Its approach to the pandemic squeezing read just as a significant spike in deaths in the 1st half of 2020. Good afternoon and welcome this is an. Opposition figurehead alexina has been admitted to hospital for medical treatment he was airlifted earlier on saturday from the son berrien city of homs hes been in a coma since falling ill during a flight to moscow on thursday. Brings us the latest from berlin. Alexina volley arrived here at charlottes a in a. An Emergency Vehicle a intensive Care Transport vehicle that was flanked by Police Motorcycles as well as other Police Vehicles we had a statement from the shallots a hospital asking for patience saying that they are going to be carrying out extensive diagnostic tests on him to try and determine what was the cause of the coma that he is being in it comes after a lot of wrangling between russian doctors in the city of almost. Any family he was transported here to germany on a medical plane that was paid for and charted by his supporters that plane containing. Specialists in dealing with coma patients however doctors in school werent sure that he was in a fit in of state they felt he was too weak in order to make the journey however they eventually relented at the request of the filename family we are not in favor of him being taken anywhere from this hospital but considering the requests of his family we will help organize the transportation alexina valley took ill on a flight from on thursday from siberia to moscow hes been in a coma since then paramedics arriving on the sit when paramedics arrived on the scene of the plane which had to make an Emergency Landing in it was clear that no valley was in some extreme distress. There have been claims that that election of only was poisoned however the doctors who traced him in say they carried out a talk screening and that they that came back negative for any toxins in his system they say that they were treating him based on a different diagnosis the team of doctors concluded that since we did not find any toxic materials in his blood he had. Food emitted by disruption with reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure while the plane was taking off last year alexina vialli was admitted to hospital from prison his team at the time suggested hed been poisoned however it later turned out hed had an extreme allergic reaction but we have seen though is conspiracy theories and allegations of bound to that end of army is not the 1st to fall victim to poisoning blame for which is often a laid at the door of the kremlin former spies on his daughter yulia suffered a nerve agent attack and russian defector Alexander Litvinenko died of radiation poisoning activist glad amir was poisoned twice and survived the torrijos for allegedly using radioactive nerve agents to target Double Agents defectors and others who fall afoul of the kremlin claims of any poisoning is being denied by the Kremlin Putin the russian president s press spokesperson to meet the press corps saying that they wished missed in the valley all the best and a swift recovery saying that any delays in his transport taishan from russia to germany had been due to the concerns from the medical staff in fact the kremlin did rush through documentation to allow him to make this trip what we are hearing is that the European Union wanting to see a full investigation into what happened so missed in the valley in a case that is becoming increasingly politicized medical staff at the burn hospital say that they are running extensive tests to establish what is wrong with money in the west but already to have decided he was poisoned something independent journalist martin summer says is premature. Well obviously if its a case of poisoning theres going to be an awful lot of the press placing boy western politicians and others but of course its not clear who would have done the poisoning who has access to lex in the bunny it will be zone entourage his own entourage maybe even working with intelligence agencies in the west to create such an incident as were now seeing now that sounds farfetched but it isnt really if you know the history of Nato Special Operations going back many decades that doesnt mean that they did it and it doesnt mean that the russian state did it and its not even clear that this is a poisoning so i think Everybody Needs to take a deep breath and think very carefully about the damage that can be done by wild allegations. By the russian Opposition Leaders when lana taken off guard says that she wont run again for president even if the government agrees to a rerun of the disputed election the outcome of which led to 2 weeks of political unrest so your 1st Media Conference since fleeing to lithuania taken off guard reiterated that all she was thinking with a fresh vote she also called on other countries to respect the sovereignty of the roofs and let its people decide their future and while president lukashenko has revealed that he facilitated taken off scars exam though it was i who transported her truth where near i just dont want to go into details but she was the one who requested that she was begging to be allowed to go to her children them which is really thrown under the bus. And then Foreign Ministry and Intelligence Services reached out to her and now she started making statements. Rallies in support of the president have been held across the country one of the biggest was in the city of brest arties into standoff with the. Its really really loud here what its playing behind me right now is the National Anthem of the republic a little bit of context right so. Whats the name of the country in the city of brest a Little Church the 2nd full of. The great feel sick lot your guess is as good as mine here when it comes to scale but i would say theres about there stephanie thousands of people maybe close to 10000 basically people who have to look to a number of them and their message is some of them would change. But one. Ukrainian to be played out in their public also a lot of people are making a huge point about the flag you can see how many better russian flags official by the russian flags are behind and just around me listen ive been saying that the white red and white flag the colors chosen by the opposition they resemble. The. Elaborate security the 2nd full day of a huge problem with the because a lot of People Killed history those in. The. Nazi said look. They take it seriously so even those who support. What was the flag the colors of the law was what. Broke the camels back. I came here because i want to keep belarus the way i dont want unrest im the mother i have a small child i want him to grow up you know peaceful and beautiful nobody forced us to come here everyone has their own opinion and we should not prevent each other from expressing our views. Below those things that drive all my adult life and ive traveled throughout the year and have not seen the best the countrys been so. And i was outraged that your position provoked our Security Forces to violence i saw it myself im for peace in our country and we just need to Start Talking to each other. They are. Trying to make an example. And they have come here. Just. Now this sort of. Ground like the sun to speak. It well this is the scene in minsk where people gathered along a highway carrying the red and white flags of the opposition the demonstration began outside its Attention Center where protesters were held heres what people are saying on the streets of the belorussian capital. Certainly when you see that you are not alone it helps to keep the spirit top and stops you becoming said but to let you speak you stop these 3 crosses we wanted to call those who are sponsible for the evil and humiliation the green over several last days to confess so. Greatly because yesterday at the beginning now people are saying that the protests are Common People of the same mistake but you have to remember that there is a 26 years its impossible to overturn it in 10 days. Moscow based political scientist. Told us how he thinks that it will seek to when the crisis. In such case its battle to im dissipate future demands of the opposition that dissipate crisis and to try to. Set up some instruments for dialogue maybe like public dialogue roundtable discussion about the future of develop a recent biology cannot development about social and Political Development and some how to incorporate. Moderate opposition into political process try to maybe not sharing power but drive to allow them to participate in Decision Making at the local level of regional level or maybe at the National Level so that they can express the ideas and interests of those who are intending to make sure their present well he doesnt want to maybe to our direct negotiations with the council because they are self appointed people so all the legally they do not represent to represent the population so its not clear who they are representing in this and this can include usually council but i think that he is very likely to agree to have dialogue with the labor unions with a local local leaders legacy to me. Local officials International Communities largely condemned to president lukashenko the holding on to power but despite the pressure hes adamant hes not going anywhere its a situation that reminds some of another later on hes done a quarter explains. Many are noticing the ways in which the unrest and valorous a similar to the ukraine uprising or political upheavals in other acts soviet states the latest example though is halfway across the world one leading dissident is now citing the venezuelan scenario calling on the west to recognize the Opposition Leader as the legitimate president. Or even the good kids that ties to federal state and local Police Departments across the nation i find their newfound distaste for Law Enforcement to be insulting at that. Issue certainly no continue to count on any sizable revenue from the very profitable police and military divisions in the future wards but he was and there are clearly a few parallels like bella ruse the situation in venezuela started with massive protests following contested elections and a defeated opposition claiming the results were rigged. Western leaders didnt recognize the Election Results in either case and of course they decided to throw their support behind the protests the brutal repression of the venezuelan people must and must and soon you need to get used to these a dictatorship trying to survive for the coast of unprecedented humanitarian distress of flooring ideological radicalization when the resources of the country remain considerable to those who continue to oppress the good people of venezuela you know this. All options are on the table so what is moral support from foreign powers done for the opposition in both countries well in venezuela they were confident enough to form their own socalled interim government and theres still essentially a system of dual power to parliaments one promo doro the other program things are heading that way in belarus where an Opposition Coordination Council has been formed this is its called the Nation Council believes that the only way to overcome the political crisis is to meet the stark negotiations and work out mechanisms to restore the rule of no rule and hold new elections its not exactly clear what the function of these institutions are though in venezuela its hard to tell what quite though has even gained from washington steer leading so apart from a little chain rattling and protest organizing what is quite those political maneuvering actually achieved as well people never supported in any numbers whatsoever you had rallies were very few people showed up you could leave the military going as well and it was totally loyal to Nicolas Maduro had no interest in following this guy was a pretender and the whole thing was just of course if you ask of the United States that back someone who had no support really to begin with and then to try to calm this off to the rest of the world that he was president have him travel to washington to say well were going with donald trump his speech was there in the Public Gallery of the u. S. Capitol i mean it just didnt fly because there was no support for him so as far as belize goes we dont know what the real support is for the opposition because the Election Results were probably tainted dont really know and how much support he has but we know the guy girl did never got some support because he was in the country and trying to make speeches and have around him and they found. A laughable figure there are no doubt some key differences between the 2 countries after all venezuela has been suffering from hyper inflation widespread crime and a tanking economy all intensified by u. S. Sanctions thats not the case in bellerose though lets hope it stays that way. Outside support for the position has come from numerous quarters including from a prominent french intellectual only levies no stranger to backing revolt. The United Nations was set up. For me its the war that comes a is too late. The else will default see defensive operations to defense for permission is to protect the civilian population at the request of the interim governing council i have the impression france could envisage that and it would have submitted it as part of the police compound the you will discover in the next few days. How can we put rice all over for failure to act with regard to syria well by trying to imagine and perhaps to provoke the configuration such as that which is prevailed in libya. But also many europeans who want the best of the europeans i. Actually think that you know it was a definite mistake on the part of the. Team because given that it does have this reputation of some of these behind sayings way probably even taken also wants to all the boys involved and that makes him a guy and you know given the fact that it became known to the media and it was right at least in some media it is sort of counterproductive for the image chichi in times to produce quite honestly most people who are now protesting have resorted to peaceful progress they are doing the. That city seeing horrible pictures are only smiling and the same on the government side now more and more people are protest and just because they want to say that we hard against any change and you know we want to preserve peace so those people are the cast and audio in this carriage an hour an hour out of their own agenda and meeting at this meeting but you can also go with anyone who is no one in no in the world as you know lots of pro promoting some revolutionary ideas i dont think that may makes any any difference. Councils in the United Kingdom awarding a fear of offending obese people to bankrupt the Country Cell Service ill bring you more details on months in a moment. Is youll media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being that. Direct. What is true what is right. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. Or inmate in the shallowness. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and obviously hes a guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. Welcome back sweden has seen a surge in deaths in the 1st half of 2020 government statistics suggest 15 percent more people died compared with the same period last year revelation as regard to criticism of stockholms approach to the pandemic unlike most European Countries sweden didnt go into lockdown the majority of Public Places remained open throughout well so there was no official recommendation to wear face masks it is very dangerous to belief east masks would change the game when it comes to covert 19 face masks can be compliment to other things when other things are safely in place but to start with having face masks and then thing you can crowd your buses or your shopping malls thats definitely a mistake. We talked to human rights experts marcela for other denali who says the economic considerations were behind the governments decision. Goal was to keep. The Health Services are at the certain level i mean not fully or by it in order to take care of all of that more. But of course they were are having. Units not completely depleted because they were were basically not at the meeting in those Health Care Units on the edge really that were having this is really for and that they had the meat of it if they did you can join with us then we have lists of good bye bits now were doing it so where we are means that we are yeah we are doing better damn it but behind this is you know denise did this then its a big decision again that this in a konami game there was a after different dynamics the economy of the countries will be some i see the so were going to be uniter position to be the exception but define that the economy of studio is suffering as much as the economy or film and amount of countries so were. Not only like students also economies or is it totally failure is a complete failure. U. K. Council leaders are calling on doctors to be more upfront with patients about obesity they say concerns about offending people or bankrupt the Health Service local Government Association so those living with severe obesity are costing council funded social care twice as much as a person with a healthy weight theyre also far more likely to require Long Term Care over a 2 year period according to the governments own of figures a big cities costing society billions of pounds and spending on obesity and diabetes is greater than on Police Fire Service in judiciary combined local Government Association says things need to change. Unless we tackle the stigma and serious challenge of obesity the costly and debilitating Major Health Conditions it causes could bankrupt Adult Social Care and n. H. S. Services Health Professionals need to start having frank conversations about peoples weight if it could be an underlying cause of their condition and routinely record it individuals need to take responsibility for their own decisions and the government needs to support them to do so nearly a quarter of adults in britain are classified 0 base with that rate expected to rise to a 3rd by 2024 since the mid ninetys they dont provoke base men as increased sevenfold for women it tripled we spoke to human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and columnist andre walker about the issue. Obesity is a human rights issue because people are overweight often get dealt with a lot of stigma prejudice and discrimination that shany will not work we need to have a partnership between Health Authorities and people who wait so together they tackled this problem i dont think that we should be forcing people to do anything thought i do believe that these arguments that we hear all the time which is so people culture thoughts freak out like you know what if you want to lose weight thats a very small base trix you obvious i mean do its biggest gains in overweight people seem to be in economic in deprived areas there are not many it or any even fresh fruit and vegetable shops and if there are theyre very expensive so we need a whole whole whole approach to this issue the idea that stress produces expense this its not so bad you know 82 percent so its these cheap at the back of chips now that i walk around university kept assessed and every girl i see is because of course you know weve got to change start by saying look im sorry you eat too much and we need to stop doing it we also have to separate different people that there are some people are overweight because of both and a product rule. That is in their constitution its not that they can help it its not that theyre overeating its that their body metabolism and ended crimes are not working correctly in a normal healthy person so we need to understand that some people genuinely cannot help but be overweight on a serious note space is an incredibly dangerous situation and every time i say pictures of people in the n. H. S. Its died from codeine see a doctor out of viruses you know very often its up to white people and so i think it creates a real danger and i just think that we should be honest with people it states that a lot you know if you caught a white that is turns out that its a cow the fact. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company is under fire after leaked photo an audiotape from diversity training into peco kansas the recording intones comments on blue and all lives matter and make America Great again caps. Well despite the band good year is fine with staff supporting black lives matter and gay pride donald trump is among those who believe that upset by that dont buy Goodyear Tires they announced a ban on mag hats get better tires for far less this is what the radical left democrats do to can play the same game and we have to Start Playing it now given the goodyear actively markets their ties to federal state and local Police Departments across the nation i find their newfound distaste for Law Enforcement to be insulting at best goodish is certainly not continue to count on any sizable revenue from the very profitable police and military divisions in the future after the backlash disowned the policy saying that its always been politically impartial it also stressed that employees are free to express their support for the place a Major Customer for the for political commentator Chadwick Moore says the company should steer clear of politics. Whats interesting here is this might be the 1st time im aware of that a. Left wing company got smacked very very hard by by their actions against conservatives when conservatives by and large the ones i talk to dont like this boycott culture they dont like this cancel culture but the left is going to keep doing this and try to cancel well the right can do it just as well prize month to the rainbow flag black eyes matters to the black lives matter whatever companies should care about these political issues i mean lots of people would rather live in a world where our companies and our celebrities stay out of the political game you know we dont want mcdonalds tweeting about black lives matter we dont want to you know chase bank tweeting about l g b t rights just be a bank just be a tire company. Ok you got up to date ill return with updates on our top stories in about half an hours time to get. 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