With the u. S. Deeply divided ahead of the president ial election in november of americans say theyre desperate for an alternative to the 2 main runners on the country. One minute past 8 pm here in moscow this wedding to stay september the 2nd my names you know neal and youre welcome to our team international. We begin with breaking news the German Government is claiming that russian opposition figure say novell knew he was poisoned we induced coma in a birth in hospital after being early if they had from russia 2 weeks ago the kremlin has said its received no communication from germany on the findings. But our europe correspondent peter all over is in early in right now with all the latest peter brick time for us this statement from the German Government and indeed the developments aligned to that. German chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to the press on wednesday afternoon she said that germany had clear big u. S. Evidence that a novel nerve agent had been used in what it called an attack against what chancellor merkel called an attack against Alexei Novelli she said that this was an attempt to silence him and that it was a crime against the fundamental values of the chancellor and foreign minister heiko must of called for answers in this case. Its still true that informant soon it is over there is that one of the leading opposition figures in russia has been poisoned as specialized laborde 3 of the armed forces came to a clear conclusion and that i dont see never in the last poisoned with a substance from the north hes the victim for crime someone tried to shut him up the aisle for doing a put to sleep we demand an investigation into the poisoning of aleksey now while we condemn this poison elixir and in the near future will hold consultations and how you have adequately respond to weight loss would depend on russias response to the case. Well its in a valley has been here in berlin receiving treatment since the 22nd of august he took ill on a flight from sein bierria to moscow that plane had to make an Emergency Landing in the city of all the square he 1st received medical treatment he was in clear distress when paramedics arrived at the scene. Mr novelli was airlifted from. Too late and on the 22nd his supporters funding a special medical flight for him he remains in a little juice coma medic saying theres no acute danger to his life at all whether to stay the shot at a hospital where hes been receiving treatment said that his competition had improved. Peter bring us up to spec friend with the russian official reaction whats been said there. Bush would be to sum it up in a word weve heard from the Russian Foreign ministry saying that the claims made by the by their german partners were based in fact in fact we heard from mary as a card over the Spokes Person for the Foreign Ministry who had this to say. Nobody knows the russian general Prosecutors Office of this the German Justice minister with an official request for a Legal Assistance the office also expressed insurgents to present german side of the test results and the assertion that it out after mr no one is hospitalization the German Justice ministry confirmed it had been to see if the request but so far thats. Well we also heard from Demeter Press corps whos the kremlin Spokes Person who said that when Alexei Navalny left russia there was no sign of toxins nor the chalk all other in his system. Here thanks for bringing us the very latest on that peter all of our europe correspondent in berlin. Well lets now welcome to the program teary mariani former french transport minister and a member of the European Parliament its a pleasure to have you sir on the program the situation clearly seems to be escalating germany has said it will consult with the e. U. Nato to formulate a joint response what do you think that response may be. Worth 1st as a democrat to. The soonest possible mr never knew but as members of the European Parliament i dont want dont always destroy people. Who do fuel on the tension between your russia and europe. Of course we must govern in this to geisha but. Nobodys no we just know its the guilty or the response of. Mint and i think its not the movements jew dick decision we solved any evidence. Germany has said that it will inform its western allies on the novell need case on the topic of communication theres no indication that they intend to inform moscow even though this is an alleged crime that happened in russia do you think berlin is taking the right approach here. Well i think in europe many people who want to put. It on the blades. Because even if it there is no obvious shock nobody knows who put it today and i think before to take a decision before 2 of the meeting was as a country before d 2 dick d shown i dont know why the most important question is if there is never sure if there is or isnt always the give the order and at this moment nobody know exactly and there is absolutely no it didnt say that this is going to we know that it could be in fortunately a crime or it could be somebody who wanted to make vengeance against the nominee and i see the most important in this moment is to be quiet to wait result of the investigation thats what i was just going to to bring up mr novell me plenty of enemies hes targeted a large number of officials and businessmen in his Anti Corruption investigations thats very well known hes been doing it for almost a decade even if there was an attempt on his life suspicion it seems is falling solely on the kremlin no proof no problem to put it bluntly. Well if there is absolutely no proof that the criminal is involved in debts and it isnt for the people who know what it dicks in russia honestly. I dont see the interest its just me of the government of the president off somebody criminally to order a crime like that there would be there is no low schickel thats why of course im not but its money but i think its better to try to find it guilty but some. In the direction of the people who are. Dont get it by doing investigation of mr nothing to me about the rich and. Even before the mr mariani the German Foreign minister said sanctions would be introduced against russia if novell knew he was found to have been poisoned how much appetite do you think there is in europe right now for a new sanctions war essentially. You know i mean you members of your again bottom and if i wasnt French Parliament had done very shocked to see that insight disbarment. A great measure ity want to push sunshine and sunshine new games. Russia and all the reason to to put a new wave of sunshine honestly its not because in germany somebody would be put in. The Government Office the americans guarantee and they seem to the exactly the same seem to get some shouted we sought and we proved without any if the dance that the government is involved in this drama could be very critical and who has interests to make a new steps in the tension between russia and europe nobody nobody thats why i since we must stay very quiet in this moment we must have the result of in this investigation and number any surprise that when somebody takes us immediately without any evidence and you wave of sanctions why if it is not to fuel the tension and to use this drama it put it to go to reason just to delve into some earlier points you made the the russian Prosecutor Generals Office sais that it has sent a request to germany for a full information on the vileness test results do you expect berlin to comply with that request and share what it has with moscow. If they only want one of the through of course i hope they were not. In favor of debts because if there is an investigation we could be just an industry geisha of course irrational but of course this investigation need to head him and that what this moment in the hands of the German Government. No but chuck was of course the same nerve agent allegedly used on the script palls in england back in 28. 00 back then i covered a lot of their stories surrounding and a lot of guest western powers claim that the use of the poison was in itself proof that russia was to blame the russian state do you think now its going to be these allegations over and over again. We have do research we have executives saying rist then d. The drama in england some years ago because i repeat nobody has asked if. The government of russia was you know involved in the drama in england and its exactly the same situation and i remember that during the 1st drama even without any of it and there was some shit there was a sort of escalate of tension and its for the same trapped. These findings come despite the conclusions of russian doctors in that mr valley was not poisoned they run toxicology tests which came back negative its been 2 weeks since he was flown to berlin i appreciate that were not medical experts sitting here but is it surprising don its taken germany this long to detect nava chop which i would suggest was at the forefront of of minds in this state at least. Were. Absolutely no doctor 1st i see. A doctor. Or the doctor and or the very professional no i dont i can not imagine the doctor. Said that through. Going to lee i mean its gross. 2 weeks after the german doctor find something that the russian doctor dont find 2 weeks before the debate strange d all this it is all this data between the 2 investigation just a point i to appreciate your time just to a couple more issues the German GovernmentSpokes Person condemned the alleged poisoning as an a standing act and said berlin will consult with the e. U. And nato in a joint response i know youve spoken on not but in terms of how far this could actually escalate how do you think its going to progress from now it when we know that in europe there is are 2 groups of gantries. I hope my countrys president might be wrong and i said that but only the opposition i hope the president all we be in. To see to wait and have more information but only to be defrayed when i saw somebody come true when i saw some countries in the east of europe want all the time to push the ascension thats mean i hope that this meeting between no d european gum trees would be just a meeting for to speak and not big decision d. No information and just finally the biggest economic project between russia and germany is of course the nord stream to pipeline germany so far stood up to to what was quite a lot of pressure from washington to scrap the project and its still happening could it be affected by the poisoning allegations. Were we no doubt deano which in turn we have exactly the same. One to done shown between the relation between europe and russia and as you know in this moment this is a pretty good show. And its a bit afraid then it could be possible that this new information be used by some people in washington dont want to push it again. d between europe and. Russia because everybody understand that. The story about gas there is to rest of washington and then to rest of washington is to broke the relation between germany and russia on this. And im well we appreciate you coming on the program and sharing your thoughts and giving us your time as well mr Terry Mariani former french transport minister and member of the European Parliament thank you. Thank you. And we will keep you updated of course on the alleged poison out on alexina the hour and throughout the day here on our to international but time now for a short break. Throughout its history the hardest with the selfproclaimed Islamic State terrorist group have recruited up to 30000 foreigners from all over the world to fight for the. Sounds of russian citizens left their country to join the terrorists often bringing wives and children with them. The. Hundreds of children and widows were held captive disappeared. Russia those children families wait for search for. A trial relating to the 2015 terrorist attacks on their way. 14 people stand accused of involvement in the wave of terror that shook the french capital 5 years ago they said to recall magazine shirley was one of the main targets of the attacks alongside a jewish supermarket charred more now from parts. Well Charlie Hebdo is back in the spotlight here in france and thats because as that trial is underway that important trial its decided to take a Bold Decision according to some some of described it perhaps as being more idiotic and that is to republic some of its most controversial cartoons which depict the prophet mohammed the muslim prophet now it was those types of cartoons that were published by the magazine that initially put a target on its back and led to that attack back in 2015 in which 12 people were murdered now back then the world came out in support singhs use 3 sharlee saying they supported the right of the magazine its freedom of speech to publish cartoons like that but by republishing these cartoons again today a montage of them it has reignited the debate here in france over whether or not its ok to blast fim now there has been some polls done the news that Charlie Hebdo was reprinting some of those cartoons and its really interesting the results that have come out this is a poll thats been done by the French Institute of Public Opinion now it found when it asked the french people in general what they thought was this the right thing to do and that the majority of people supported the decision supported the freedom of speech of Charlie Hebdo but when you narrow that field down and only asked that question to french muslims there was a very different response was 69 percent responding that they didnt think it was right to publish those cartoons in the 1st place now everybody seems to be getting involved in this issue from the president right the way across through social media everybody has an opinion and those opinions are polarized there isnt from a freedom to blast fim which is attached to freedom of conscience im here to protect all these freedoms why would you allow a publication to wreck your kid. 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This is not freedom of speech this is disrespect in the sentiments of all the muslims around the world still pined in behind freedom of speech it doesnt give people the right to say whatever they want to choose decency and their ticket so freedom of speech will again be used as an excuse to hurt muslim sentiments and our beliefs and while we condemn these actions openly vehemently no heed will be paid because who cares about muslim sentiments anyway now this trial is hugely important not just because its about the attacks but its also about the attacks that took place a few days later on a kosher supermarket here in paris where more people were killed and what the National Anti terror prosecutor here in france are said while this might not be about the men that carried out those attacks because they are dead this is about that wide web of individuals who supported them who perhaps finance them or shielded them in the aftermath of those attacks and this also comes as font says interior minister warns that while this trial is about the historical event an event that is still something that is poignant in french memory there is also something that we must remember he talked about and that is the fact that there is still a huge threat of terror here in france it is the internal threat within our walls which has become the most significant and the strongest one which mobilizes the most attention of the Intelligence Services are now also talked about more than 8000. 00 individuals still being on a french database of suspected islam ists that could potentially pose a Security Threat here in france and he said that their full attention was needed on those individuals talking about the resilience of networks such as Islamic State and he also mentioned the number all. Of individuals in prison that are connected to islam is threats and talked about the vatican lies ation in prisons he said that the majority of those individuals who were radicalized in prisons have then gone on to commit their own terror offenses when theyve been released now the trial is about those 2 messages it surely abdul and the kosher supermarket here in paris and they herald it in a way of terror that has and compass france now for more than 5 years. So while many people thought the focus would be on the trial starting in paris many people are now looking at what surely was done with the republic ation of those controversial satirical cartoons of the muslim prophet mohammed with many people questioning whether this was the right decision was this about sort of standing up for freedom of speech was this about remembering those who was slain at its offices or is this something that could really radicalize islamists across the world and incite a new wave of terror we took the opportunity to speak with french publisher and journalist emerick malkiel he believes that some of those defending the magazine are using it to push their own agendas. This horrible acts there was such a reaction of horror that theres some people have lost their heads which unfortunately is a tribute to the politics of terror but thought for example there was a fashionable journalist who said that this at this moment those who are not shoddy must be punished but im sorry but just because i think i find these attacks horrible doesnt mean that i have to i dont if i myself with the newspapers whose political life i have never appreciated and we know where this hatred and contempt have led and the worst thing in france would be in the name of defending freedom of expression freedom of speech we allowed ourselves to be drawn into a war of civilization which would claim ever more victims can assure you. So lets turn attention now on the program to the u. S. Where donald trump has ignored calls from local leaders to stay away from the violence stricken city of can no share in wisconsin arriving and choose the he prays the Police Tensions between Trump Supporters and black lives matter protesters ramped up during his time in the city you know she is the latest us hot spot for rallies and riots against racism holy spirit. After a black man was shot by officers last month after resisting arrest on attempting to get back in his car 2 people were killed in the protests that followed the shooting with the city suffering massive damage to personal property and businesses the president has again stressed that us police are not systematically. I think the police do an incredible job. And i think you do have some bad apples i think youd agree every once in a while youll see something and you do have the other situation to. Under this tremendous pressure in the they dont hear little world. When mr trumps main president ial rival joe biden posted a video of himself on his running mate horace having a socially distanced shout they discuss trumps alleged inability to deal with the covert crisis you know you think of all the people today who because of the negative way in which this president is walked away with the only way is the cove crisis my god the way its been responded to. Well it comes as Many Americans are it appears turning their backs on the 2 party system and looking for some alternatives one of the growing movement is the new Peoples Party that attracted thousands of americans to its Virtual Convention over the weekend picking up the story for us. Deep divisions in america and dissatisfaction with centuries of 2 party rule have forced Many Americans so look for alternatives on the heels of the democratic and Republican Conventions 8 Peoples Convention was held a gathering of hundreds of thousands of disappointed left wingers and the people must have been this. President we dont need a. Rallying cry for a new major party 20 year 10 days of the Peoples Convention feel that neither candidate really represents a choice for the working class instead they want political leaders who will stand up to wall street and the political elites long. As you. Can tell the criteria of integrity wall street was certainly delighted when joe biden was nominated as the democratic candidate perhaps this is because joe biden has admitted that not much is really going to change when speaking to his wealthy donors i mean we may not want to demonize anybody has made money no 1. 00 standard of living will change nothing would fundamentally change another theme at the Peoples Convention was the constant expansion of us wars and the expanding presence of u. S. Military forces overseas as soon as i take office i will ask congress to fully eliminate the defense sequester and will submit a new budget to rebuild our military it is so depleted we will prevail. Were going to have the Strongest Military weve ever had by far were increasing arsenals of virtually every weapon were making our military stronger and more powerful than ever before attendees of the Peoples Convention called for free college for all a Green New Deal and an end to mass incarceration they slammed joe biden for not supporting medicare for all even during the pandemic. With all due respect to medicare for all you have a single payer system in italy it doesnt work there and has nothing to do with medicare for all that would not solve the problem at all protests against systemic racism and Police Brutality in the gulf country now have both candidates throwing gasoline on the fire this president long ago forfeited a moral leadership in this country he cant stop the violence because for years hes fought management here supporters here supporters and they are your supporters and did shut a young gentleman who and killed him now with paint but with a bullet. And i think its disgraceful Peoples Convention attendees voted at the end of their convention to form a Peoples Party that would sweep the us elections in 2021 and hopefully take control of the white house and the us congress by 2024 3rd parties have always existed in america but they generally get marginalized and pushed aside while the 2 major parties dominate the political stage however the Peoples Party is hoping to reverse that trend and become a new force in american politics seizing the spotlight it will mop and artsy new york just staying with the story of it the longer writer and comedian cohen says neither of the 2 main parties truly reflect the views of the majority of americans its been a very very very long time since there was a new viable Political Party in the United States but if you kind of look at whats going on right now contemporarily now seems like the time for her