On friday evening here in moscow and call them bright welcome to this i was world news for international 1st the German Parliament held a session dedicated to the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy the russian opposition activists been in hospital in berlin for almost 3 weeks and recently emerged from a coma and several german politicians are calling for action to be taken against moscow our europe correspondent peter all of us across developments. Fiery debate the strike on friday night with the majority of pointing a finger of blame firmly at russia and the russian government for what happened to alexis there was some voices questioning the official German Government line but there werent many. If the kremlin really regrets this sasa nation intent on alecs in the valley and really wants to clear things up why does novell need such a level of protection from our Security Services political murder is part of the putin system. So not only are the russians supposed to have tried to poison an opponent of the regime with a military nerve agent but they put it in his tea why would the russian government be so stupid them and even let novelli fly out to germany instead of hiding him in russia its absurd. The north stream to gas pipeline project was a major factor in the debate the pipeline which would take russian gas under the baltic sea directly into germany well lawmakers fall into 3 camps when it comes to the Multi National multi 1000000000 euro Infrastructure Project there are those that say it needs to be halted immediately and perhaps cancelled altogether there are those that want to wait and see how russia reacts and how this story develops and there are those saying that its simply too important economically and it must remain purely an economic project no matter what else is going on we have those see the heated debate over north stream both on the streets here in germany and on friday night in the bundestag nostra inspired by north stream has never been a purely private sector project as the German Government has repeatedly argued despite the war in syria just by the use of a chemical weapon in souls bury the federal government is sending a message to the kremlin no matter what you do economic goals are more important to us than climate Protection Security policy and human rights. Demanding the immediate term a nation of north stream 2 is in my view has misguided reaction but it pleases those who have only supposed to project especially the greens. To go. Well as germany continues to push russia for an explanation for what happened to alexei novelli the Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said russia still waiting for information it requested from germany but its the use of your money the german representative to the un so the data is no longer a matter of by last will relations between germany and russia but amounts for multilateral proceedings what kind of proceedings the germans are talking about they were unable to say in the interests of our german colleagues we urged them to provide all necessary information which might in any way should lights when absolutely unfounded accusations. Investigators in russia are of also being on the search for more Information Police in the city of tomsk which is where alexina valmy had been he was flying from tomsk to moscow before his plane had to make an Emergency Landing in the city of squid the lexan of only in extreme distress well placed in tom skipping putting together a timeline of where he was in the lead up to him getting on that plane theyve placements in the valley in a hotel in a restaurant and a flat and in a coffee shop what they have also been going about doing is trying to interview those that were in close contact with alecks in the valley during his time in the city of tomsk police there say theyve been able to interview 5 of the 6 people that spent a lot of time with mr novelli they say the 6th person a woman is believed to have come here to germany my unit the after. 6 of marina pitcher one of those who was with me in permanently resides in the United Kingdom on august 20 refused to give explanations according to the investigation on august 22nd of this year she flew to germany so it was not possible to get an explanation from her her location is currently being in stablished. There are still lots of facts to come to light in the case of what happened to alexa in a volley but as we search for those facts the diplomatic route between germany and russia continues to heat up germany says its passed all its information on the election about the case to the Global Chemical weapons watchdog although russia which is a member of the o. P. C. W says nothings been received yet meanwhile russias envoy to the un has responded to western calls for a full investigation. This fool uses them can look raise questions boldly being speech we hear what statements formal and what measures are being mentioned discussed. This reverse leads us to an unavoidable reply nicol question legions forced in search situations we want you to receive irq we progress who is to benefit from this the one that one if you demand the explanations will defer explain that they will and will compare notes one issued with the last elite geishas uncorroborated by evidence even with the scissors you see your reasonable or stay with the thoughts of who might stand to gain from any diplomatic crisis political analyst John Laughlin believes the north rim to gas pipeline provides an answer its immediately been joined with the north stream 2 gas pipeline project the germans who previously the german Political Class has previously supported the completion of the gas pipeline very strongly not least because germany doesnt have any other Energy Source and no major cracks are appearing in what was a consensus so the fact that theyre not stream to gas pipeline has been immediately put into the equation into what should be a private Police Investigation shows who would benefit the answer is the american exporters of liquid natural gas and all those in europe who are determined and have been for many years and decades to drive a wedge between europe and russia for the not stream to gas pipeline is not just a symbol although its a very powerful one it is also a reality of bridging the divide between russia and europe and that is what the russian people in europe and in the United States do not want and thats why then a valley business is being immediately joined with not stream to. Theres to be a partial easing of coronavirus restrictions in france the Prime Minister there says the isolation time for people who test positive will be reduced from 14. 00 to 7. 00 days as despite a new spike in cases with a record 10000 reported on thursday a shell of reports from paris. 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 to cope with 19 so much so you get 20 new Testing Centers for the virus to 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 treating choose it 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 may have 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 the 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 i 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 a 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 there though has pointed the finger of blame on people who are symptomatic. Unless youve been. On the flip side some suggesting the volume of test taking place in countries like france even though 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 people and also what they are doing it for personally so theres no logic theres no strategy and thats not good but if the board already under the cosh wouldnt 10 times the number of tests cause. Of headache there is a way around this Rapid Testing delivered in that than half an hour which is available at some pharmacies for a fee problem is these new tests the scene is being less reliable leaving some even more confused about what to do than ever so much even risky r. T. Paris. Microsofts accusing russia china and iran of trying to meddle in the upcoming us president ial election report from the tech giant says both the trump and biden campaigns have been subjected to unsuccessful Cyber Attacks from those countries while 3 of repeatedly denied any such interference picks up the story. Now the report from microsoft accuses russia china and iran of somehow interfering in the us elections via alleged computer hacks that are said to have taken place all 3 countries have emphasized that these allegations are simply false they are not engaging in cyber hacking to try and hurt the u. S. Elections now russia emphasized that they have actually offered to cooperate with the United States regarding Cyber Security and the need to stop hacking and other threats to the country this is the response of both russia and china to claims of interference with them with luggage in mosul and numerous occasions we proposed the americans different ways of handling these unfounded assertions of the american civil she used to work with us in these proposals but continue to just to end illegal interference in their internal affairs are those are going to move without him and we dont have any interest in interfering in the United States elections microsoft should make such beastly psyches ations and direct china into this this has not stopped us media from were running wild with these allegations and the election were getting closer with hackers who were writing harder now escalating their attacks tied to the president ial race according to a new warning from microsoft so here we go again right. Except this time were not blindsided those hacks are believed to come from overseas russia china and iran its not surprising because weve had Intelligence Briefings and this kind of thing is probably happening now microsoft did not say how these quote unsuccessful attacks were intended to actually hurt the u. S. Electoral process no information was really given about what these hacks would have done if they had somehow succeeded this is what was said by the d. H. S. S. We are aware that microsoft to detect it attempts to compromise email accounts of people and organizations associated with the upcoming election none are involved in maintaining or operate. Voting infrastructure and there was no identified impact on election systems 0 truth was offered to back up these allegations from microsoft and furthermore it is confirmed even by their own report that these alleged hacks it had 0 impact on the elections so far. And you countries have agreed to take in around 400 child refugees who were left without shelter when their camp and down on the greek island of lesbos the facility held around 13000 migrants in greece is saying that the adults will have to remain on the island the greek Prime Ministers confirm that the maria camp will be rebuilt that announcement was met by protests from the former residents they march towards the gardens main town demanding the right to leave as boston had to other countries many auditors also on the migrants to move on earlier activists used trucks to block roads leading to the maria camp saying that prevent any rebuilding work you officials have called for urgent help for the refugees on thats both. Top priority has to be immediate and collective. To provide shelter to those who need it and then to restore as soon as possible public order in the island. People in moria need help immediately the german Civil Protection service is traveling to greece the 1st delivery with aid will include tents and cam bets to attend to the neediest the foreign ministries initially allocating 3000000. 00 euro the fire in morris put the spotlight back on europes refugee influx more than 5 years since the start of the crisis the blocks failed to agree on a common migration policy southern e. U. States a push for mandatory refugee quotas among european nations but that idea has been flatly rejected by members including poland and hungary. 60 minutes past the hour this is our taste in the head the u. S. Is drawing up sanctions against better russian officials in the wake of the contested election as we report in around 90 seconds from now. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being led. To. What is true what is fake. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. For a mate in the shallows. In this president ial election cycle both democrats and republicans claim to be tough on china but does that actually. What does the american public. Really though about the china on this edition of the program the attempt to separate this reality. Alone again the United States has confirmed itll impose sanctions on russian officials in the coming days for alleged Election Fraud and violation and violence against the protesters the state Department Also says that the measures will run in parallel with the e. U. Sanctions which were announced earlier meanwhile lithuania result in more powers to recognize the opposition candidate in last months belorussian election as the rightful president. The Lithuanian Parliament calls on the International Community to support the demand from state line a 2nd of the leader elected by the belorussian people and from the Coordination Council established at her invitation as the only legitimate representatives of the belarusian 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 belly 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 if any of the 1st country to recognize that lana taken off sky as leader she fled to lithuania after the election she sent posted several videos urging the International Community to help force president lukashenko ouster and enable new elections to be held the e. U. Foreign policy chief earlier compared the situation to venezuela where Nicolas Maduro continues to hold power despite a lack of recognition from the west. We do not recognize him as the legitimate president nor do we recognize Nicolas Maduro from this point of view maduro and look 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 doing. In with them despite not recognizing that them across egregious mysie mass rallies broke out in belarus right after the election on august the 9th and theyre still ongoing after 26 years in power Alexander Lukashenko one a 6th term after a landslide result was declared taken off guard supporters claim that ballot was wrecked and theyre demanding a new election although initially marred by clashes and Police Brutality the demonstrations are now largely pinks or political analyst Martin Mccauley believe washington will stop short of any drastic action against but a route i think. Of you. Know the e. U. And the americans to. Georgia not news to him only saying im staying im not going anywhere because i regard most of his illegitimate president. The americans are very curable not to do anything which will in turn. Be a ruse and push them towards. Because of the americans would like to present situation there to continue with if you like seated still as a gateway or how a way house between moscow and the west they would like to continue but the present situation is very very difficult and the americans can be very careful in the leg and what we actually do you know actually the e. U. Which was in position. If youve ever suspected amazons alexa voice assistance of listening into your conversations Edward Snowden says you know perhaps white right to be worried the n. S. A. Whistleblower spoke out on wednesday after his former spy boss Keith Alexander was appointed to amazons board of directors it turns out hey alexy is short for hey Keith Alexander yes the Keith Alexander personally responsible for the unlawful mass surveillance programs that caused global scandal and Amazon Web Services has 6 percent of all websites. And xander was the n. S. A. Director in 2013 when snowden leaked thousands of documents exposing the agencys mass surveillance practices human rights lawyer says amazon wants his knowledge on how to influence peoples voting decisions and why we should stress that those are his own opinions and amazon and strenuously denied claims of snooping virus home assistant devices. 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 last box if you have one of those alexa devices in your house that it came and listen in to conversations this is a 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 and not particularly upset or rich which is troubling but that is my sense of things. At least 10 people have been killed in riots across colombia over a Police Killing in the capital bogota footage is emerged of a 46 year old man being pinned to the ground and tasered multiple times by officers his family claims that he was later assaulted at a Police Station the man died in hospital soon afterwards. Offices involved in the incidents have now been suspended and police say that the man was initially arrested for violating social distancing rules. Wildfires raging across the us west coast of claimed at least 23 lives in the past few days and destroyed hundreds of homes there are now more than 100 fires in 12 states driven by high winds and intense heat waves theyve consumed more than 4000000 acres of land 3000000 in california alone a record for that state and oregon entire towns have been wiped out forcing 500000 people to flee their homes emergency crews are being rushed from around the country to help aside from the colossal damage there is now an emerging health risk from the thick smoke blanketing major cities including San Francisco and seattle. News for the next Sophie Shevardnadze me to renowned choreographer and activist to discuss how the arts might be able to help defeat the societys many divisive tensions. Must obey the orders given a human beings except where such conflict with the 1st law. Should be very careful but of personal knowledge and the point is a great. Place to sit with Artificial Intelligence will somebody to. Protect its existence. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world the politics sports business im show business ill see you then. You just have to fly between 2 kinds of low and as fast as you can. Go much because i was watching the producer with the push for the purser as quebec. Massless nature for some of the latest. In the engine mysteries in 1st no suspense period of course were all russians in racing is competition in the extreme to have a full use the specified route between the lines with the fastest time whims just a beautiful little boy loser is nothing but youre going to get there but you should put it in your dish really plus lou should move did you really try you live or. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Tyson nation for community. Are you going the right way or are you being led so. Direct. What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. And also the depths. Orem a bit of the shallows. Seemed wrong. To me that hes yet to shape out these days he comes to educate and in the game equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart. She still looks for common ground. To. Come to sophie could visionaire is me Sophie Shevardnadze in a divided world a Unifying Force is desperately needed it is art to play this role to talk about this im joined by star choreographer and human rights advocate bill t. Jones. Bill t. Jones star cora refer receiver of the National Medal of arts and macarthur genius award human rights activists its really great to have you with us today hi bill. Hello hello. Great thank you very much for inviting me were really glad to have the hair because youre one of the rarest people that actually wanted to talk about war and talk about today and i want to ask you about just for a moment you introduce me as a human rights advocate and i take that to be the highest compliment and i dont think describes me i am a selfinvolved artist in ours who happens to be black in a race this country and i have been trying to make all of my life ive been trying to be true to the inside and find a way to speak to the outside i want to be a Global Citizen but im very much rooted in the American Experience so the reason i sound sometimes a public voice is all part of the poetry that asks the question is the public and the crew and the personal one in the same so i appreciate the compliment of signing a social activists social activists get thrown in jail and chill for what they do nobody is throwing a modern dancer in jail or chilling down in this country because of things i say so just to clarify that sure. I want to start of with a letter unjust is an open debate which you signed and implies that people today are presented with a false choice between justice and freedom now i understand here a strong supporter of what young people in america are standing for today on the streets what did you feel why did you feel compelled to lend your voice to a letter that hot or had might seem as an anti protest that meant. Yes well i thought that if that was the chase people might read the letter certain way it might be an opportunity for dialogue. And lets face it im reading a great deal right now the great to lala just the last of the historian hannah arent and hanna arent speaks about thinking with no bannisters she thinks she talks about plurality plurality is what we call. Actually democracy how does how many different people with many different points of view exist together. Without taking up the guy