Underway. With the u. S. Deeply divided ahead of the president ial election in november americans say theyre desperate for turning to the 2 on the countrys 2 party system. Around the clock across the world this is our Team International from the team myself you dont know me you hello and welcome to the program. We begin with breaking news germany is claiming that russian opposition figure. Was poisoned with a nerve agent from the group is currently in a medically induced coma in a berth in hospital after being or lifted from russia to weeks ago the Russian ForeignMinistry Says its requests to berlin for information on the case have so far gone i spoke to our europe correspondent peter all over. Well german chancellor Angela Merkel said that there was clear and unambiguous evidence that Alexei Novelli the russian opposition figure had been poisoned using a not the chalk agent she said this they come to this conclusion following testing of samples taken from alexa in the valley at the bundeswehr institute a german military. Tree this is credited certified by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the o. P. C. W. Going on to say that this was an attempt to silence Alexei Novelli and it was a crime against fundamental values now the german chancellor and the German Foreign minister heiko mass of both called for arms as in this case since the shilton the informant soon it is over there is that one of the leading opposition figures in russia has been poisoned specialized laborde theory of the armed forces came to a clear conclusion and that i could see never in the last poisoned with a substance from the north. Hes the victim for crime someone tried to shut him up. We demand an investigation into the poisoning of alex he now while we condemn this poison looks and in the near future will hold consultations and how you reform adequately respond to it it will also depend on russias response to the case of you peter theres been further reaction both within germany and globally as well weve seen statements from several countries one way or angle of merkel said the world was watching the case to find out what happened. And thats been represented in the reaction weve seen from european leaders its outrageous that a chemical weapon was used against scene of on the weve seen 1st hand the deadly consequences of novacek in the u. K. The russian government must now explain what happened mr we will work with International Partners to ensure justice is done i was informed by chancellor merkel that russian the position they didnt advise me was attacked. Dunno the agent in his own country this is a despicable in cali act once again that the traitors need to be brought to justice of the nato secretary general again stoltenberg has also commented he said it was utterly utterly condemned the use of a military grade nerve agent while a statement from the white house said that washington was deeply concerned and that they had no reason to disbelieve the statements coming out of germany. Meanwhile russia has given its response to the planes coming from germany arties morocco the have joined me in the studio after i spoke to peter discussed the ramifications as well as running it they had been hardly the news. For near enough a week now in that time russia had said various requests to the German Government for information theyve offered Legal Assistance for russian citizens theyve offered medical corporation for the doctors the treated him after his initial exposure to the to the substance before he went to germany and russia had heard nothing back there has been no communication between the German Government the ministries and russia who is just being you know talking to a wall and russia has come out here and said that theyve called on the record saying you know you want to the federal investigation you want the truth you want to find out what happened why arent you talking back putting names. 27 and their russian general Prosecutors Office address to German Justice ministry with an official request for Legal Assistance the office also expressed its readiness to present to the german side the test results and Research Carried out after mr mans hospitalization to German Justice ministry confirm it had received the request but so far thats what is continually being spoken of by regards todays developments is the script case in the u. K. A some 2 years ago whats whats the link or whats the alleged link between all the. Of course and here you have another russian citizen apparently poisoned with the toxic substance with a toxin. Just one substance so this theres a whole range of them theres the aerosol. Is there a liquid solid form powder d whatever was needed that they were manufactured in in the period before they were banned by International Conventions and subsequently destroyed but here we have a remarkable situation which mirrors what happened in seouls prick back then with the script. Entirely and that is no communication that has absolutely no communication from Great Britain back then so soon the russians learned that. Never only had been that they had found new which opened in the valleys system from the news so the germans didnt see fit to to inform the russians through diplomatic channels through through any any of the channels that they have booked but when straight to the headline which is quite extraordinary way to go under the rubble you call this loud speak a diploma some sort of you are talking so if you having a conversation you are talking to the public rather than the person open he is what book what you have to say and yet we have never found a who has apparently been exposed to this incredibly dangerous toxin on that flight packed with people. An incredibly dangerous substance which. Evaporates in the head dissolves and lives even if you touch something thats contaminated and nobody else has come come forward to there and there are plenty of opportunities for people you know to be who is sitting next to him to be exposed. Me to. You. Where were things heading when you put all of out when you when you see the developments in the last few hours where does this issue seem to be going well when you when you utilize as we mentioned loudspeaker diplomacy completely still unwilling russia sue for our hours of the. Out of the vents out of affairs refusing to share even lab results with russia but the modern less the gate there is often an agenda involved and that agenda is germany has very close ties to russia exceptionally close now as with economic political it is one of the few nations in europe that you know carry gauge and doesnt gauge russia successfully and there are many who would see germany cut its ties with russia cut its economic ties the north stream to project with billions upon billions you know e. D. S. Part of europes Energy Future its Energy Future designed to pub billions of cubic meters of gas from russia to into the heart of europe there are many nations that would i would just like to mention here that in the immediate aftermath of a poisoning of such a high profile poisoning there are going to be a lot of rumors a lot of speculation a lot of unsubstantiated reports and unsubstantiated opinions we dont know yet what happened we dont know how it happened we dont know what will happen what will come out in the immediate future were talking about verified reports information that can be could corroborate it nevertheless there are many nations who would see it as advantageous for us to stop for example the mood stream to pipeline if it cuts cuts economic and political ties to russia for example Eastern European countries who make a killing transporting russian gas from russia to transit my. From russia into europe you create for example the United States which wants to sell its much more expensive gas l. N. G. Liquefied natural gas to europe to replace russia make huge amount of money and there are many countries that dont necessarily want to see the conclusion of this investigation or a investigation at all to find out who was responsible who was behind this poisoning. Partition they would rather take advantage of events now the opportunity now now theres confusion there is agora passions emotions. About if you believe russia the f. B. I. Coming out with new Uncertain Terms in that statement saying that there were already thinking about consequences which is probably sanctions. Almost nervous take these days somethings gone wrong you will dramatically be in russia. Before before the dust has even settled in this case the dust hasnt begun to settle. Into for example a huge high profile project the german opposition already coming out and saying that we will to put it would seem to get of suspend the entire thing its almost completed merkel had previously said that to the Gas Pipelines in Europes Energy Security it is a separate thing it is separate from politics it is separate from from all the drama you know all the. Advantage seeking and she said that in her in a very direct manner go with us i think that we should do couple this issues and in our opinion nor stream too should be completed the dust hasnt even begun to settle we dont know where this is going to do what we do know is that interested parties. Will do anything will do anything to take advantage of this opportunity and to try and put a split division chasm between germany and russia will do i think go to Great Lengths to do so. Myself a little deeper into some of those points and others with talk radio host columnist john and gone john good to see you on the program could even we have western powers all demanding essentially answers from russia thats the message coming from the u. K. U. S. France germany but russias Foreign Ministry has said it has no question to answer because its being given no information. Moscow is going to need more data from the german side is it not if its going to be able to deal in anywhere with this where there are so many echoes around there in this case as with this cripples in seoul is great both sides need to give over the information they just need to be a thorough investigation into what happened but that has to be thorough and it has to be both sides playing ball with it as other commentators have rightly said tonight this is another case of course immediately accusing the russians and their uses very general about the russians dont thing you know russias language country just think its mad to up the ante in the way they are at the moment if the germans had got clear evidence of no virtual or Something Like that being used they should give that information over to the russians and the russians and so that didnt happen with the triples and with children and i doubt whether or happen again and theres many questions like you know he was on the airplane then he landed why isnt body else go ill i mean again another echo of this report case as far as i can see we need some transparency here before we start escalating this into any kind of sanctions trade war. Helpers and he kind of military conflict with the scripts case i suppose there is a key difference. That was in the u. K. Where is this was an alleged attack on russian soil on a russian citizen so it would sanctions be in any way justified in this case if that is one of the punishments being used well its interesting isnt it there you know that the intervening in and russias own state and also as you say with the thing i find odd if it was not the biggest thing i found out about it would be dead and i dont mean to be callous but im sure he would pay for it as dangerous as they say same thing happened with the script why werent they dead why did they recover what did the Police Officer become still that many questions there but also in this particular case. You could ask why would the russians i mean i know there was delay in handing him over and put him on a plane to germany but why would they let that happen if it was as serious as they were now being told by the germans it and if it was the russians why would the russian state do that they would be shooting themselves in the foot would not and again these these things that just dont seem to add up. To my way of thinking thats what i would say but you know we do need an investigation those charges need to complete well come clean say what happened and then somebody needs to make a judgment call on it but i think typically in the bridge it was interesting actually b. B. C. Played the whole story down it wasnt at the top of their agenda but sky news in the u. K. Really played as if this was a major major story. Of massive interest to the british people which im not quite sure it was i dont think it was number one storage like but they clearly did because its no use for the narrative the russians eat their babies you know and i thought wed gone for that so a cold war propaganda well some of the reaction Global Reaction has been interesting as well republican. Senator john tom cotton has just tweeted halt the north stream to pipeline to hold the russians come to the you know you could of mines life potentially at risk here does not seem a little opportunistic should Energy Supply be brought into this at all. Well of course the americans want to supply the whole you or the liquid gas in the us well thats about i mean germany wants the party line through america been against iraq from the beginning donald trump is against it as you know it is hardly surprising a republican would come out with a so i mean i just think look if it is not a joke or if it is im gonna pull your hand if angler merkel believes this and she says you know in concert vegetable proof that he is well lets see the proof lets get it out in the open and lets get it investigated but youre right people will now try and take opportunity of it go to remember in the middle of a massive election season now an old election season but an election season in the state so people will use it to their own ends and i think were going to remember hes the guy whos stream the ill and his family and we do need to get to the bottom of it thats what i would say coming stop the politicizing of it the moment and im not i think thats the key point isnt it because youve got youve got people who are naturally interested its a cold war story edging on g. M. s moment except for you know its a good story to read into youve got ordinary people who are going to you know want to know more theyre going to maybe make judgments before you know thats understandable but when youve got officials when youve got you know International Diplomacy at risk here on your you know that before any probe is carried out its the kremlin but when we take when you take into account that this man he was a high profile anti corruption. Opposition figure in the country hes made many enemies a little more nuance surely is that is that not something to be lauded for from you know from from european and american whoever else wants to talk to russia. I think should all take the heat out of it i think youre right i mean the natural. Kneejerk reaction of going to the kremlin etc etc we need an investigation we need to find out the actual facts. To play their part in house ive just said he doesnt do any good to ramp up the tension and ramp up the aggression how many similar to when you know russia said and i dont know whether its true or not that theyve developed all theyve got a vaccine for covert 19 the immediate reactions are thats not true i dont understand it as very helpful in the modern world i think it would be better if we had a lot more to talk. Rather than this kind of phony war this kind of lets as you said changed wrong is quite a good example because it is like that isnt it how was it minister we had a couple you know and the team was poisoned and the bloke in the cafe allegedly is gone missing in the person of the camp he didnt know you know it is immediately into the John Le Carre khana thriller scenario and i just need to take the heat out of it and find out you know is it this poison and is it never charge somehow doubt weighs action of each of them every day were told were told in seoul who just want to drop good you know effectively wipe out the city well that wasnt true go or it was not a joke lets be straight about this you know we need to be clear about this and i think most people whether theyre in russia. The United Kingdom or in america we just want to get on and we dont really want this especially at this time when thousands hundreds of thousands of people are suffering with coronavirus covert 19 we need to bring in ourselves together not trying to force ourselves apart then one which we know who we think the guilty party are then is the time to Start Talking sanctions then is the time to Start Talking about repercussions but it seems to me again is if we in the west of shock to offer a quick. Unnoticed Boris Johnson is being a little we will guard it although he has a cool songs rate as well and of course he was the 1st from person to star legend the russian involvement of the russian government involvement in the so was very poor as well so yeah id like to see some of the heat taking advantage and i wish the man well john terrific to have you on the program thank you very much for your time your thoughts talk radio host and columnist john cohen from london thank you. Ok we will indeed be providing updates analysis on the nepali case and the novacek claim throughout the coming hours here in r t its 20 minutes past 11 pm here in moscow you stick with me back in 90 seconds. The world is driven by a dream shaped by our own person. Who dares thinks. We dare to ask. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its Crazy Foundation let it be an arms race is often very dramatic to follow only closely im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. Youre back with R T International 14 suspects have gone on trial in front so whether alleged involvement in a series of terrorist attacks in 2015 the satirical magazine surely was one of the main targets alongside a jewish supermarket showed no reports from paris. 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 free 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 and 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 why do web 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 missed 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 that he also mentioned the number. Of individuals in prison that are connected to islam is threats and talked about the radicalization 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 abdo and the kosher supermarket here in paris and they heralded in a new wave of terror that has and compass france now for more than 5 years. I am so while many people thought the focus would be on the trial starting in paris many people are now looking at what surely there was done with the republication 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. Well we spoke with french publisher and journalist emerick moore feel he believes that some of those defending the magazine are using it to push their own agenda. This horrible the tax there was such a reaction of horror that there are some people have lost their heads which are unfortunately is a tribute to the politics of terror but thought for example there was a fashionable journalist who said this at this moment those who are not shanti must be punished. But im sorry but just because i think i find these attacks horrible doesnt mean that i have to i dont find myself with the newspapers whose political life i have never appreciated the 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. They take you on the program as we approach half past the hour to the us where donald trump has ignored calls from local leaders to stay away from the violence stricken city of kenosha in wisconsin he arrived there on tuesday he praised the Police Tensions between supporters and black lives matter protests are ramped up during his time in the city can osha is the latest us hot spot for rallies and riots against the alleged racism and Police Brutality thats after a black man was shot by officers last month after resisting arrest and attempting to get back in his car 2 people were killed in the protests that followed the shooting with the city suffering must of damage to personal property businesses the president has again stressed that us police are not systematically racist. But 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 you see something and you do have the other situation to. Under this tremendous pressure in the they dont hear a little world. Or trumps main president ial rival joe biden has posted a video of himself and his running mate. A socially distanced chart they discuss mr trumps alleged inability to deal with