This is our 2 international bring here a live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. Russian opposition figure have not only has been admitted to a berlin 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 r. T. His bitter all over has 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 in chartered by his supporters that plane. 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 but 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 election of and he was poisoned however the 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 jury is 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 taishan from russia to germany had been due to the concerns from the medical staff in fact the kremlin had 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 at the berlin hospital say they are running extensive tests to establish whats wrong with bali but many in the west appear are reading to have decided he was poisoned something journalist Martin Somers says is premature. Well obviously if its a case of poisoning theres going to be an awful lot of press placing boy western politicians and others but of course its not clear who would have done the poisoning who has access to the links in the boundary 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 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 while the allegations. Belorussian Opposition Leader. Says she wont run again for president if the government agrees to iran of the disputed election outcome which led to 2 weeks of political unrest during her 1st Media Conference since fleeing to lithuania reiterated that all she was seeking was a fresh but they also called on other countries to respect the sovereignty of belarus and to let its people decide the future of their country meanwhile Alexander Lukashenko has claimed that he facilitated her exile. Yeah it was i who transported her truth when 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 she loves them but shes been thrown under the bus. And then Foreign Ministry and Intelligence Services reached out and now she started making statements. Look i go has just delivered a speech at a rally and road though he told the supporters that the political turmoil gripping the country is being stirred up by the west partys corresponding interest on i was there for us and managed to speak to the president in person. But you see behind me is a few 1000 people who showed up at a progovernment rally and indeed this this meeting is very special compared to others that we have that we have covered in the past couple of days not because its exceptionally large because it isnt but because its the 1st one now that weve seen the example of the president of belarus make an appearance and he made a speech after playing sure you know what these folks want time is all the time for 60 percent of people on the internet should resist 60 percent of the early stage through to check the time will pass out home who show you everything you have received information that there are private enterprises all over the country that of haitian people to strike us some have become insulting to the point that an unfortunate policeman arrives to rip a seat on car we have telephone conversations they say cross the corpse why why would you do if prime returns to the streets who you call do not attack policeman watch these are your own people and they made some mistakes forgive me oh such thought you did to the other testing thats not so what did you use them over other words as one lawyer did not do well in this book since the 1st book the. Director general for your projects in the postelection period has been quite rocky for Alexander Lukashenko. For instance a couple of times when factory workers boycotted production and he showed up there to try and calm them down he was essentially hackled and booed off stage so they didnt give him any any any any time they didnt really give him any slack if i may say well here theres a different mood here because here people are supporting him so thats what hes thanked them for and essentially his message has been. It doesnt matter whos in power it doesnt matter the only thing that matters is that belarus should stay independent that it should let other nations meddle and yes as you said i had a chance to ask him a question it wasnt like a Media Briefing or anything will literally caught him as he was leaving the stage yes no. I knew this would happen i was afraid of skirmishes during that critical period they were preparing for that they were going to work before i came out i was afraid that these people would have suffered that is why we took a break. Well there is a sea of people outside i did not expect to see that here on the western border where bin are being pressured to touch russia they see as a springboard and we have to wipe it out it was really happy to see us journalists from russia as well hes already left but people well the crowd the numbers are dwindling the crowd is slowly dissipating. Leaving but still a few good few 100 people are still behind me theres a concert going on so i dont know think of a celebration this is sort of what the mood like is here like a public celebration with some classic songs and some local local hits so this is whats going on here. Meanwhile this is the scene in minsk people gathered alongside a highway carrying the red and white flags of the countries opposition the demonstration began outside a Detention Center where protesters were held heres a people are staying on the streets of the ball russian capital. Yes that certainly when you see that you are not alone it helps to keep the spirit up and stops you becoming said but to let you speak you still have these 3 crosses we wanted to call volves or sponsible for the evil and humiliation the green over several last days to confess this was the show it would never greatly cause us to get the beginning now people are saying that the protests are calming down people at the same istic but we have to remember that there is a 26 years its impossible to overturn it in 10 days. Lost political signs as our tour told us how he thinks look shankar will stick to and the crisis. In such case its battle to im dissipate future demands of the opposition that dissipate crisis and get dry 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 somehow 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 do or presenting 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 to represent the population so its not clear who they are representing in this and this. Is a lot i think that he is a very large container agreed to have dialogue with the labor unions with local local leaders legacy to me. Local officials International Community has largely condemned for holding on to power but the spike the pressure hes adamant hes not going anywhere its a situation thats her mind at some of another later as artist on a quarter explain its. 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. We are trying to convince the Global Community that he can all sky has to be recognized for example in venezuela there are 2 centers of power of course in better or worse so just know it will be different but it can be done and there are clearly a few parallels like deloris 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 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 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 ask of 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 rude to them and president have him travel to washington to be said we are going with donald trump in speech he 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 how many how much support he has but we know the guy did never got that kind of 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 and valorous though lets hope it stays that way outside support for the belarus opposition has come from numerous quarters including from a prominent french intellectual bernard under a levy is no stranger to back in revolt. The United Nations was set up. For me its the war that comes a is too late. For. The most will default defense of operations targets a 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 place good 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 imagine and perhaps to provoke a configuration such as that which has prevailed in libya. Won but not so many europeans you want the best of the 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 someone who is behind the sayings way probably even taken also wants to all the boys involved where its clear 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 had resorted to peaceful progress they are doing the. That city seeing horrible pictures of all the smiling and the same on the governments side now more and more people are protesting just because they want to say that we knew hard against any change and you know we want to preserve peace so those people are protesting out of their own concerns 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 the in the world as you know lots of credit for noting some revolutionary ideas i dont think that may makes any any difference. Councils in the u. K. Warn that a fear of offending obese people could bankrupt the countrys Health Service stories among our stories after the break. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. Welcome back sweden has seen a surge and deaths in the 1st half of 2020 government stats suggest 15 percent more people die compared with the same period in the Previous Year the revelation has reignited criticism of stockholms approach the pandemic though alike most of European Countries sweden did not go into lockdown the majority of Public Places remained open throughout and there was no official recommendation to wear face masks. It is very dangerous to belief face masks would change the game when it comes to 19 facemasks 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 we talk to human rights expert martella for he says economic considerations were behind the governments decision. Who goal was to keep. The Health Services. At the certain level i mean not fully obeid in order to take care of all of them or to accept it but of course they were having. Good units not completely depleted because they were were quickly not at the meeting in those Health Care Units on the edge a league that where having the disease belief that they had the neat care and then you could join us then we have their lists. By bates now were doing it so where we are means that we are. We are doing better donna doctors but behind this is study you know data used in this then its big decision again that this in effect on the game there was a after different day makes a good many of the countries will be so my c. V. So were going to be unit better position to compete exceptional but the fact that the economy of stood in is suffering as much as the economy. On the right amount of countries so were. Not only lives you know sort of the economy so totally failure is a complete failure. You cocounsel leaders are calling on doctors to be more upfront with patients about obesity they say concerns about offending people will bankrupt the Health Service the local Government Association says those living with severe obesity costs 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 figures obesity is costing society billions of pounds annual spending on a basically and diabetes is greater than on police the fire service and the dept 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 and britain are classified as obese with that rate expected to rise to a 3rd by 2024 since the mid 1990 s. The number of obese men has increased 7 fold whats tripled for women we spoke to human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and calmness under walker about the right approach to 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 cheney 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 College of thoughts freak out like you know what if you want to lose weight eat less and been more tricks you obvious i can do its biggest gains in overweight people seem to be in economic you 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 suresh produces expense this it sounds so bad you know 82 percent so its these cheap at the back of chips now i walk around university kept assessed and every girl i see is because of course you know weve got to change that space by saying look im sorry that you eat too 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 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 our wrists you know very often its our 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 a leaked photo and audio from diversity training in topeka kansas the recording contains comments on blue and all i was matter and make America Great again caps. Despite that ban goodyear is fine with stop supporting black lives matter and gay pride is among those who have been left upset by all this dont buy good year tires they announce to ban a mag at get better tires for far less this is what the radical left democrats to 2 can play the same game and we have to Start Playing it now given the markets the ties to federal state and local Police Departments across the nation i find their newfound distaste for Law Enforcement to be insulting at best you certainly know continue to count on any sizable revenue from the very profitable police and military divisions in the future after the backlash goodyear disown the policy is saying that its always been politically impartial and also stressed that employees are free to express express their support for the police a Major Customer for the Firm Political commentator Chadwick Morris says companies 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 that 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 pride month through the rainbow flag black buys matter do the black live matter tweet whatever companies shouldnt care about these political issues i mean love to 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 you know chase bank tweeting about l g b c right just be a bank just be a tire company thats been our roundup of the days top stories for further details and up to the minute reports follow us on facebook or instagram. 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