A grim new daily record with almost 10000. 00 coronavirus he says as the country struggles under huge public demand Testing Centers. This is our 2 International Coming to you live from the russian capital this friday afternoon welcome to the program. Russias un envoy says berlin has yet to provide grounds for an investigation into the alleged poisoning of russian opposition figure unexplained unbind me citing the lack of information shared with moscow city bends it was responding to calls by western powers for a wide ranging probe he also suggested there may be more to the claims that there seems these school uses them can raise questions well. Being speech we hear what statements formal and were just not being mentioned discussed. These leaders leads us to only little reply question legion post in such situations we want you to see weve produced who used to be. The one that won if you do month explorations will do the 1st one that they can compare notes one shoot with the rest of the league asians im going to believe you but you have to do this even though this is as you see your memories of the. Berlin and moscow are both demanding answers over the activists allege poisoning germany says its handed over all its data on the case to the chemical weapons watchdog although russia which is a member of the o. P. C. Wu says nothings been received yet but only it fell ill on a flight to moscow last month his plane made an Emergency Landing in siberia where he was initially treated doctors there attributed his illness to a metabolic disorder but only it was about to airlifted to berlin for further treatment germy an ounce he had been poisoned with a chemical nerve agent from the group of substances that was a figure has not recovered from the coma he was in meanwhile senior politicians in berlin are piling pressure on the government to pull out of the nord stream to project over than about the case the major gas pipeline connecting russia to germany is due to be ready by the end of the year but the head of the german Parliaments Energy Committee believes that a banning it now would be a disaster. North stream 2 is not putins project it involves a large number of European Companies and is designed to ensure the security if europes gas supply to question this project now is to shoot ourselves in the foot it is certainly not in the interests of germany or europe if there is a decision to end the project companies will be able to sue those who made the decision in this case the German Government and of course it will affect gas prices it must be clearly understood that this is not a game that the pressure coming from the us is already enough in my view so we are strongly resisting the american sanctions that have been imposed on companies and individuals involved in the pipeline construction this is against International Law and we dont accept it i can see that many people who might not have fully understood the story thinking now will show them but i think its completely wrong 1st of all we need to establish what really happened because i dont think germany knows i think we should respond appropriately to the russians request for Legal Assistance we obviously received such a request but according to the russians it is so far gone unanswered. Berlin is now defending the involvement of an entire military alliance in the incident after nato demanded an International Response and the question. How does this all apply to. Me we should address this question their motivation to need to itself we have always said that as a violation of the convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons this case concerns all the e. U. And us nato as well. Joining us live now is independent political analyst gilbert dr youre very welcome to the program now what do you make of that argument there saying that it has to do with the e. U. And then therefore as well nato. Well i would reverse the order has to do with nato and the and therefore also to be you but i think. This issue this understanding of what has happened in view or nato is critical to the poisoning of another dig was formed and to deal with a substance that would take it out of all the homes that would show some disregard for civilized behavior when it would be the international ones if he had been given any other poison the noble truck that wouldnt work so nobody took had to be brought in and was brought in for the sake of making this International Issue and a neutral issue but i think 100 standing that takes us to the to understanding of the possible really cynical motivations of chance for america because it puts the whole context of the novelli case in the present geo political dynamics in france and germany and between germany the Baltic States poland and there were these all of these issues all in play and will be split feasts the central country is russia. By. Or making russia the violator of all of the international conventions. Merkel has placed mr putin and the russian government what they think is under their thumb. They i dont believe that the north stream too will be chancellor that wouldnt serve or mrs merkel purposes at all instead it is highly likely that it will be suspended that means to say that for the forseeable future germany would believe that it has leverage over the kremlin. For the foreseeable future germany will believe that it has leverage over france were a man who are prone creating a lot of disturbance in german by calling into question the validity of the Nato Alliance or speaking of nature being granger so if you look to the east and if you look to the west from berlin you find very good reasons why this whole d of army scandal was created if you look at it from moscow quite the contrary anything that happened to mr navarro was a chance the interests of the gram those who is also most improbable the mystery of all that he was poisoned with some of the substance as specific and as demon damaging to russias interests as no other choice if he was indeed poisoned i think it is reasonable to expect it to not happen on russian soil that happened on his way to or upon his arrival at germany germany had every interest in mr love army being poisoned in some way or other by novacek even if it wasnt the original novacek those are as they are telling us now a variation a slower acting more. Well there are not a countries that can develop more mature among them germany or the United Kingdom and so i think we shouldnt be looking at moscow with an overtrick still we should be looking west. As you say the conduct of the investigation still hasnt been fully completed we dont know exactly what happened here and yet we have germany demanding an explanation from moscow saying that they need to conduct a probe but how are they supposed to do that if as moscow says berlin has not shared its findings with the kremlin. Theyre not supposed to do that thats exactly the point the germans have no intention of the russians to dissipating investigation particularly when you cant take an army of added requirement that any investigation within russia will have to be transparent and acceptable to International Standards what theyre saying is the kremlin have to move aside and and the western powers will move in and take over the investigation that is politically unacceptable or for everyone knows that so d i dont believe theres any chance of there being a sort of their investigation of any serious and kind its to take place with russias the chiefs of those who are even with teeth to sufficient of the International Organizations that have deposited their case just as. A deposit its case of the alleged poisoning thats pretty balls and thats where die because it has only one Purpose International leverage against muscle. You suspect that the nordstrom to pipeline project will end up being suspended at least for a certain amount of time apart from that what kind of a long term consequences could all this cause between the west and russia. Well russia is an involuntary player in this or is being brought in to serve other purposes. I dont believe that relations with russia will become and seriously worse russia is simply a ball in play it is the point of this whole exercise not only poisoning was to give germany nato leverage over must ghost future behavior and its present behavior with regard to the un fully or the unfolding drama in their roots. And there you have an additional set of actors who have contributed to the present crisis and that by that i mean the Baltic States and poland in particular which has its own designs its own intentions to bring billers into its for it so there are many job political issues surrounding the present vote in the case mr navaho he is just a ball in play. The kremlin is a ball in play while the other powers are busy solving their problems. By the un to the excuse of the vile me situation. Well the investigations there still continue dr independent political analyst thank you for a time and your comments. Around 13000. 00 migrants have been left without shelter after europes biggest refugee camp on the greek island of lesbos burned to the ground the facility wasnt hoarsely overcrowded hosting 6 times more residents than its capacity that added to an already catastrophic situation as the camp had been on lockdown after almost 40 covert cases there the greek government warns those displaced by the blaze will not be allowed on to the mainland for locals also dont want the camp to be rebuilt they brawly to block heavy machinery from even entering the site as well as trying to stop former camp residents from reaching the islands capital Rights Groups warn they were also prevented from delivering aid to the migrants it all comes as some doubt the ability to provide any Real Solutions to the crisis as our europe correspondent peter all over explains. Left without shelter described as a humanitarian disaster by politicians when it comes to who is responsible for the fire at the morea refugee camp the greek government is blaming the refugees got the introduction woman and gets everything points to the fact that the fire was started as a result of the dissatisfaction of some guests of the morea sensor due to the necessary isolation however those who have been watching the situation on less forced a 2 year 8 say it encounter the failure of the migration policy. The european idea has gone up in flames European Values of a community of solidarity standing for peace and human rights and meant to fight against National Attitudes im racism and hatred of others the blaze in moria has focused the attention of a year leaders back onto the plight of migrants stranded on the greek islands with many pledging to help aspens which is sent ships of its own so how does the displaced our top priority has to be immediate and collective. Shares to provide shelter to those who need it and then to restore as soon as possible public order in the island into the. Contacts with e. U. Member states have led him countries participating in the transfer of unaccompanied minors most of these 400 miners will be taken in by germany and france. People in moria need help immediately the german Civil Protection service is travelling to greece the 1st delivery with aid will include tents and can bet to attend to the neediest the foreign ministries initially allocating 3000000 euro talk of solidarity is all well and good but its the same message weve heard since 2050 its time to say so for action. Still looking the other way the lives of 13000 people are in danger due to the fire that destroyed the refugee camp in moria the e. U. Must act now to relocate people that need protection lets put into practice the solidarity that we preach here in germany theres been a chorus of voices calling for more help for the thousands of people seemingly about and in the camps. Have me. Going. On and. There have been attempts to make the situation better cash is being slowed at the problem and also has to take some migrants to all the Member States in the e. U. Being welcomed but its not enough to make a real difference so the e. U. States want to see an overhaul of the system to make it mandatory that those seeking asylum in the e. U. Be shared among e. U. Nations however thats face stiff opposition from poland and hungary the world and to tame the idea the focus of attention is back on asylum applicants and the contradictions in which they live because of this fire at a memorial whether dr attention turns into genuine action all only goes as far as calls for solidarity thats down to e. U. Leaders all over all to. The global migration and displacement lead at the red cross says the e. U. Must step in to avert a humanitarian crisis. Weve been calling on all actors also a core design and including of course. Members slated to support greece in in funding solution to what is in reality a problem that has been going on for far too long what were asking is that youre going to have to demand. To be accommodated in a safe location as much as possible. To clearly the most vulnerable such a high number of an economy and b. What we would like to see is that european states Member States from the e. U. Provide more solidarity and support to the greek authorities and exploring what you need is for a relocation of the. Global news update continues after this short break. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. In this president ial election cycle both democrats and republicans claim to be tough on china but does that actually need instead what does the American Public really know about the china day on this edition of the program the attempt to separate this reality. I refuse to be on the side of people who want to take our guns and kill each other i want to stay home work intellectuals should always stand i think for the sheets theyre hold up no to violence no to bloodshed yes to think. Less. More like. Welcome back lithuanias passed a bill urging world powers to recognize a bellerose Opposition Leader as the rightful president and suffer a month of violent unrest in the country following Alexander Lukashenko contested election victory. The Lithuanian Parliament calls on the International Community to support the demand from Straight Line a 2nd of ska the leader elected by the belorussian people and from the Coordination Council established at her invitation as the only legitimate representatives of the belorussian people for holding new transparent and democratic president ial and parliamentary elections we call on the International Community to consider any domestic or Foreign Policy action by the illegitimate leader of billy reese Alexander Lukashenko aimed at legitimizing his power and concluding new agreements with russia which restrict the sovereignty of the belarusian people to be a crime against his people but the way we are becomes the 1st country to recognize. As a leader she fled her homeland for lithuania after the august election to join her children and she has made several video appeal to the International Community to help force look i should go out and put it set up democracy and belarus the who has now slapped sanctions on the countries officials over alleged Election Fraud as well as violence against protesters russell added that it does not agree with the outcome of the vote. We do not recognize him as the legitimate president nor do we recognize Nicolas Maduro from this point of view. In exactly the same situation we do not recognize that they have been legitimately chosen however whether we like it or not they control the government and we have to continue dealing with them despite not recognizing their democratic which is missing. Mass rallies against local shango are continuing and for a 4th week since the disputed vote violence broke out after the count was announced on august the 9th when longtime president Alexander Lukashenko was handed another 5 years in Office Although initially marred by clashes and Police Brutality the demonstrations are now largely peaceful. Geo political analysts rainer office knows lithuania would not have made its declaration in support of to hold off sky without the backing of larger powers its a signal that is being shown to go. Show that force is a major force is Political Forces behind because you know i wouldnt take such a measure which is illegitimate according to International Law if there was no support by the European Union or who knows. I see this as. Not too intelligent step by at least to blunt it because it shows clearly that the situation in the. Us is not only divided one side is also in danger of being taken over by external interests therefore i see it in political terms and not in trunks of elections in. France has set a grim coronavirus daily record of Health Authorities reported 9843 new confirmed 1000 cases on thursday the most since the start of the outbreak 20 new diagnostic centers are open in the paris region soaring public demand for tests but pressure on Health Facilities are to charlotte 1 reports from the french capital. I mean the scramble to get ahead of the curve the french government promised 1000000 tests would take place weekly by september and by hook or by crook it has succeeded in doing just that this is just one facility but people can get tested for coping 19 so much so you get 20 new Testing Centers for the virus but open here in the paris region but the clamor for covert testing has caused other problems Testing Centers are apparently struggling to deal with the volume of people wanting to find out if they happen it there are delays in getting access to the board trees in queues that as in paris and elsewhere right now is taking an average of 3 and a half days to get tested the French Health minister hitting on quite a Crucial Point to kill is like this which are not uncommon could contain some people who are infected and indeed contagious the person the symptoms and who move been in contact with an infected individual has to be tested urgently they must not be turned away from a laboratory because there is no theyll ability we have to work for months because its not acceptable to options today to get tested wait 7 days for an appointment in a lab wait for hours and centrally on standing under the hot sun i tried the 2nd option but with a 39 degree fever did not last long i called the labs of raw no places for 7 days plus 5 days to get the results or wait in line for 2 hours while sick and with no Energy Question is the test still relevant if done 7 days after symptoms start while standing in a queue for hours may be frustrating whats perhaps frustrating people even more are the delays in getting their results people are threatening to sue us because they missed their plane because of the delays in the tests we work like crazy. Everyone is unhappy delays could also mean that even if you tested negative for 19 while waiting for the result you could have contract it but this is not just a problem here in france across the English Channel they are also struggling the Health Minister very though has pointed the finger of blame on people who are symptomatic. Unless you. Actually. Test. For a test on the flip side some are suggesting the volume of test taking place in countries like france even more than a 1000000 a week still isnt enough they are doing 1000000. 00 per week thats not so much for a country of 67000000. 00 people and also well they are doing it personally so theres no logic theres no strategy and thats not good but if the abortion results already under the cosh wouldnt 10 times the number of tests cause. Of headache there is a way around this though Rapid Testing delivered in less than half an hour which is available at some pharmacies for a fee problem is these new tests a scene is being less reliable leaving some even more confused about what to do than ever. R. T. Paris. Theres been shock at tech giant amazons decision to appoint to its board the former head of the n. S. A. The spy agency slammed for illegal mass surveillance of americans whistleblower Edward Snowden who exposed the National Security agencys a lawful bulk collection of americans phone records is raising the alarm over the appointment of Keith Alexander. It turns out hey alexy is short for hey Keith Alexander yes the Keith Alexander personally responsible for the mass surveillance programs the caused global scandal and Amazon Web Services has 6 percent of all web sites alexander was n. S. A. Director in 2013 when snowden leaked thousands of documents exposing the illegal wiretapping and Data Collection programs xander became notorious for his phrase collect and tag it all in collect monitor and store all forms of human communication from the u. S. Spy Agency Human Rights lawyer dan kadlec says amazon wants his knowledge on how to snoop on and influence peoples voting decisions through the elex that Virtual Assistant in many peoples homes i would assume they picked him for his expertise and that is his ability to gather. Intelligence from people in this case presumably through you know amazons. Mechanism you know its a lash up box if you have one of those alexa devices in your house that came and listen in to conversations this isnt based on those conversations devise what types of products it believes you want and youll receive advertising for those products maybe amazon wants to gather information on peoples political inclinations and what could move them to vote in a certain way sure sadly i dont see it provoking outrage amongst most people again i think most people in america are used to the idea that theyre being spied on in different ways i think theyre used to it theyre not particularly upset or rich which is troubling but that is my sense of things. 10 people have died and hundreds were wounded after riots across colombia over a Police Killing in the capital footage has emerged of 46 year old javier or daniel is being tasered multiple times by officers following the incident his family claim he was further assaulted at a Police Station or during years died at a medical facility soon afterwards the officers who detain the victim have been suspended police say the man was arrested for violating social distancing rules. The death toll from the unprecedented wildfires on the west coast of the us has reportedly risen to 15 dozens more are still missing and hundreds of homes have been destroyed firefighters from around the country have been called in to help by the 4000000 acres of land have now been torched president trumps approved an emergency disaster declaration for oregon state of washington and california are also badly affected. Thats been your global news break down here on r. T. Thanks for tuning in wherever you may be. Seem. Just dont. Let me. Get to see. These. They become educated and it gains from an equal betrayal. When so many find themselves will the party. System the for common ground. 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