Great. Death rate in 150 years fuelling criticism of its approach to. Broadcasting from moscow to the world to our international you know name here taking you through the weekend developments good to have your company. The russian opposition figure. In hospital for emergency medical treatment he was airlifted earlier on today from the city of hes been in a coma since falling violently ill during a flight to moscow on thursday our europe correspondent peter all of the latest for us from the german capital. Alexina volley arrived here at charlotte say in a 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 shot its a hospital asking for patients 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 the novelli family he was transported here to germany on a medical plane that was paid for and charted by his supporters that plane contained. 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 new found a family which 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 doctors who trace 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 suffered a massive bombing disrupt. With the reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure while the plane was taking off last year lex in the valley 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 vonnie is not the 1st to fall victim to poisoning blame for which is often a laid at the door of the kremlin former spice and his daughter yulia suffered a nerve agent attack and russian defector Alexander Litvinenko died of radiation poisoning activist glad amir khan was poisoned twice and survived hooten 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 it being deny 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 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. Just on this story medical staff in berlin say they are running extensive tests to establish what is wrong with in the volley journalist Martin Sommer sais its too early to jump to conclusions. 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 lex in the bounty it will be zone. Now is an entourage maybe 8 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 policing so i think Everybody Needs to take a deep breath and think very carefully about the damage that can be done wild allegations. Moving on to another headline story opponents of the ballot keeping up the pressure almost 2 weeks on from the disputed election rallies were Health Rights condemning the Brutal Police tactics seen earlier on in the on rest crowds that marched through carrying the red and white flag thats become a symbol of the Anti GovernmentMovement Many of the activists were carrying flowers and you can see a placard there with a message love is stronger than fear for the past few days people have been forming a human chain across the capital with passing cars honking their horns in support there was no noticeable security presence while the president s parker here also making their voices heard a large progovernment rally took place in the west of the country and Alexander Lukashenko was there he gave a speech on reiterated his claim that the only going to being stirred up by external forces are to correspond of was in attendance on managed to speak to the press. What you see behind me is a few 1000 people who showed up at a progovernment rally. Meeting in. 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 weve seen Alexander Lukashenko the president of belarus make an appearance and he made a speech. Over the end of a. Time over time 60 percent of people on the internet who showed bruises 60 percent of that is stage footage time will pass we will come and show you everything you have received information that there are private enterprises all over the country that are pushing people to strike some have become insulting to the point that if an unfortunate policeman arrives rip a seat on car we have telephone conversations they say cross the copes but why why will you do if crime returns to the streets who you call do not attack policeman these are your own people if they made some mistakes forgive them the postelection period has been quiet rocky for Alexander Lukashenko for instance a couple of times one factory workers boycotted production and he showed up there to try and calm them down he was essentially had killed 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 so well here is a different mood here because here people are supporting him so thats what hes thanked them for and essentially his messages be. 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 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. I knew this would happen i was afraid of skirmishes during that critical period they were preparing for that they were going to wait for i came out i was afraid that these people would have suffered that is why we took a break look at that there is a sea of people outside i did not expect to see that here on the western border where being are being pressured to attack 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 what the mood like is here like a public celebration with some classic songs and local local heads so this is whats going on here. The belarus president speaking to our team meanwhile belorussian Opposition Leader. Has said she will not run for president again if the government agrees to a rerun of the election during her 1st Media Conference since fleeing to lithuania taken office said her only goal now is to secure a new election she called on other countries to respect the sovereignty of belarus sun to let its people decide to feature on their country meanwhile Alexander Lukashenko has said he helped her leave the country. It was not who transported to the truth when you 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. But shes been thrown under the bus. And then Foreign Ministry and Intelligence Services reached out to her and now she started making statements. And we got some interesting insight from a moscow based political scientist who believes the protests movement in belarus right now lacks a clear agenda. The belorussian authorities have managed to curb the Strike Movement and all the Major Enterprises a largely open running the conveyor belts were never shut down and all the factories are producing their output the wave of strikes has died down so president lukashenko is personally engaged in with the workers and doing it quite effectively following the peak of the unrest last weekend i do expect we will see a spike again tomorrow but i dont think it will be large maybe 10 or 15000 people by and large bellerose to seen an outpouring of emotion rather than a revolution there is no clear agenda and there is unlikely to be one so i think everything will be under control soon and the governments domestic legitimacy will be restored when it comes to external legitimacy that will take time they need to learn from the many mistakes that have been made of the European Union has refused to recognise the result of the bell rush lection the us call that not free or fair but the spike the western pressure president lukashenko is adamant hes not going anywhere its a situation thats reminded some of another leader. 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 use so just know it will be different but it can be done and there are clearly a few parallels like bella reuss 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 soon unique that you do these if you take the ship trying to survive for the it will be unprecedented humanitarian distress fluorine 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 and valorous where an Opposition Coordination Council has been formed and if that is if the Coordination Council believes that the only way to overcome the police call crisis is to need to start negotiations and work out mechanisms to restore the rule of law with 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 as political maneuvering actually achieved as well people never supported in any numbers whatsoever you had rallies where very few people showed a particularly the military 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 to ask of the United States to back someone who had no support really to begin with and then to try to palm this off to the rest of the world that he was really good of a president to have him travel to washington to say 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 will probably take didnt really know 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 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 foreign support for the Bella Roussel position has come from numerous quarters including a prominent french intellectual bernard already levy is renowned as being no stranger to bucking revolt. The United Nations was set up. For me its the war that comes a is too late. These almost all 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 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 imagine and perhaps to provoke a configuration such as that which has prevailed in libya. Mind. You not so many europeans you want the best of europeans. Today in vilnius with 3 planets you who know its going to the face of the berlin Russian Revolution and the opposition to the tyrant 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 someone behind sayings way probably even taken off wants to avoid involving the nation the guy. 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 at resort. Peaceful brought us there do that city seeing horrible pictures of police mileage and the same on the government side now more and more people are protesting just because they want to say that we are against any change and you know we want to preserve peace so those people are not asked that audio in the seringe an hour out of their own agenda and meeting at this meeting but you can also go with anyone who has no money no into war as you know lots of pro promoting some revolutionary ideas i dont think that may makes any any difference. Lets turn the program to the middle east now where thousands of people have gathered in central jerusalem calling on the israeli Prime Minister to resign over corruption allegations. By i. Protesters march to Benjamin Netanyahu is residents defying police attempts to stop the procession and israeli media are reporting several clashes on at least 33. 00 arrests being made. Is currently on trial for bribery and fraud on has been the target of demonstrations throughout the summer the latest rally comes ahead of tuesdays deadline for the Coalition Government to agree on a budget plan or trigger im new election. Just approaching 20 minutes into the Program Still to come local authorities in the u. K. Are urging people to ditch the dont forget the fridays saying the obesity crisis could bankrupt the Health Service we get into that story more besides. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race off and spearing Dramatic Development only loosely im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very. Time to sit down and talk. Seemed wrong. Rules just dont hold. Me. To shape out these days become educated and engagement equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. Lets start the program back in Northern Europe where sweden has recorded its highest death rate for a 6 month period over the past 150 years 20 twentieths figure is a 15 percent increase on last year and has reignited criticism of the countrys approach to the coronavirus on like most european country sweden did not go into locked up the majority of Public Places remained open for write also there was no official recommendation for face coverings to be used. It is very dangerous to belief east 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 well a swedish human rights expert we spoke to says economic considerations were behind the governments decision he believes. Goal was to keep. The Health Services. At the certain level i mean not fully obeid in order to take care of all of that. But of course they were are being. Geared units not completely depleted because they were were quickly not at the meeting in those Health Care Units on the edge a league where. They had the meat of intensive care and then you could join us then we have a list. By now were doing it so where we are means that we are yeah we are doing better but behind this is you know. Then its big decision again that this in a game there was a after different dynamics the economy of the countries will be some ice so were going to. Be the exception but the fact that the economy of this suffering as much as the economy. Im out of countries so were. Not only the economy still is totally failure is a complete failure. A big debates no pun intended happening in the u. K. Leaders are calling on doctors to be more upfront with patients about obesity and help them get their weight under control the local Government Association says concerns about offending people are causing medics to dodge the issue of potentially disastrous consequences for the Health Service that those living with severe obesity cost consul funded social care twice as much as a person with a healthy weight according to the governments own figures spending a low base city and diabetes is greater than on police the fire service and the dish yuri combine to local Authorities Say 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 on pretty staggering figures as well nearly a quarter of adults in britain are classified as obese but that rate expected to rise to a 3rd by 2024 since the mid 1990 s. The number of obese men as increased 7 for a while its triple for women we spoke to columnist Andree Walker human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell about how they think the issues should be tackled. Obesity is a human rights issue because people 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 thats a very small base trix you obviously i mean do its biggest gains in overweight people seem to be in economically deprived areas there are not many 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 Fresh Produce is expensive this it sound so bad you know 82 percent so its these cheap at the back of chips now and i walk around university kept assessed and every girl i see is because of course you know weve got to change that pot space by saying look im sorry you eat too much and you 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 x. X. Its died from codeine see a doctor out of our wrists you know very often its um 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. Is it from me for no it doesnt will be here at the top of the hour throughout the moscow night keeping you up to date on all of this weekends big news stories. But more great programs gets going in at moments here so sit tight and ill see you again soon. 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