massey has told the club he wants to leave and for free is admitted to an official request asking to be released from his contract after a disappointing season for barcelona fans are now calling on the clubs board to step down for massey to stay hes been with barcelona finelli 20 years. The headlines the morning after fans in barcelona are still trying to digest the news that one of the greatest players the world has ever seen may not end his career in the catalogue one city. Many are blaming the clubs board. But i mean i mean i think its Club President ought to males fault for this is like crossfire its now a battle between the locker room and the bosses you know theyll try to sell the idea this is messy is fault but the guilty parties all wear suits and ties you know. Mickey for us messi is. Is messy messy as. They are one and the same. Hes the symbol. And has provided years of glory a monument in an iconic part of comment to stadium should be built in his honor. The fans chanted we love you messy messy stay outside the stadium on tuesday night after news quickly spread that the forward had requested to leave the club. 2 weeks earlier this was the reception from barcelona fans from messi and his team mates. That followed a record 82 loss against by in munich as barcelona crashed out of the Champions League. That may have been messy as last game in a barcelona shirt in an illustrious career at parsa messi has won the world footballer of the year award a record 6 times and to lead barcelona to 4 Champions League and 10 Spanish League titles. Barcelona are understood to believe messi is release clause expired in june and that he is contracted to the club for another year with a 700000000. 00 euro buyout clause. Well the club has not spoken to the press and their technical director says he cant imagine mass in the evening news that theres no no called them we do not contemplate any kind of exit by messy at the contractual level because what we want is for him to stay here i think that messy notes he has a lot of respect because we are talking about the best player in the war on the best play and history and im absolutely convinced the upcoming future will be positive because. 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