A sweeping registers a significant spike in deaths in the 1st half of 2020. Thanks for joining us here are not a. Russian opposition figure had. Been admitted to a bird in hospital for medical treatment he was airlifted earlier on saturday from the siberian city of hes been in a coma since falling ill during a flight to moscow on thursday he to all of a has the latest from the. Well 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 weve 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 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 in the valley it was in some extreme distress. There have been claims that that election of only was poisoned however doctors who trace him in say they carried out a talk screening and that they 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 what 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 box person 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 haitian from russia to germany had been due to the concerns from the medical staff in fact the kremlin and rushed 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 of the burden hospital say that they are running extensive tests to establish whats wrong with the valley but many in the west appear already to have decided he was poisoned something journal spot in summer says his promise. 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 his own 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 we think Everybody Needs to take a deep breath and think very carefully about the damage that can be done by wild allegations. Belorussian Opposition Leaders from lana taken off scott says 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 during a 1st Media Conference since playing to lithuania taken off sky reiterated that all she was seeking was a fresh vote for so called on other countries to respect the sovereignty of bella roofs and that its people decide the future of their country and more president lukashenko has revealed that he facilitated ticket of scars exile. Yeah you weaves it was i who transported to the truth when you i just dont want to go into details but she was the one who requested this to me she was begun to be allowed to go to her children in the she loves them but shes just thrown under the bus i helped her and then Foreign Ministry and Intelligence Services reached out to her and now she starts making statements up to colleagues in support of the president have been held across the country one of the biggest of them was in the city all for us hes done office that. Its really really loud here what is playing behind me right now is the National Anthem of the republic of the us a little bit of context we are right so the west and the country in the city of brest that seem a lot during the time the 2nd world war as it is known that the great feel sick boy your guess is as good as mine here when it comes to scale but i would say theres about theres definitely thousands of people maybe close to 10000 basically people here have to look to a number of them and their message just some of them would change some of them dont want to but none of them want to listen ukrainians and 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 but essentially they have been saying that the white red and white flag the colors chosen by the opposition they resemble. That since by collaborating during the 2nd world war they have a huge problem with that because a lot of people here. History. And the future movement here to get not so sure that. They take it seriously so even those who may have support your position. With what. Century the black. Because that. Was what. I came here because i want to give belarus the way to i dont want on rest im a mother i have a small child i want him to grow up you know a peaceful and beautiful bellicose nobody forced us to come here everyone has their own opinion and we should not prevent each other from expressing our views. I am from belarus for a peaceful balance im 60 years old ive been working as a driver all my adult life and ive traveled to europe where ive not seen a better country than bellerose 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. This is the man they are supposed to be and always the government must not make an example of. Something ive come here. Not just. To the city they all come from neighboring cities is now the sort of. How could. Anyone from the ground can get in the spotlight can be in the center stage and speak. In the meantime this was the scene in minsk people gathering alongside a highway carrying the red and white opposition flank the demonstration began outside a Detention Center where protesters were held is what people have been saying on the streets of the belarusian 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 crane over several last days to confess. Was. Greatly because yesterday at the beginning now people are saying that the protests are common down people up the same mystic but you have to remember that their regional to 26 years its impossible to overturn it in 10 days. Scopus political scientist our tour didnt choke told us how he thinks the shank will seek to end 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 or round table discussion above the future of develop. Development of both social and Political Development and somehow to incorporate. Moderate opposition to political process try to maybe not sharing power but drive to allow them to participate in Decision Making at the local level regional level or maybe at the National Level so that they can express the ideas and interests of those who are intending to tour the present well he doesnt want to maybe do our direct negotiations with the council because they are self appointed people so all the legally they do not represent the present population so its not clear who they are representing in this garden in Good Nutrition council but i think that he is a very large container agreed to have dialogue with the labor unions. Along local leaders legacy to me. Local officials the international communitys largely condemned president of the shank of holding on to power despite the pressure hes adamant hes not going anywhere its a situation thats reminded some of a nother leader a scientist on a culture 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 has now citing the venezuelan scenario calling on the west to recognize the Opposition Leader as the legitimate president. Given the good case that ties to federal state and local Police Departments across the nation i find their newfound distaste for Law Enforcement to be insulting at the. Issue certainly no continue to count on any sizable revenue from the very profitable police and military divisions in the future words but he was not 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 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 it 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 and hold new elections its not exactly clear what the function of these institutions are though in venezuela its hard to tell what 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 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 you ask the United States to 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 be said we are 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 belarus goes we dont know what the real support is for the opposition because the Election Results were probably tainted really know and how much support he has but we know the guy girl did never got that kind of support because he was in the country and trying to make speeches and have around him and make them. A laughable figure there are no doubt some key differences between the 2 countries after all venezuelas been suffering from hyperinflation widespread crime and a tanking economy all intensified by u. S. Sanctions thats not the case in valorous though lets hope it stays that way and some support for the position has come from numerous quarters including from a prominent french intellectual ben dont really live he is no stranger to banking revolt. That the United Nations was set up. For me its the war that comes a is too late. For. The elmo small default defense of operations targeted defense for parishioners to protect the civilian population at the request of the interim governing council i have the impression france could have envisaged that and it would have submitted it as part of a political plan the you will discover in the next few days. How can we put rice who failed to act with regard to syria well by trying to march in and perhaps to provoke a configuration such as that which has prevailed in libya. But not so many europeans you want the best of europeans. Actual thing that you know well it was a definite mistake on the part of the. Team because given that it does have this reputation of somewhat at least behind sayings way probably even taken also wants to the boy didnt 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 to produce quite honestly most people who are now protesting have resorted to peaceful progress they are doing the. That city seeing horrible pictures of police smiling and the same on the government side now more and more people are protesting just because they want to say that we are hard against any change and you know we want to preserve peace so those people are the tasks that audio in the seringe an hour an hour out of their own agenda and meeting at this meeting but you can also go with anyone who is no winning no in the war as you know lots of pro promoting some revolutionary ideas i dont think that may makes any any difference. Councils in the United Kingdom a warning that the fear of offending obese people could bankrupt the countrys Health Service details in a moment. When else so seems wrong. Why dont we all just dont call. Me old yet to see how this day comes after. And in detroit because the trail. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. Back to court summer solution series that was daisy harbor and today were going to be talking about the. Money. And stop the lying joining us very quickly. Of keys dot com. Welcome back sweden has seen a surge in deaths in the 1st half of 2020 government statistics suggest 15 percent more people died when compared with the same time in the Previous Year the revelation as regard to criticism of still comes approach to the pandemic unlike most stooping countries sweden didnt go into lockdown the majority of Public Places remained open throughout or so also there was no official recommendation to wear face masks it is very dangerous to belief masks would change the game when it comes to 19 friess masks can be compliment to other things when other things are safely in place but to start with having face masks and then think you can crowd your buses or your shopping malls thats definitely a mistake you talk to human rights expert marcelo for rather than ali who says that economic considerations were behind the governments decision. Goal was to keep their. 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 where are having. Good units not completely depleted because they were. Quickly not at the meeting in those Health Care Units on the end to leave that warehouse being this is to live for and that they had the need of intensive care and then you can join us then we have lists of good by now were doing it so where we are means that we are yeah we are doing better damn it but behind this is. Dennis dennis then its big vision of again that this in a game there was a after different dynamics the economy of the countries will be some i see the so were going to be you know better position to be the exception but define that the economy of stood in this suffering us matches 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. You cant cancel leaders are calling the doctors to be more up front with their patients about obesity they say concerns about offending people will bankrupt the Health Service the local Government Association says those living with severe obesity costing council funded social care twice as much as a healthy person they are also far more likely to require Long Term Care over a 2 year period according to the governments own figures obesity is costing society billions of pounds and your spending on a base of diabetes is greater than on the Police Fire Service and judiciary combined with local Government Association says things need to change. Unless we do. 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 as obese the rate is expected to rise as well to a 3rd by 2024 as the mid ninetys the number of obese men as increased 7 fold for women its tripled we spoke to human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell a columnist and a walker about the issue. Obesity is a human rights issue because people who 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 wish the forcing people to do anything thought i do believe that these arguments that we hear all the time which is so People College of thought speak out like you know what if you want to lose weight it last a very small base tricks you obvious i mean do its biggest gains in overweight people seem to be in economic to deprive the area there are not many you know any 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 it sounds 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 the train start by saying look im sorry i q e 2 hot 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 there are easy 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 that access its died suppose he died she knocked her out of our wrists you know very often its our white people. I started to create real danger and i just think we should be always with people that states the law you know if you cant so why doctors dont update itself the facts. Ok and that wraps it up for this news hour appreciated your company throughout the morning here on r. T. Gently booga will be here with all the latest our top stories in about the difference. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. Spearing Dramatic Development the only and. I dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. Im after a time to know what youre going on the ground the team and i will be back with a brand new season starting september the 5th but until then well be showing you some of your favorite shows of this past star studded season stay safe coming up in this episode with all the civil war raging in the United States what now for the Global Movement for justice and equality sparked by the Police Murder of george floyd we ask one of the most important activists of all time former black Panther Angela davis about organizing in the face of aman vehicles and tear gas hand anything has changed since she was one of the f. B. I. s most wanted plus when the options of the 2020 president ial ballot box are you man using military force against protesters for a man who was instrumental in policies that resulted in the u. S. Having the highest prison population in the world is it time for a new political party. Small coming up in todays going on the ground but 1st as protests continue today around the world in the wake of the murder of george floyd many are now asking how the Political Movement it catalyzed conformant true change and perhaps even revolution one woman who knows exactly how hard the struggle against systematic oppression and racial cabin. Lism is the legendary black panther activist professor angela davis whose fight for equality in the sixtys and seventys led then president Richard Nixon to refer to her as a dangerous terrorist she joins me by skype from oakland in california thank you so much professor azure davis for coming on going underground can i just ask you right at the beginning theres a lot of quoting of the great writer James Baldwin at the moment he actually wrote an open letter to you what did he mean when he said our bodies must render impossible the corridor to the gas chamber well of course James Baldwin was. Not only mr cent right here but also he was involved in a whole range of social justice issues and he took up my case wrote an open letter to me and. Argue that if they did not protect my life the same would be next if they come for you and the morning he said every do not prevent them from taking you we will be next so that is actually. That is actually very seem of the mass movements have developed against racism against the signage and any against climate injustice etc of course the words reverberate starkly today because of the use of the word gas chamber in the state of california. Still has a gas chamber which is ok that quick prison the site of many demonstrations over the last few years precisely because of the fact that prisons and and courage the spread of covert 19 to oakland where your speaking to me from known quite pretty as a progressive place around the world spends an enormous proportion of its budget on police and Police Activities what do you think baldwin may meant when he said he could gauge a Nations Health we can all by examining those people that elected to represent are protected what is the health of your nation right now i think the world is