Tackle every day discrimination activists are calling for a Government Ministry to oversee anti discrimination measures that as lawmakers look to create more equality in employment and education. And the battle over a profitable land in brazil landless farmers are fighting Security Forces and wealthy landowners to stay on property theyve called to get cultivated and that gives them a look. Im brian thomas good to have you with us today leaders from around the world have backed the german chancellors call for answers from moscow after her government confirmed that russias leading opposition figure was poisoned independent laboratories found alexina bawly was attacked with a deadly chuck moore. Agent. For years Alexei Navalny has been fighting to rid russia of what he calls crooks and thieves and you know the United Russia Party has always won for 20 years and even if they lost using fraud they want anyway. The outspoken opposition figure has organize numerous anti kremlin protests has been arrested several times for civil disobedience and even attempted to get on the ballot to run for president in 2018 his bid was blocked by the courts. But now he lies in an induced coma at a berlin hospital in Critical Condition german chancellor Angela Merkel calls the suspected poisoning attempted murder. Alexina. Lets say now about me is the victim of a crime he was meant to be silenced and i condemn this in the sharpest possible manner in the name of the entire German Government. Never found he is one of president Vladimir Putins fiercest critics drumming up a vocal and growing opposition against putins 20 year grip on power amounting has suffered physical and verbal attacks in recent years the attorney and anticorruption activists fell ill after boarding a plane in siberia headed for moscow on august 20th its believed someone poisoned his tea before he boarded the plane the pilot was forced to make an Emergency Landing to save his life. The German Government says testing carried out by its military proves a soviet era nerve agent nova chalk was used. We expect the russian government to explain itself over this incident there are very serious questions now that only the russian government can and must answer with. Russia is set to hold Regional Elections on september 13th. The valley and his allies had been campaigning to get their candidates elected but for now his family and friends are holding on to the hope that no valley pulls through lets get the very latest on this now with your correspondents nina hasa in berlin and yuri rich shadow for us in moscow data both of you know what proof has the German Government been laying out for its claims oh a German Government spokesman said that there was unequivocal evidence that he was indeed poisoned with novae chalk not only is in one of the countrys leading hospitals these doctors here have a lot of experience they ran a lot of tests when he 1st arrived here last week and in different several independent labs before they concluded that he was indeed poisoned and then a special toxicology test was carried out by the german border to the army and that department in the german bunds that deals with chemical weapons and so specializes on protecting civilians and the military yury with independent labs involved with the German Bundeswehr involved whats the kremlin been saying about the charges and the evidence. Well as always brian moscow turns the tables and pretends that its not that the russians who have to explain everything now but the germans pointing out that the ball is poison it was only discovered in germany with these so one can even hear this certainly the absolute accusation that he might not have been poisoned in a russian plane but rather in the german plane on the way to believe in the Russian Foreign ministry sees that the whole story is a purely political affair this reaction is also as one might expect the Russian Parliament kohls that the poisoning of provocation that could be organized by the United States to undermine the important gas project not stray into between russia and germany they seem to deliberately keep quiet about the fact that the german chancellor lies exclusively on the statements of doctors and researches all in all weve heard so far some propaganda at text aborts of the west but not a single detailed. Response ok yuri not only was investigating a number of different layers of a Russian Society oligarchs for example corrupt businessmen if it wasnt the kremlin who else might have had the motivation and the means for this type of attack yes youre right. You are right the extent of ali had still has a few opponents and maybe haters who could be a credible perpetrator and colluding some local politicians in siberia in the us to be a risk this city was the last city that alex and ivana had visited before he was on hes playing to toms. Investigations now vali has harshly accept even the former russian Prime MinisterDmitry Medvedev in his video titled dont call him team on the phone the estimates that 1200000000 u. S. Dollars was in basil the bite me tribute video video was very popular and released 3 years ago. Meanwhile more than 330000000 views however the person who poisoned the volley didnt expect such a response from the west nobody in russia would have might thought of that volley would have would be flown to belly in and be guarded like a state guest of chancellor merkel who ever could have poison of only that person has obviously totally underestimated his importance in the best and also mentally the political aspect including this strong birth from chancellor malcolm this political aspect is taking center stage right now nina how is this likely to affect german russian relations many here in germany have been calling for them to be improved. Well potentially extremely severely it all depends on just how russia operates or not in the investigations angle americal has clearly demanded that the russian government needs to help find out who was behind it and that the people who were behind it actually have to be held accountable of course theyre not naive here and both then theyve got their experience with russian authorities not cooperating in helping out to find out who was behind the mud for example over the chechen man who was murdered here in broad daylight in berlin a chechen citizen and actually germany expelled 2 diplomats at the time and they are still waiting for the russian authorities to help in that investigation the senior politicians here from party like know better but being very clear they say a matter like this has to be decided by the kremlin theres no way around it they also say that theyve got information that alex and of on here in berlin was under constant surveillance by the Russian Intelligence Agency and they demand a much clearer response from the German Government they say putin is sending out a message to all is that opponents that their life is in danger in that bloody near putin cant get away with such an inhumane politics of intimidation on the west needs to respond and the west has respond the u. S. Was very quick to back berlin on this and in spite of the difficult relationships between the 2 countries right now the u. Is also backing berlin in this case is germany looking for some type of unified international action. Im glad you made it very clear that she contacted you and nato immediately when she found out and that they are looking for a concerted response on this crime and of course the big elephant in the room is the gas pipeline north stream too because this is a project that the German Government until now still defense against all criticism from their own party even here their conservative Party Politicians are criticizing it even partners the americans everybodys against that gas pipeline and under america will really have to walk the walk and show the world just how serious he is when it comes to balancing political interests with economic interests yuri back in moscow what is no volleys team saying about all of these developments well theyre not all the team has been claiming for weeks that the politician was poisoned now they have an official confirmation that comes from their leader so thats not surprising to have all these people. Spokeswoman for the cure i got a mission her to be its one theres about the official reactions from russia above all from the kremlin which obviously doesnt want to know anything as she writes and she is appalled by the reaction of the Foreign Ministry which sees the poisoning not as such as a dependent of human on human life but as an Affirmation Campaign against russia yuri thanks very much for that from moscow today and you know thanks for your comments to an analysis from berlin. Lets get to break down some of the other stories making the news at this hour germany has added the Canary Islands to its list of coronavirus hotspots that means all of spain is now considered a high risk area for german travelers infection rates of service call spains loss measures were lifted in june. Typhoon may sack has been lashing the Korean Peninsula storm made landfall in the south 2nd largest city busan killing at least one person. Also brought flooding to north korea and in japan rescuers are searching for a livestock ship carrying 43 people that capsized and sank with thousands of cattle on board. The trial of 14 suspects accused of eating the 2015 islam is attacked on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is into its 2nd day in paris 3 assailants murdered 17 people before being shot dead by police the magazine was targeted because of published cartoons of mohammed. Now its a case that brought thousands in slovakia out onto the streets and revealed corruption at the very highest levels of the government there a verdict is expected shortly against a slovak businessman accused of masterminding the murder of a journalist prosecutors say the multimillionaire Lauren Kushner ordered the killing of Investigative Reporter gunn krycek who had been writing about his ties to top politicians the 2018 murdered spark demonstrations that led to a Prime Ministers resignation. It happened on a dark day in february 2018 i hired killer shock 2 young people dead in their own home in a small village on the outskirts of the slovak capital the victims were investigated for reporter yan could see and his fiancee. There were immediate suspicions that the murder motive lay in could sex work he was one of the best investigative journalists in slovakia urine in his young age he was 27 he was always a very cheerful and modest guy always when he found some interesting story he would just smile and tell us about it you could see it could be on the trail of mafia connections massive fraud and didnt demick corruption reaching into the highest circles of slovakias government and he had come too close to this man maher and. The business tycoon built his empire using threats bribery intimidation and political connections thats how the prosecution outlines his ponce to wealth and influence and now the oregon isnt trial for murder he stands accused of ordering the hit personally orchestrating the contract killing of a young man who knew too much. The murder shocked and angered the whole country thousands of protesters demanding an end to crown is an option. Of the main manus bargain to really light up the whole whole uprising of the of the nation and government of their. Mean oath and we dont want to accept it anymore i mean. The protests forced then Prime Minister robert phaeton to step down in more change followed the last slovak elections brought in a new liberal president and total shakeup of the government but the feeling is there is still much more to be uncovered in slovakia and doubts remain about the process itself you know we saw move i would happily turn everything back 2 years if you can and martina was to live their lives were not worth the changes that were happening here we should be the ones who change things through democratic means like elections we should be changing the system it should not take the murder of 2 young people are going to be anybody who already known this having justice served for the murder of one could see it would be a defining moment for the country. That report by deed ever used barbara visa who joins us now from the courthouse in the slovak capital brought a slava good day to a barber do we have a verdict at this hour. We just got the verdict and the court spoke in a guilty for having ordered the killing off could sex so this is the main points of what everybody here had been who really waiting and hoping for has now happened the families when a rifle when they arrived here and their lawyers the morning set there was a feeling off they were not quite certain because there was a certain amount of doubt about the quality off the evidence there were thousands of fed messages and mails from marty and kutcha that he had written during his reign when he sort of rained his corrupt empire here in slovakia and there where enough indications it seemed that he was the man behind the murder but of course nothing was direct no one of the law as walking in year in the morning said it is always like that in a case like this when somebody is behind the scenes and he has often straighted Something Like that its always circumstantial evidence but the court now after a lengthy deliberation obviously came to result to the result that it is good enough and they have said marmion consciousness is the man who ordered the killing he is guilty does he remain in custody now or will he be out on bail what happens to mari unkosher right now. No bail he will in any case remain in custody because of course everybody expects his defense to sort of go to the 2nd go to the high court here in slovakia abott the several concurrent cases running against him the u. S. Government is trying to to put up a case against him for fraud in a case involving a television station a private television station here in slovakia there are soo many Different Cases running against him that he will remain in jail for the foreseeable future what ever the how many years this court will send him down for in the end there is so much against them that he might never as a service here say leave jail again this must be a tremendous relief for young. Family and his fiances as well and the nation where does the country go now how does this help the country in its fight against such deep seeded corruption in slovakia. It does help the country because it gives a signal that the judiciary is working again that there are courts who are taking their work seriously courts which are not corrupt judge that that cannot be swayed by money or influence and that is justice is being served that is tremendously symbolic and very important because the country does need to move on that is so much more to investigate underneath the ground here there is a swamp of cronyism and corruption something that has grown over decades and that observers even speak about it captured state almost and all this needs to be cleaned up and its going to take quite a while but this is a positive sign for everybody involved in it and many in submarket no doubt hoping this is just the beginning barbara thanks very much for that. Well the German Government is looking into racism and discrimination in the country a cabinet Level Committee has been formed to tackle the issue has since invited anti discrimination organizations to take part but they say the government has been moving to slow. The future as a riot girl most would like to see it black scientists and astronauts on the covers of news magazines she says such images are long overdue but many barriers still must be broken down some help and assistance for germany has a racism problem germany like many other societies has Structural Racism and discrimination yet we see that throughout many institutions. And in institutes who on. Each one teach one is among several anti discrimination organizations that have drawn up a list of demands for change more than 100 points including a call for a new ministry doesnt mean the state. Has the ministry would be responsible for combat ing various forms of racism and discrimination as well as coordinating efforts across society. In the by today especially for tonight a ministry charged with creating a more open society the alliance claim tackles islamophobia in germany they say every day racism is on the rise. I mean but i think it does and mostly mission of us as we see a lot of anti muslim racism in areas like flat hunting and in the job market the only support many people have is from specialist Advice Centers which can help them demand their rights to equal treatment. To do it so thats not. Judy corner of the Violence Protection Network says racism exists in many areas of society but is particularly prevalent in rightwing ideologies there are programs designed to help extremists change their ways. But cohen feels they need to do more and women contacts enough and you need to actively enter into a dialogue with extremists its the only option it can happen if for example someone in their social circles contacts us Family Friends schools or whoever or we can get involved once a person has committed a crime. We hadnt can some praise the government for tackling the problem but others remain critical its fear guns dont feel it in many important topics have not been touched on a tour of things Like Development aid or Health Issues for example. The Cabinet Committee aims to publish its 1st results by the end of october sariah says these will show if the government is all talk or ready for real change. Now its to rural brazil where land owners have been battling landless farmers who have been seeking out a living on the plots they cultivate police have done all they can to a big those who belong to the Landless Movement as its called including say the farmers destroying the very settlements theyve lived in for more than 2 decades. A police raid is taking Small Farmers in brazil most of those affected by this operation are members of the Landless Movement they are in the midst of a brutal land conflict. Coffee planters live on this property and have done so for over 20 years Cicero Mariano is one of them hes a descendant of slaves and organic farmers but his existence is being threatened he and other members of the Landless Movement are being driven out. There i wont let them take my land and my house away from me. And im not afraid. If they clear our settlement it will break my heart. This is my life. This site belongs to an old sugar cane factory that went bankrupt in the ninetys due to heavy debts now in a surprising move the former owners have registered their claim they want to rent the premises to one of brazils largest coffee exporters but in order to do this the landless have to vacate their plots this follows the terms set by president who promised justice to the large landowners in the region but the small landholders wont clear the area they have occupied for 22 years without a fight they filed a complaint against the eviction order because they feel they are being treated unfairly cicero and the others have each others back. If we are not recognized as the owners of this land and these big landowners cant be either we have customary rights. Suddenly fires break out just a few hours before the evacuation is set to start cicero and the other Small Farmers move out further up on the hill a meadow burns for the farmers it is clear that this was no coincidence. But overman to must this is an intimidation attempt they will accuse us of arson up there is our nature reserve preserve us so the next Morning Police troops march in the school and also ciceros house are said to be cleared even though the landless are legally contesting the court order. Dont you have Better Things to do in the middle of the pandemic. The landless have begun building barricades the Police Respond by using helicopters. And they begin to advance. Cicero has to watch as his house is torn down. You know i will continue to fight despite the eviction some day i will return. Those evicted will not receive any compensation and their school is also being closed down the Small Farmers in brazil have lost this fight. We have some sports now International Football returns in europe this week in spite of the coronavirus and lockdowns Nations League kicks off with germany hosting spain and one of the standout games fans will not be allowed into the stadium. Its 10 long months since germany last played there was meant to have been a European Championship in june but that will now take place next year because of the coronavirus germany can instead ease their way back in stock up against spain in the Nations League a tournament designed to give countries competitive football when otherwise they will be playing friendlys. Obviously felt quite different to join up with the National Team the last few months was strange for everyone in. The tournament is starting its 2nd edition with portugal the inaugural winners last year changes have already been made to what many fans see as a complicated competition for you a 1st glossy video does its best to explain the rules but it remains a 2nd tier tournament offering a back route into the 2022 world cup. The revamp is good news for germany they were supposed to have been relegated after poor Nations League displays fall of their 2018 world cup debacle demotions were scrapped and now germany are on the up after easily qualifying for the euros fans are not allowed for the spank game but general manager all of a beer told t w that germany could still put on a show. Play also the difference. So. Good results. Next. Well through. To the france which is the. Nucleus sooner and levi sunny but by munichs all the germany stars are rested for the game after their Champions League heroics the coronavirus disruption means the match is taking place before the new bond as League Season starts the football world hopes normality can return soon. 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