Various middle here in moscow now choose to the 8th of september welcome to the world news from our team right 1st then the Prominent Russian opposition activist and is out of an index meanwhile the Russian Ambassador in london was summoned to the Foreign Office where he said there had been nothing but unfounded accusations leveled against russia reporting that in his peter all of it. Of the statement put out by a shot at a hospital here in berlin says that alexina valley has been 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 long term consequences of severe poisoning cannot be ruled out or berlin claims that alexina volunteer 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 only 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 case 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 the valley with nord 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 pursue does increase of weve already agreed to russias request food Legal Assistance with all the Russian Ambassador this when we had a conversation with him last week who told him that in there was a request a Legal Assistance who would agree to assist there was no reason not to greeted. Well dan you seem to produce a brighter mood from the kremlin spokesman to me to be peskov treated to a name we used to we have certainly noted the German Farmers the statement and the glove thats in the nearest timeframe the information 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 alexina vollies illness this week were seeing the foreign secretary dominic robb 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 doesnt matter that state actor im nonstate actor is a violation of International Law so that latest news alexina valmy 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 on the valleys recovery. I 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 those sublevel 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 verbal stimuli this is a pretty high function squeeze my hand with your feet things like that really create new so i think im cautiously very optimistic about this patient. More than a 1000 people gathered in the city of rochester in the state of new york on sunday night demanding accountability for the Police Killing of a black man the address there began after video emerged showing police placing a spit hood on Daniel Pruett one officer placed his hands on proof head while another put his knee on prudes 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 marked 100 consecutive days of black lives matter rallies for goodbye the death of george floyd. And the dozens of arrests in the city over the weekend but the protests showed no sign over one thing american journalist and author daniel its our belief that the unrest could continue into election day and beyond. But i guess breaking down were seeing street fighting street fighting going on growing levels valving both the leftists and rightists. As a kind of a slow wilting civil war that probably will continue until election day and then no one knows what will happen with the election because american electoral process these are so broken down that it may very well and up in fighting endless lawsuits and indeterminate no one knows. Meanwhile in the state of kentucky hundreds of protesters from rival groups marched through louisville Massive Campaign is converged on the city demanding saturdays iconic Kentucky Derby horse race be canceled the rigid still go ahead the activists were also denouncing Police Violence pro Police Militia also most of the city confronted by b. L. M. Protesters. Who want to merican companies doing well out of the unrest leading firearms make a smith and wesson has seen sales jump 140 percent this year that amounts to around 134000000. 00 in extra sales again believes 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 the net midwest or the west you will see guns on both sides and its very dangerous and because people tend to use these weapons and so but the but theres no force capable of stopping this fighting because im it seems to have taken a life of its own and its just part of the whole political structure which is in and like celebrating break down i mean america is a is a failed state and its failing effort more rapidly and these these demonstrations these these the street fighting is a symptom of their nationwide to unrest against Racial Injustice likely to stretch all the way to novembers president ial election one sides warning that only a joe Biden Victory can stop the violence Democratic Party think tanks insists that anything other than a win for them will just bring more chaos ago that story for you still ahead in this bulletin. A surge of new corona virus infections in france is seeing restrictions returned in some areas 7 regions have been put on a red list while some schools have had to close again just a week of the reopening reporting next from paris. This is the 2nd week of school in france and already some of those schools have had to be closed down because of covert 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 registered in a 24 hour period 22 schools have been shut in the last week but hundreds and hundreds of classes have also been closed down the education secretary here in france has been outlining when such a decision should be taken. Out of the 12 establishments colleges and schools were closed the main line 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 will function and function well there are now 7 new 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 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 a 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. That is a little bit. 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 beg 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 still over the measures that are being used to try and curb 1000 whether thats wearing a mask whether thats a quarantine or whether thats imposing lockdowns local restrictions the methods being used remain highly contentious. Or crumby claiming i mean a vote for him will guarantee lower order of 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 street caliber weapons been 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 outfits thinking 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 hayes 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 better 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 were 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 put caring 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 legitimacy 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 russia gate for 2 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 to who knows. It without a could have it with a set out on the way off the lengthy legal wrangling and a covert imposed delay the herring finally gets underway in london for the wiki leaks founder Julian Assange which will decide whether he gets extradited to the United States well get you up to speed on that in about 90 seconds from now. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy. Let it be an arms race. Spearing Dramatic Development only. I dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical. To sit down and talk. Well again the extradition hearing for the wiki leaks founder Julian Assange has begun in london it has been postponed for months because of the coronavirus lockdown. The reports from outside London Central criminal court. 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 6 from his partner son of morris also mother of his 2 children she was really pleading with the courts for his Immediate Release so today 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 and 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. Limit. That to julios lawyers d. With the witnesses away or pursuant to. Choosing limiting julios your use of privilege to to question the witnesses theres no mention of that would be any limitation with what youre saying the issue for me here if you had to do that is why i did which it is very disappointing already on day one of the extradition hearing we already have some Key Developments firstly the noirs have informed the court that they have not been able to see junior seau just the 1st time in 6 months we also understand that youre in a santa 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 he said he couldnt hear properly and almost compared to myself to nothing more than a spectator. Wimbledon cheered 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 hold 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 15 week sentence at Londons Belmarsh prison for skipping bell back in 2012 that 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 julian a staunch with 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 to the shower to hospital in berlin why doesnt it make the same offer to the seriously ill to get a song the key point for genocide 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 was 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 a staunch political offenses and that therefore exempts him from extradition under the u. K. U. S. Extradition treaty but the prosecutors will take a different approach they will try to establish that a soldiers actions were not political they endangered lives for compromising these classified top secret documents now we are just at day one of a 4 week hearing proceedings for the extradition of 2 massage it will ultimately decide his fate but campaigners outside the. Bailey heard today say its not just airless art as an adult today but also sat behind him on the site and is the fundamental tenets of the freedom of press around the rights of the public to access information as well they say a genocide is extradited it might only silence him but it will gag on all the journalism worldwide so the press freedom for stakes already that high renowned scholar and social commentator numb chomsky told r. T. Is going underground that he believes it will be illegal for britain to hand the phone to america but with the approval on the part of the British Government to exceed to the us then rich tradition of astrologers of sense is not paying bill. Now if he had good reasons not to as it would have been extra do it if he but not being bill requires a tap on the wrist not torture in a high security 1st day up to the what reason not even a leader is allowed to receive books im in mass murderers or being treated in a way beyond the worst vicious criminal ok and if hes extra good it comes up for trial on the us as spinozas laws which even jerry of digital did. Its trial is being troika because he committed the crime of letting the general population know things that they have a right to know and that our full state still ward of the no. Israels impose curfews in 40 cities following a recent spike in covert 1000 cases the new restrictions require businesses to close by 7 pm and ban people from venturing far from the homes in the evenings schools and colleges also have to shout. The professional elements were in there 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 in the hospital could collapse we initially plan had been to impose a complete lockdown in 30 cities but following pressure from local mayors it was scaled back to evenings only although with an additional 10 cities added to that list theres been a steady rise in infections across the country so far this month with daily cases now reaching almost 3000. 00 meanwhile protest against the governments handling of the pandemic of now entered their 11th week over the Weekend Police officers could be seen lifting protesters off the road and carrying them away as people gathered near the Prime Ministers official residence demonstrators are calling for ben even yet know who to quit not just because of the coronavirus but also over his current corruption trial the head of the Immunotherapy Laboratory barellan university explains why the number of cases in israel is on the rise. After reopening i would say around june schools and enabling. Places of gathering to thrive what we have seen basically is a slow rise in the number of people being infected there is a crisis of confidence in the public meaning that 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 a lot of gatherings like for example away things at night. 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 a lack of efficient trussing right now we are not able to correctly tracing every single case because our 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 that again another reason why we see a rise and that if you would use for this hour your next update from us is in just over 30 minutes from now until the from a column brian im asking you to take. A look forward to talking to you all. That technology should work for people. I really must obey the orders given the human beings except when she said sure there is a conflict with the 1st one your mind im just a patient we should be very careful about Artificial Intelligence and the point obviously is too great trust our government here. In china and with Artificial Intelligence will summon the demon. Obamas protect the scone existence has existed. When i was a child small seemed wrong but old roles just dont call. Me the world yet to shape our disdain to come to the ticket and indeed train because of the trail. When so many find themselves worlds apart. Just to look for common ground. Im actually returns in this is going underground 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 coronavirus this november its a pandemic that will disproportionately kill the west off in society once called for cost to global food like pandemic its 1. 00 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 laryea tuberculosis 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 pandemics 19571968 neither were anywhere as steadily as 1918 and then suddenly in 1907 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 old abreu world his warnings were 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 just take us through how you came to write to the new preface as the full horror of the pandemic we came a parent the book you originally. Published right out to the parade in 2003 i think i wrote it in 2005 this is avian flu and at the time it looked like booze in a way faced with a pandemic flu that is disastrous as the 1980 spanish flu it was warning about