Suffers another coronavirus surge. By their just dates here the 7th of september here in moscow live for martys world news h. Q. With a brand new update this morning when i was kevin 0 in welcome to the program. First germanys Foreign Ministers friend sanctions on russia if it fails to clarify whats behind the sudden and so far unexplained illness of the prominent opposition activist alexa developing lets get straight speed on this with our correspondents in berlin either all of a peep morning what more did the german top diplomat have to say than then and whats reaction from moscow being yet if any so far of course Early Morning here. Well the German Foreign minister has demanded answers from russia over alexina valmy wants those answers in the coming days or he says talk of sanctions is back on the table hes also hinted at the 1st time certainly the 1st time weve heard from a Senior Member of the German Cabinet talking about this about the future of the nord stream 2 gas pipeline previously darted being put to one side even angloamerican the german chancellor saying that wasnt at risk it does seem like that may be changing now. Ultimatums do not help anyone move forward but if never explanations follow from russia in the coming days we will have to discuss the response with our partners we have high hopes for the russian government to solve this serious crime well the Russian Foreign ministry say any delays in an investigation down into berlin not giving the information that moscow has been requesting. If the German Government is sincere in its statements it should respond to the request of the russian general Prosecutors Office as soon as possible that was passed along on august 27th it is the german side that really lacks urgency for not sending response brylin is slowing down the very investigative process it is calling for is that on purpose. Alexei navalny took ill on a flight from siberia to moscow on august the 22nd his plane had to make an Emergency Landing in the city of 1st received medical treatment doctors there found no traces of any talks ins in his system and they shared that information with physicians here in berlin where hes been receiving treatment for just over 2 weeks however the german doctors and officials here in the german capital havent being as forthcoming when it comes to sharing information as their russian colleagues we understand numerous. Requests for information to be shared have gone unanswered and we now know that a russian World Health Organization expert and renowned pediatrician has got involved appealing to berlin to share this information with russia. Has been a winner the Russian National medical chamber has addressed the German Medical Chamber a Similar Organization that unites german doctors with the request to create a joint commission to find out where the nouvelle me was poisoned or not if it turns out he was poisoned spain will initiate a criminal case today russia does not have such evidence. Alexina valley remains in hospital here in berlin he said to have said to be no with acute risk to his life at the moment however doctors arent ruling out the potential of a long term illness. Or i paid to cross a forest come back to get more in the coming hours lets check some other news next more than a 1000 people gathered in rochester new york overnight demanding accountability for the Police Killing of a black man their rest began after a video emerged showing police placing a spit hood on daniel proved one officer placed his hands on head while another produced me on through the back leading to suffocation deaths which in march will now be investigated by a grand jury the time on saturday the city of Portland Oregon marked 100 consecutive days of black lives matter rallies triggered by the death of another black man george floyd. Footage a merge from portland showing a man trying to put out flames on the shoes allegedly after a molotov cocktail sold exploded 59 arrests have been made in the city so far but the protests show no sign of relenting their offices have used tear gas to try to break up the crowds which threw fire bombs and rocks back at the journalists north. Believes the rest could continue into election day and beyond. Burkas breaking down were seeing our street fighting in our street fighting going on growing levels both on leftists and rightists. As a kind of a slow wolfing civil war that probably will continue until action and then no one knows what will happen with the election and. Lawsuits of indeterminate no one knows. Meantime in the state of kentucky hundreds of armed protests. It is from rival groups of march through louisville black lives matter campaigners converged on the city demanding saturdays Kentucky Derby all strays been cancelled though it still went ahead the activists were denouncing Police Violence and demanding justice for the Police Killing of broner taylor in louisville that Police Militia are also march through the city and were confronted by the protesters. But one American Company seems to be cashing in on the unrest leading firearms make a smith and wesson is seen sales jump 140 percent this year thats around 134000000. 00 of extra sales them. Believes the gun boom is symptomatic of a countrys political stalemate. Both sides are arming i mean there are Guns Everywhere what if you go to one of these protests in places like that where store the wheres your c guns on both sides and its very dangerous. Because people tend to use these weapons and so but the but theres no force capable of stopping this fighting because it seems to have taken a life of its own and its just part of the whole political structure which is in an excel orating breakdown i mean america is a is a failed state and its failing ever more rapidly and these demonstrations these these the street fighting is a symptom of. But with nationwide unrest against Racial Injustice likely stretching into novembers election day the one sides warning only abiding victory can stop said violence Democratic Party think tanks insist anything other than a win for their man will bring chaos they say weve got that story coming up. Covert again france returning covered restrictions after another surge of cases im sorry to report you this morning its 7 regions to its red zone list and 22 schools have been closed just a week after reopening leaving parents frightened to go live to our correspondent in paris charlotte do Penske Charlotte morning news the news that kind of ruined everyone expected but didnt want to hear what more do we know. What we know that this is the 2nd week of school in france and already some of those schools have had to be closed down because of cove it 19 within the institution now last week more than 12000000 peoples went back to the classrooms and that was with some parents and teachers expressing concern about the transmission rates of the virus because they have been really creeping up paring fronts as you mentioned that. High infection rates last week several days there were more than 7000. 00 cases registered in the 24 hour period that went to a peak over around almost 1000 cases on friday and back to just over 7000 cases in the latest figures that were released on sunday for that 24 hour period 22 schools have been shut in the last week but hundreds and hundreds of classes are also being closed down the education secretary here in france has been outlining when such a decision should be taken. 12 months colleges and schools were closed the main one france considering there are 60000. 00 establishment in the country these numbers remain relatively low in the overseas reunion region we close the town that makes 22. 00 in total. Well there are now 7 new zones in france that have been declared red zones this means that they are areas with a high active transmission rate of 19 it means 28. 00 regions in total are considered rent in the french area and this allows authorities to impose extra controls to try to cool the transmission of the virus now there is of course widespread testing here in france more than a 1000000 tests taking place on a weekly basis of the probability is the more testing that takes place the more people they will find to have got 19 whats really worrying the Health Authorities whom france is the fact that despite for a long time hospital admissions for ling on a regular basis theyre now starting to rise again the figures released by public cant fw Health France on sunday showed that they were 1700 around new cases of admissions to hospitals because of people testing positive for 19 now one of the measures that authorities can take when theyre in a red zone is to impose something such as the obligation to wear a face mask here in public such as we have in paris which means every street youre in you have to wear a face mask but there is a backlash against such measures like that so much so that last week one group decided to take their case to court and a court in leon ruled on friday that wearing a mask with the obligation to wear a mask constituted a serious and illegal infringement of Citizens Liberties in that particular case a short lived window because the French Health minister then appealed against that decision and over the weekend the council of state has been hearing arguments for and against that the council of state is largely ratified the idea of these decrees of the obligation to wear a face mask in public but it has now put limits on them saying that it has to be justified because there is a high risk of contamination. So this has to be in dense populations in cities and not perhaps in the outlining regions which means some areas will now have to change those decrees by chuse day anti mask sentiment also being shown elsewhere across europe with protests over the weekend from places such as the u. K. And spain to italy. That he was a little bit. Of a. God with. Meanwhile here in france there are some calls for people to wear face masks specifically from the riders of the Tour De France which is making its way through the country at the moment its begged its fans who are coming out to the streets to wave them as they pass by to be responsible and to wear masks and thats because the teams in the riders are being subjected to a strict testing regime that now enclosed scurvy to 19 and those with teams that test positive face expulsion from the race so it seems there is a huge divide still over the measures that are being used to try and curb 1000. 00 whether thats wearing a mask whether thats a quarantine or whether thats imposing lockdowns local restrictions the methods being used remain highly contentious confusion to program which country youre in for now law to thank you for your sub speed on mars. Well tell you this next facebook has suspended the accounts of a washington based lobbying firm linked to attempted manipulation of elections in venezuela bolivia mexico the u. S. Government linked company had gained more than half a 1000000 online followers partly saskia taylors got the story for you the myth used to be the birds of prey in the streets of russia but nowadays its trolls the Russian Internet trolls prussian trolls and u. S. Investigators believe it was directed from the socalled troll factory a suspected Russian Internet troll of russian trolls and misinformation effort on the part of russian trolls to look through the trash there what did you find part of styrene. Wrappers for some of the really electronic stuff a new report by facebook there reveals the c. N. N. Didnt need to send its employees halfway across the world to dig for secrets turns out there are plenty of those right under its nose we removed 55 Facebook Accounts 42 pages and 33 instagram accounts for violating our policy against foreign interference this network originated in the us and focus primarily on venezuela and also on mexico and bolivia. The digital footprint that back to c. E. O. s strategies a washington based p. R. Firm this unmasked a den of trolls splashed out over 3 and a half 1000000. 00 on facebook ads a figure the network says stood out for its generosity altogether their accounts amassed over half a 1000000 followers so what exactly was c. N. N. s telling them. Its january 29th teen nicholas mature has begun his 2nd president ial term critics are calling it actually fortune and an Opposition Leader why dont has declared himself the legitimate president and who is chairing him on from the sidelines boulevard of stay with you mr president the time is now to support the venezuelan people to recognize the new democratic government led by interim president gore though joining us in the gallery is the true and legitimate president of venezuela one boy though it is for backup though see it as strategies posing as vocal Political Parties sit organizations and Media Outlets chimes out content praising up why joe and co painting him as the savior leading a furnace way to freedom this kind of content came especially easy to those in our start who as a Stanford University report into patent your field of veterans of venezuelan politics having previously worked on political campaigns for the opposition by the way x c. L. S. Senior advisor mark face dean was part of a d. C. Think tank which last april gov the u. S. And Latin American Army mad to discuss a military assault on venice weighing up. A bit further south see it as is recycling its strategy its december 29th t. A western back to what it finds out of a ford in the bolivian elections which saw evo morales as we elected the order that is later found to be misleading slush falls but never mind it does its job but rather the resigned frees the country in the south to janine im. Sparklies herself president and cheering her on from the sidelines we pledge our support to the believe in people and to the Transitional Government led by president janine and yes as they prepare for these elections we support you need 9 years in bolivia as she works to ensure a peaceful democratic transition through free elections as in venezuela so too in bolivia c. L. S. Strategy is doing its thing one of its pages political poses as a Fact Checking operation and at least once some is a true story asked fake news on other pages murat is denounced as a mobster a coward not like the st jean and yes but according to c. L. S. All this is very different to foreign interference importantly our past client work in latin america including opposition to oppressive regimes was not conducted on behalf of foreign entities the work was funded and directed by clients inside each country this makes c. L. S. His work very different from the foreign influence activities reported by facebook and any characterization of c. L. S. His work in the 3 countries its you as foreign is wrong ok fair enough the client to come from inside the country but it was not other than the outside act i mean as government who coughed up big bucks to ensure the next elections are on the right way foreign interference such harm up for interpretation when your the one shuffling the cards from falzon zoeth miles away so much more to come over stick around the long awaited hearing of judas songes extradition to the us starts in london later monday after a decade of legal wrangling or across it. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race based on often spearing dramatic developments only im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. The world is driven by shaped by our own personal. Dares thinks. We dare to ask. A good morning at 21 time now well as mentioned before the break the crucial extradition hearing of wiki leaks founder Julian Assange opens late to monday it had been postponed for months because the coronavirus even a song waiting in jail all that time last year sanchez sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching bail terms back in 2012 you may recall but despite having already served the sentence unless he stayed behind bars because prosecutors worried that hes a flight risk they say the u. S. Has indicted the wiki leaks founder on 18 counts mostly on espionage charges he faces up 275 years in prison if he is eventually extradited to america but according to human rights activists of the sun his lawyers that food. To 2 weeks in jail and has already done serious damage to his health his legal team has complained officially to the u. K. Government about the prolongation of his imprisonment during the pandemic they say already suffers from respiratory problems and Mental Health issues to the follow psychological toll chip american political activist and author known chance king tells us it would be time to legally says if the u. K. Does send him to the u. S. At the end of all this it would be a criminal on the part of the british. To exceed d to the u. S. Event or extradition assizes of sense is not saying bail. Now if he had good reasons not to because he would have been extradited if he but not paying bill requires a tap on the wrist not torture in a high security prison. Up to the when regionally the leader is allowed to receive books im in mass murderers or being treated in a way beyond the worst vicious criminal ok and if his extradited it comes up for trial on the u. S. Espionage laws which even jerry attentional death. Its trial is being troy it was committed the crime of letting the general population know things that they have a right to know and that our full state still want of the no parties redfish project looks at the development of the sons case that emoting tell. Do you think i want to see the free press as a real threat to. Their son jason is only the biggest act of Investigative Journalism that weve seen certainly this and. It did the police and how it can be used like that against journalists i think is horrific despite Boris Johnsons claims about the u. K. Suspect we journalists and Media Freedom many disagree the u. K. Ranks 35th out of 180 countries in the 2020 World Press Freedom index released by Reporters Without Borders the top 2 places since 2019 i think the u. K. Government likes the idea of Media Freedom as long as it doesnt impinge on the power it likes to give the get the course about freedom and democracy and press freedom but in fact in reality if theres any journalism that impacts on their ability to project power at home and abroad then theres a problem passed in 26 days in the Investigatory Powers Act 2 snoopers charter as its known by its critics thats the state monitor everybodys web history email text and phone records and Hack Computers phones and tablets it prevents journalists it prevents n. G. O. S use it for bents anybody who is actually investigating state power from doing their job these are all acts designed to clamp down on anybody trying to expose corruption and wrongdoing at the state there are an estimated 420000 c. C. T. V. Cameras in london because of our 48 cameras 1000 people this is more than any other city in the world according to a 2017 report by the Brookings Institution i worry about the use of surveillance cameras also with life facial recognition which is almost entirely unregulated but is now being. Rolled out alive by the metropolitan police again that could be used to track down journalistic sources and there are no safeguard whatsoever. 2 months before the u. S. President ial election even happens Democratic Party think tanks are ready predicting the consequences if their opponent wins apparently they know that anything other than a joe biden win will lead to violence caleb maupin examines the claims. In november the us public will get to vote on who becomes president for the next 4 years and figures from the media and political establishment are now preparing the public for possible outcomes something called the transition integrity project created in 2019 is planning for things that could go wrong during the upcoming vote and subsequent transition of power theyve been playing out war games and some rather interesting scenarios have been dreamed up with the exception of the big biden win scenario each fire exercises reach the brink of catastrophe with massive disinform ation campaigns violence in the streets and a constitutional impasse the transition integrity project is not the only outfit sinking along these lines hark fish an outfit funded by Michael Bloomberg does work for the Democratic National committee as well as pro biden super pacs is planning for hypothetical situations that involve mail and voting confusion when every legitimate vote is tallied and we get to that final day which will be some day after election day you will in fact show that what happened on Election Night was exactly that and the rush it lou played donald trump was in the lead and he fundamentally was not when every ballot gets counted hot fish predicts that such a situation could lead to donald trump refusing to step down and thats rather similar to the transition integrity project are you seeing a pattern here well the New York Times certainly has if trump claims a victory that is not rightly his a few munches in the streets will not be an adequate response that may have to be a sustained campaign of civic action as in hong kong and bella reuss to rally the majority that wants to preserve democracy that isolates those who would undo it trump is equated with civil unrest so naturally only bidens. Victory can save the country from chaos dont buy it and lets not forget another factor being thrown ian allegations of russian interference the allegation is that russia favors trump and denigrates biden so russia must be preemptively punished before the elections even happen to prevent meddling with us to draw upon the conclusion of the Intelligence Community to identify and target for sanctions all those determined to be responsible for ongoing election interference including any actives within the government of the Russian Federation and the russian act is determined to be directly responsible and those acting on their behalf providing material Financial Support for their efforts russia is also accused of spreading rumors about mail in vote in order to undermine the us elections but its not really russia thats doing that unless of course the kremlin controls american t. V. Networks there are cases from just this last spring or were ballots have gone missing and turned up after the election so what happens when the post office is doing its absolute best as are humans fraud violence mail and voting already happening. Not speculating now the election is still 2 months away but they are already pairing for how to handle the results. Will be the hero and how they will tell you to react theyre already setting a climate where theres going to be massive speculation about rigidity of this election they said the exact same thing in 2016 that shrum were is not going to do you could see the election if you loses and then what happened oh the democrats didnt concede hillary didnt concede we dont want to rush the gate bridge few years if the democrats lose if joe biden loses in fact i think any job supporter be smart to not be in there if they learn a liberal city its not be there on Election Night they are going to burn the place to the ground they know theyre going to lose and so theyre already setting up the game to further damage his presidency and to damage his 2nd term should he win so itll be another scandal itll be another local im absolutely Conspiracy Theory like russia gate maybe russia gay part 2 who knows how will follow the trust and says she can tell you Bottom Dollar all not one that said so far from us today i dont call my social media 247 but with more half an hour for the from me kevin knowing that the rest of the morning on shooting team had a great monday and thanks so much in this program. 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