The big stories were tracking for you this hour 1st the Prominent Russian opposition activist alexina valmy is out of an induced coma the hospital treating him in berlin made the announcement earlier but it said its too soon to say if he suffered any long term effect earlier the Russian Ambassador in london was summoned to the Foreign Office where he said to be nothing but unfounded accusations against russia peter all of the reports next from berlin. But the statement put out by a shot at a hospital here says that Alexei Navalny has be woken from the induced coma hes been in for just over 2 weeks that hes starting to breathe on his own and hes responding to verbal stimuli the patients artificial coma maintained by medication has been ended the patient is gradually being taken off mechanical ventilation hes reacting to being spoken to but the long term consequences of severe poisoning cannot be ruled out berlin claims that alexei nevada. It was poisoned with the deadly nerve agent novacek those claims at least have caused real tensions globally early on monday at the German Government press briefing around lunch time there was a question upon question upon question about whether the the case would affect the north stream to gas pipeline in fact almost every other question about that multinational Infrastructure Project the line from the German Government at the moment is that that is an economic project and its separate from anything to do with the cakes for now they say that could change in the future but ultimately it pretty much echoes what weve heard coming out of the kremlin to me to the press golf the kremlin Spokes Person said that its far too soon to be lumping together in a volley north stream to moscow had been accusing berlin of dragging its feet when it came to handing over crucial information relating to alexina vonnie particularly the evidence germany says it has that he was poisoned with a military grade nerve agent or weve heard from the foreign minister germany heiko mass saying wheels are in motion to send information over to russia who does increase of weve already agreed to russias request fool eagle assistance with all the Russian Ambassador this when we had a conversation with him last week who told him that and there was a request for a Legal Assistance who would agree to assist there was no reason not to greeted. Well than you seem to produce a brighter mood from the kremlin spokesman to me to be peskov to be released and we have certainly noted the German Farmers the statement and the glove thats in the nearest timeframe the information that will be delivered and that there are no reasons for this information not to be delivered bearing in mind the high profile of this issue we are counting on receiving the information in the upcoming days we very much awaited meanwhile in london weve heard a different tone from the british government. Just last week Boris Johnson the Prime Minister pointed a finger squarely at russia saying they were to blame for alexei no vollies illness this week were seeing the foreign secretary dominate rob wheeled out in front of the cameras to say its far too soon to proportion blame and lets be really clear about this were not yet in a position to attribute any use of know but york it doesnt matter the state actor of nonstate actor is a violation of International Law so that latest news alexina volley is awake from the coma that hes been in for just over 2 weeks and he is responding to verbal stimuli and starting to breathe on his own the c. E. O. Of the Washington Pain Center earlier shared his thoughts with us on the phone hes recovering. Think 2 things about it i think youre looking at 2 factors no one is how much dose he was given so might have been a very you know a minimal dose or whatever the case might be perhaps you get medical attention fairly quickly so if i can please and but i get medical treatment very quickly i can probably survive the poisoning of the amount of poison ive been susceptible to is of sublethal dose or whatever the case might be there perhaps i can also survive it so there are 2 factors here how much was given and also the appropriateness of the medical care that the patient received positive sign is that hes responding to viable stimuli this is a pretty high function squeeze my hand with your feet things like that really create new so i guess im cautiously very optimistic about this patient. More than a 1000 people gathered in the city of rochester in the state of new york overnight demanding accountability for the Police Killing of a black man then wrestler began after video emerged showing police placing a spit hood on dunn who proved one officer placed his hands on prudes head while another put his knee on pruett back which led to his suffocation the death which happened in march will now be investigated by a grand jury meanwhile on saturday the city of portland to mark 100 consecutive days of black lives matter rallies triggered by the death of george floyd. Wow. 59 arrests in the city over the weekend but the protests showed no sign of relenting american journalist and author daniel is our belief that the unrest could continue into election day and beyond but i guess breaking down were seeing our street fighting in the street fighting going on are you growing levels valving both on leftists and rightists. As a kind of a slow wilting civil war that probably will continue until action and then no one knows what will happen with the election because american electoral process seas are so broken down that it may very well and been fighting endless lawsuits and indeterminate no one knows meanwhile in the state of kentucky hundreds of protesters from rival groups marched through louisville blacklegs matic campaigners converged on the city demanding saturdays iconic Kentucky Derby horse race be cancelled limited still go ahead the activists were also denouncing Police Departments and properly some initial also march through the city and were confronted by b. L. M. Protesters. Of one American Companies doing well out of the unrest leading firearms make a smith and wesson has seen sales jump 140 percent this year surround 134000000. 00 in extra sales i get believe that the gun boom is symptomatic of the 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 in the west youll see 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 accelerating breakdown i mean america is a is a failed state and its failing ever more rapidly and these demonstrations these are these the street fighting is a symptom. Or the nationwide unrest against Racial Injustice likely to stretch all the way into novembers president ial election one side is warning that only a joe Biden Victory can stop the violence Democratic Party think tanks insists that anything other than a win for their man will just bring more chaos because that story ahead for you in this policy. Thanks so a surge of new Coronavirus Infections in france is seeing restrictions returned in some areas several regions have be put on a red list while some schools have closed again just a week of the reopening show to do penske has more details. 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 institutional 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 here in france last week several days there were more than 7000 cases wedged in a 24 hour period 22 schools have been shut in the last week but hundreds and hundreds of classes have also being closed down the education secretary here in france has been outlining when such a decision. Should be taken. To the small 12 establishments colleges and schools were closed the mainland france considering there are 60000 establishment in the country these numbers remain relatively low in the overseas reunion region we closed down that makes 22 in total no functional function well there are now 7 zones in france that have been declared the 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 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 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 anti mask sentiment also being shown elsewhere across europe with protests over the weekend from places such as the u. K. In spain to italy. And he said. It. Was. Meanwhile here in france there are some calls for people to wear face masks specifically from the reuters of the Tour De France which is making its way through the country at the moment its big its fans who are coming out to the streets to wave them as they pass by to be responsible and to wear masks so it seems there is a huge divide. Phil over the measures that are being used to try and curb 19 whether thats wearing a mask whether thats a quarantine or whether thats imposing lockdowns local restrictions the methods being used to remain highly contentious. Donald trump may be claiming only a vote for him will guarantee law and order in the u. S. But rival Democratic Party think tanks say another 4 years of him in the white house will only result in more violence on the streets kind of morbid to be looking at 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 looked like 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 haze 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 where 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 put caring for how to handle the results will be the bill 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 which it in a sea of this election they said the exact same thing in 2016 that shrum where 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 a gate for 2 years if the democrats lose if joe biden loses in fact i think any shock 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 to who knows. This is out so you could have you with us s. Out on the way how after a lengthy legal wrangling and a covert imposed delay the hearing finally gets underway in london for the wiki leaks founder Julian Assange to 12 decide whether he gets extradited to the u. S. Its our next story when we come back. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. Again the opening day of the extradition hearing for the wiki leaks founder Julian Assange has wrapped up in london and have been postponed for months due to the coronavirus lockdown shaadi had the reports from outside London Central criminal court. Day is of course an incredibly important day for both truth and justice as wiki leaks founder Julian Assange is back here in court at the old bailey here in Central London for the latest hearing proceedings which will ultimately decide whether or not he will be extradited to the United States of course this case was due to be heard much earlier in the year but you took over it 19 pandemic it was postponed until now well very early in the morning i saw for myself the very van the blacked out found i was carrying to massage into the criminal court but here outside we heard from his father but also from his partner son of morris also mother of his 2 children she was really pleading with the courts for his Immediate Release so do they really does open up the newest chapter in almost a decade long attempt to prosecute judy massage for alleged playing a massive role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States and if found guilty and convicted he could go down for a 175 years as the u. S. Has of course indicted him on 18 counts under mostly the espionage act so the u. S. Really want him to face trial for spying a publishing these classified documents all related to the war in iraq and afghanistan plus one of conspiracy to how could government computer to publish these documents as well now just a few minutes ago we heard from the wiki leaks editor in chief hes outlined the gross hypocrisy in this case and really points to the lack of justice in the socalled Justice System will be. Limited. To julios lawyers willing to work with the witnesses the way your perception of what is. Choosing limiting julios your use of privilege to to present that witnesses theres no mention of that would be any limitation with crossexamination of me here if you had to if that is why i did which it is very disappointing already on day one of the extradition hearing we already. I have some Key Developments firstly the noirs have informed the court that theyve not been able to see judas on just the 1st time in 6 months we also understand that youre in a science has been sucked in a glass box very similar to the proceedings earlier this year in february just before the covert 19 pandemic that time you said he couldnt hear properly and almost compared to myself to nothing more than a spectator out wimbledon cheering us on just journey to court here today has been a very tumultuous one over the past few years as he was turned back into the public eye and april of 2019 when he was infamously holed out of londons Ecuadorian Embassy by British Police he was of course seeking political asylum and was there for almost 7 years now he then began serving a 50 week sentence at Londons Belmarsh prison for skipping bell back in 2012 but he has spent over a year and a half at the belmarsh prison and in fact not once has been any evidence has been presented in court now at this 11th hour last ditch effort weve seen a german m. P. Called on the German Government to now provide you in a song for the political asylum i call of the German Government also Julian Assange political asylum in germany all within the European Union and i ask my government if the German Government can bring the russian alexina vanya to the shower to hospital in berlin why doesnt it make the same offer to the seriously ill Julian Assange the key point for journalists are just defense team is theyll go down the medical groups ground of course when julian was silent was at the belmarsh prison he was back and forth in and out of the medical ward he has been incredibly on well many people say his health has been deteriorating over the last few years and for many of the Court Proceedings he is not able to be there physically as well so his team would argue hes unfit to travel to the u. S. To face trial over in america on top of that the noise would also contend that the u. S. Is seeking to prosecute Julian Assange for political offenses and that therefore exempts him from extradition under the u. K. A u. S. Extradition treaty but the prosecutors will take a different approach they will try to establish that assad has actions were not political but endangered lives for compromising these classified top secret documents now we are just at day one of a 4 week having proceedings for the activation of 2 massage it will ultimately decide his fate but campaigners outside the old bailey here today say its not just innocent as in the dock today but also sat behind him criticized him is the fundamental tenets of the freedom of press around the rights of the public to access information as well they say of genocide is extradited it might only silence him but it will gag other journalists a world wide so the press freedom for stakes are really that high right now scholar and social commentator told r. T. Hes going underground he believes it will be illegal if britain hands a song to america but with the approval of. British. To it d so the us their tradition of the solution. Is not ready real. No she had good reasons not to as it would have been extradited if youre not saying bill requires on the wrist not torture in a high security prison. Up to the what reason not even a leader is allowed to receive books im in mass murderers or being treated like in a way beyond the worst vicious criminal ok and if is extradited it comes up for trial on the us as you know those laws which even carry attentional death. Its trial is being sure what it was committed the crime of letting the general population know things that they have a right to know that our full states dont want of the no. Difference imposed curfews in 40 cities following a recent spike in covered 1000 cases the new restrictions require businesses to close by 7 pm and ban people from venturing far from their homes in the evenings schools and colleges also have to shout the professional elements were and were given the high mobility situation in israel the trend is liable to reverse itself at any moment with a dangerous addition of severe cases and deaths and the danger that the teams of doctors treating corona new hospitals could collapse. The initial plan had been to impose a complete lockdown in 30 cities but following pressure from local mayors it was scaled back to even exactly although with an additional 10 cities added to the list theres been a steady rise in infections across the country so far this month with daily cases now almost 3000. 00 meanwhile protest against the governments handling of the pandemic and now into the 11th over the Weekend Police officers could be seen lifting protesters out of the road and carrying them away as people gathered near the Prime Ministers official residence demonstrators are calling for Benjamin Netanyahu to quit not just because of the coronavirus but also over his current corruption trial the head of the Immunotherapy Laboratory university explains why the number of cases in israel is on the rise. After reopening around june schools and enabling. Places of gathering to thrive where as we have seen basically the slow rise in the number of people being infected there is a crisis of confidence in the public meaning people do not feel the need to always abide by the regulation people willing to comply is essential to prevent the further spread of the virus the 2nd thing is that there are a lot of gatherings like for example weddings at night that are taking place although they are forbidden but people are actually organizing them in places private places so its very difficult to locate them and to close them down 2nd main problem we have is of efficient trast seeing right now we are not able to correctly train seeing every single case because are a lot of cases and the 2nd thing is that because we are still in we are still trying to implement our new system for tracing and that is taking too much time again another reason why we see a rise ok thats the way it looks from moscow this follows on you tube and twitter get 247. Dates sound video news you wont find anywhere else but ill vote for me in the r. T. D. Used in ice water. Was abundant make no certainly no borders and is blind to nationalities. You. As americans we dont come with her we dont look like seen the whole world beats to be the chief. Judge of. The mary crisis with this system to my time so we can do better we should be better. Everyone is contributing your own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenge is great the response has been masked so many good people are helping us. It makes us feel very proud that we are in it together. With. One else so small seems wrong but all roles just dont call. Me the world is yet to shape our disdain comes to advocate and in games from an equal betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. I mastered hands in this is going on the ground from a country the politicians are telling us is getting back to normal as it like the rest of the world braces for a potentially devastating 2nd wave of corona virus this november its a pandemic that will disproportionately kill the west off in society once called for cause to global food like pandemic its one of the causes and its profound effects as mike davis known for his devastating critique of capitalist urban Development City of cortes excavating the future of los angeles here he is 15 years ago and why should be we be so worried about it is easy which is infected under 200. 00 People Killed less than 100 where we live in a world where millions of people die every year from the laureate burke says hiv and the answer of course is the experience of humanity in 24 weeks and 1918 when between 40 and a 100000000 people died of a pandemic influenza this is the greatest mortality about in Human History there have been 2 subsequent pandemic some 19571968 neither were anywhere as steadily as 1918 and then suddenly in 1997 this new flu emerged in hong kong and scientists discovered to their whore that rather than being incubated in a pig or a human being can call infected with several strains of the flu it jumped directly from birds to humans thats mike davis speaking in 25 on the threat of a flu type pandemic hitting in the overbroad world his warnings are arguably not taken seriously by policymakers think tanks and politicians is 25 book the monster at our door is now called the monster and with a brand new preface and he joins me now from Los Angeles Mike welcome to going on the ground youve been on well i understand