Police doubled during the covert health crisis. Hello its midnight here in moscow is now wednesday the 9th of september good to have you with us this hour for the stories im tracking here 1st for you alexina valmy could not have survived if hed been poisoned with no if a check of the claim of the russian doctors who 1st treated the high profile kremlin critic when he fell severely ill nearly 3 weeks ago peter all of us has the details. The doctors the 1st trust the likes in the valley when his plane was forced to make an Emergency Landing with him in clear distress you was making his way from siberia to moscow he didnt make it there the plane landed in that was way he received treatment 1st theyve dismissed claims from here in germany in berlin where hes currently being treated that he was poisoned using a novacek nerve agent they say that. Had he been poisoned with such an agent he would have died spent hours after the poisoning and been administering it they say that theyve carried out over 60 tests on alexina valmy while he was in their care they found no trace of any toxin now they say theyve shared or made available the data from those tests they carried out theyve made that available to the german colleagues theyre now saying the time has come for their german colleagues to share the data that they have that claim that it that he was poisoned with this nerve agent. Of those when you know its not a diagnosis its not even a version but a sort of fiction fantastical suggestion or conclusion with no proof documentation or Clinical Evidence he would have died within hours 6 to 10 pm he would have been because its a severe poisoning were going to full speed into execution is feasible while alexei in the valleys condition has improved hes been taken out of a medically induced coma that hed been in for just over 2 weeks and we understand that he is starting to breathe on his own again a diplomatic route over the whole incident continues to rumble on and is gaining momentum and right in the crosshairs of that diplomatic row is the north stream to gas pipeline the project that would see russian gas pump directly from russia into germany now this has been something this has had its critics for a long time the United States has threatened crippling sanctions against it some of germanys own European Partners have been quite vocal critics of the north stream to pipeline project however as far as germany has been concerned in the past this is something thats in economic project and its set aside from Everything Else that may be going on however what we are starting to see is perhaps that mood may be changing in fact meths who is a man who has a pretty good chance of being angle a miracle successor when she steps down as german chancellor next year. He said that. If he had the power now he would be placing an immediate 2 year moratorium on the Infrastructure Project while weve heard from senior cabinet figures here in berlin in the last week and also suggesting that the project may well be suspended or even cancelled Angela Merkel herself though has limited what shes have to say to this wouldnt be a unilateral german decision to pause or cancel the north stream to pipeline that would have to be a decision taken at the pan european level at an e. U. Level but what we are seeing is previously what had been unthinkable now being talked about as potentially possible is this i left my into tufty this is 1st and foremost an economic project we consider it to be the right thing to do go with us i think that we should couple these issues and in no opinion nor 3 more to should be completed that is to. I think would be room through from the beginning but what is happening now you could have an impact from the projects the federal chancellor also sees it as wrong to rule that out the german side of said the future of nord stream 2 depends on how russia responds to accusations of poisoning against alexei novelli now from the russian side weve heard quite a lot on tuesday coming out of the Foreign Ministry we heard on monday that requests for information from moscow to berlin would be met that heiko must the German Foreign minister had greenlit the process that would see information transferred over to russia however what were hearing from the russian side is nothing is being forthcoming just yet we understand the german ambassador to moscow has been invited to the Foreign Ministry to discuss this matter further as the heart of the russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson says theyve received no information so far from germany and the starting to really want some answers to their requests we expect burden to provide all the data they have to the bundle. About results and the evidence in possession of the german Foreign Ministry its time for them to show their cards because its obvious to everyone that the n is bluffing in the interest and due to political racket well Alexei Navalny was taken out of a medically induced coma on monday is understood to be breathing by himself now he remains here in receiving treatment at the shot at a hospital his condition were told isnt life threatening anymore well i was just mention the north stream to pipeline now hangs in the balance over the poisoning of the gay sions donald trump repeatedly told germany to quit the major gas project with russia. But i was supportive of that i was the 1st one of the words up you know heard of the north stream to absorb drug able when i came along i said wait a minute were projecting germany from russia russias Foreign Ministrys way to much side of the route claiming that europe should stand up for its own interests and not become washingtons puppet german political commentator i go hey im a believe berlin would take a significant hit if it pulled the plug on north stream. Its a catastrophe if this pipeline is being abolished because energy is the main cost for everything you do so if you increase the cost for your most vital product you need then you have disadvantaged in the Rural Economy so German Economy will have no chance on competing in the World Economy and thats exactly what ones you want america 1st he wants American Business to go in germany and europe will be dependent on. Possibilities from poland because the gas pipeline is not coming we are dependent on other routes and all the other routes are dependent on 3rd parties so we will always be able to be blackmailed by the other people and i think this is exactly what the americans with the polish partner warns. Profile member of the opposition in belarus has been arrested on the border with ukraine for those claims Maria Kolesnikov a been kidnapped by the Russian Security officials people have been protesting on the streets of minsk tuesday over kolesnikov was arrested crowds again waving the symbolic white and red flag of the opposition and chanting let her go playing kolesnikov a hero however there are differing versions of the events that led to the arrest more on that next for me. Is in turmoil after the election one by Alexander Lukashenko the opposition claims that the election was fraudulent and on monday a senior opposition figure Maria Kolesnik of all along with 2 other men who are opposition members as well disappear they couldnt be reached by phone and their whereabouts are unknown and after pretty much 24 hours of conflict reports many rumors then statements on behalf of the authorities and the supporters of the opposition the press. Didnt decided to speak out in fact he was giving an interview to russian t. V. Journalists and our editor in chief but get this in my now i was there so let me just say that on tuesday russian officials began saying that the authorities had to detain Maria Kolesnikov our as she was trying to escape the country through bell rufuss southern border with ukraine because she broke the law while trying to do that now what you are about to hear right now are the latest statements by the russian leader Alexander Lukashenko this is how he explained what he knows so i. Dont know it could you give us more detail about marie kolesnikov or where is she. I probably cannot give you much detail due to the fact that i was only told that she and her 2 friends who were drivers or close ones or distant ones they fled to ukraine today and they had documents and everything prepared in advance they showed their passports and inside customs officers Border Guards let them through for their own is the state border and the ukrainian post but between these posts they were 8 to 9 kilometers and their border is heavily guarded so we deployed more guards naturally they were stopped before the gas pedal she was even thrown out of the car on the move on the run. So they themselves did it yes well there were 3 of them who could have thrown her out Border Guards of course detained has would have been expected i say this is an old border guard and she was sent to the Border Office and the co went across the Ukrainian Border through the ukrainian post and then as far as im now informed they were detained and we negotiating with them so that they return them to us. What for they left the relatively speaking were released from the truth you know they could not be detained they travelled legally with documents but they violated the state border they checked in at the checkpoint the Border Guards and customs officers did their jobs and the border itself is another 8 or 10 kilometers away and they drove right through this reinforced post and hid in ukraine allegedly this woman sister lives in ukraine allegedly i dont know for sure they told me this today i ask why is it ukrainian not lithuania not hungry as they usually go to someones relatives to said to leave them i cannot claim so i dont know everything yet they thought she was detained and we asked the ukrainian Border Guards to return the others to our country we will investigate what happened so just let me repeat these were the latest updates from the bell russian leader Alexander Lukashenko who was trying to explain this very complicated story from the side of the bell russian government so once again the belorussian authorities are calling this an attempt to flee the country by Maria Kolesnikov after she was thrown out of the vehicle and theyre saying that the people inside the vehicle were not following the orders by the Border Guards but i can tell you that the a bill russian opposition have their side of the story and they are providing. A totally different version of events according to the antigovernment activists america lessening of what the 2 other men were abducted somewhere else in belarus and then were deliberately taken to the border to. Be kicked out of the country but in order for that not to happen Maria Kolesnik allegedly decided to tear up her passport and that made it impossible for her to go through the border to get into ukraine although as far as i understand the other men were able to enter ukraine debelle russian president saying that they are now detained there but like ive said connection with all these activists house has been lost so again a very complicated story but what i can tell you is that the reaction from europe has been simple they do not trust the bell russian government and without hearing their side of the story they decided to come out with threats and here is one example of that it is clear that the. Continued to intimidate or allowance imitation of its citizens in increasingly loyalist way and crudely violate both domestic laws and International Obligations now just going back to that interview with the bell russian president mr lucas shank oh i can tell you that there was a lot to talk about of course and soon that conversation will be available on our t. V. Stay tuned for that as well and surely we will also be following the situation with Maria Kolesnikov and her fellow opposition activists. Physical assaults on British Police officers known as spit and cough attacks are on the rois suspects are said to be taking advantage of fears of covert contamination. Before the court may intervene yeah they are. The rise in assaults has huge impacts on stuff both physically and mentally and it has a huge impact on communities thousands and thousands of days of policing a lost because of these assaults on a county of leicestershire alone the number of attacks doubled during the lockdown more than 200 were recorded in just 3 months thats up from barely 100 incidents in the whole of last year but its not just spit and cough attacks or fact assaults a shooting up across the board theres been a 21 percent jump in attacks on British Police during the lockdown in 2020 almost 8000 cases have been registered former London Police officer Peter Kirkwood says the corona virus has given suspects a new weapon against the authorities. Has provided its. Another why of people who would Assault Police by whatever method is available another d wife for them to get in ensue into offices. You know why even i feel will be more if just at the moment. Its just provided them with another weapon really the issue is wider than just the spitting i spit in coughing offices that were seeing with the covert epidemic the problem is the decades 10 years of i dont see Police Narrative by the governments gleefully repeats it by the media has resulted in respect and confidence in the place being severely undermined and not just in. The place of being criticised to every turn a symptom of a problem this country has had developed in for some time which is the stock someplace on growing rapidly in both. Severity say. Up in a cloud with a Silver Lining to some the worlds tech giants are making bumper profits out of the pandemic and the a you wants a slice of that pie were going to take you through that after the break. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this spearing Dramatic Development the only really im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical. To sit down in. A. Global pandemic has been described as a lucky break by the boss of the video streaming giant netflix its profits have surged to during lockdowns and its not the only company though all the major tech plays a vastly increased their earnings in the last few months im isnt revenue in the 2nd quarter was up 40 percent to almost 90000000000. 00 apple reported an 11 percent increase to almost 60000000000. 00 meanwhile the streaming service is double best Subscriber Base in just 3 months but those big profits have not gone unnoticed the e. U. Is looking to introduce a digital tax european lawmakers say firms like that should be subsidizing economies crippled by lockdowns it is not possible to accept the idea that those digital giants the winners of the crisis are not paying a fair amount of taxes in europe and we cant manage this problem with single digital taxation we need at least at the European Union level a general measure looks like the fin end of the wedge for economics professor Richard Wolfe he believes that targeting the tech giants is just the 1st step to raising rates for big corporations. I think you seen it already we have a history here in the United States of taxing monopolies an oligopoly these are huge businesses but it always takes pressure from below it takes a movement of working people labor unions and others to be able to get the politicians to act and my suspicion is it wont be different thats what a little take the tax the tech giants now and once they go then the question will inevitably follow why are we not doing that for other our highly monopolized and overly wealthy corporations. Poll found that a majority of British StateHealth Service doctors are considering quitting over the governments handling of the pandemic but the president of the u. K. s Doctors Association says issues have been building for a long time. I think what you have serious is that our n. H. S. Colleagues have been feeling and how in broken short many years now prior to them home to me this is a profession who have suffered through some of the worst crisis crises in history within our workforce including absolutely ruinous junior toxic contracts changes to our training that mean doctors need every 6 months or a year around hospitals around the way and indeed the pensions tax crisis which has forced many of our most senior inexperience experienced oxys interest high and all of this was prior to us going into a National Crisis well over 700 doctors took part in the survey and 2 out of 3 of them say theyre likely to leave the national Health Service to you for the poor treatment they say theyve received from the government during the covert response most of them plan to get out within the next 3 years poor working conditions that have been highlighted among the list of complaints more specifically the main reason cited for considering quitting were the lack of pay rises and also a lack of protective equipment others have been noting that theyve been gagged from speaking publicly about their concerns medics have also been warning good promise benefits have been revoked along the way and also the working on a covert front line has had a major impact on doctors mental health. Services since we had in may depend on me and weve had these incredible times where people have been dying and struggling weve been separate for our families we just want some recognition for what we actually did and what we feel like we deserve over the last 1015 years let alone. It wasnt too long ago that we were talking about nasa if you were surviving on charitable donations and fear but have a stop just because crave it came in just pretty crap we deserve back a professionally a home and a tax to serve better and that was what today is about that was really important to me the government insists its 3 percent pay rise offer is good enough and Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has pledged more funding for hospital infrastructure over the coming difficult winter period. We know that the n. H. S. Was very much understaffed and under resourced going into this pandemic and i have no doubt that impacted on our ability to combat this fire s. We had 10000 vacancies forward doctors across the frontlines 100000 vacancies for a front line and its our stuff including nurses so we were we were already struggling with our workforce now if so many doctors leave and we have to remember this was a survey of just 1700 doctors with 2 thirds of them saying actually they were making plans to lisa who knows how how big that number truly is but this this really is a worry and i think it is even more of a worry given that many doctors feel that a 2nd said maybe coming within the u. K. So what were asking is that the government considers the hard work of those true key kids within the n. H. S. That they show them how much theyre valued and they greedier carted them to retain them in the n. H. S. Especially if there is to be a 2nd spike in the u. K. And related crime has been on the increase in sweden during the pandemic and to fight back police there want to expand wiretapping to everyone to detect potential gang members. Right now we have at least 40 family based criminal networks in sweden socalled clans they have come soley for the purpose of organized crime we need a change in legislation they give theres greater opportunities to listen to encrypted phone people who are not yet involved in any criminal investigation without people who can be clearly linked to gang crime we know hope that all this telephone traffic leads to us clearing up more crimes than we would have done otherwise. Well as things stand swedish law running allows the phones of suspects facing at least 2 years in prison to be tapped the proposed changes were permitted eavesdropping on those not under any specific suspicion horrific gang crimes of shocked Swedish Society lately a 12 Year Old Girl was killed recently after being caught in mafia crossfire but citizens are divided over whether wiretapping everyone is the right solution. I think it is good that the police have increased opportunities to catch these criminal gangs that are arranging freely in sweden today and they must find new ways to try can take them to court but i think a law that says the police can why its a private interview is too big a step to take this should be special reasons to eavesdrop on someone they dont see the risk for ordinary private interviewed salzberg intercepted in their private lives i do not think it affects our privacy we are already so monitored in any way with phones and other things that if this helps the police its great not good not my style i do not like it it creates a great deal of uncertainty as to water ploys because you do not know when they can listen where when and how so i do not like that more power a state within the state integrity is most important because you never know whats going to happen in the future. I think it is quite good that the police have greater opportunities to incept i personally do not mind it but i think it can be a great tool for the police to access large parts of the population and be able to stop some crime its nothing that bothers me i like having some of those thoughts of human rights expert told us there wiretapping innocent citizens is not the answer to growing gun crime. Its. Reasonable concern i mean the 1st time for this yr we have in sweden about the same number of killings. Community secret it is those. Kind of really nice here and also in the year previous to that so to produce heaters probably are not pretty matter really in my. Area and i still wanted to see the liberties of the relation its a population which comprises device majority of the rents in sweden. And that has nothing to do we greeks given their behaviors on and on theyre going to strain to deny these you or. Your own community and wont even. 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