Last several days here on r. T. International with me kevin no in this our 1st in germany accepted moscows request for legal cooperation on a probe into the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy however state prosecutors want some information will only be shared with the activists consent it says Russian Police ask to interview him in berlin where hes still in hospital germany adds its still expects russia to be held accountable for the incident. Relations with russia are influenced by the fact that russia is 1st of all an important global actor and also by the fact that in the past and in present times we have had some problematic topics between each other and we should express ourselves carefully this time there was an attempted murder on mr novelli performed with a very specific and internationally banned nerve agent of the novacek group and our demand is that russia urgently explain what happened. Our authorities are investigating this incident we dont like it when other countries dictate to us when and at what point to start our processes we cannot legally call this a criminal case based on the analysis of the journal aboard 3 moreover the board to receive the b. R. D. Army just as in the b. Or d. It is probably impossible to initiate a criminal case on the basis of tests that were taken in our Military Hospital this is legally nonsense there are acts of furphy cation our investigative bodies are working they have questions new questions appear we hope that we will receive information from our german colleagues it will help to move forward. Germany previously announced it would be sharing novell nice test results with the Global Chemical weapons watchdog although russia which is a member of the o. P. C. W. Says nothing as yet been received the volley emerged from an in juice coma this week with german doctors saying he now reacts to speech though long term effects are still unclear he was airlifted to berlin for treatment last month after falling ill a flight from siberia russian hospital that initially treated him notes no evidence of poisoning was uncovered meantime russias envoy to the un responded to western pressure on his country over the incident. This will incident cannot but these questions well vote lead being speech we hear what statements formal and what measures are being mentioned discussed or in war. These leaders leads us to only would will reply nicol question legion. In search situations weve won you trace it we pulled those who used to be. The one that won if you demand explanations will deflect from the people and well compare notes one should with the 1st lady sions uncorroborated by evidence even lisas u. C. B. Your reasonable. German parliaments debate to the poisoning at a special session with lawmakers already demanding action against moscow or your correspondent peter all of a report. It was a fiery session on friday afternoon and evening here in berlin in the german bund the stag the majority of those who spoke or pointing a finger of blame directly at russia and the russian government for what they say was the poisoning of alexei folly there were some voices that question the official government line not many i have to say but there were some and a company that really if the kremlin really regrets the assassination attempt on alex 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. Im not so not only are the russian supposed to have tried to poison an opponent of the regime with a military nerve agent but the put it in his teeth why would the russian government be so stupid them and even let an avanti fly out to germany instead of hiding him in russia its absurd that north stream too was a big issue on the it during that debate as well basically the german politicians splitting into 3 camps 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. 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 north stream has never been a purely private sector project as the German Government has repeatedly argued despite the war in syria despite the use of a chemical weapon in cells barry the federal government is sending the masses 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 and hasty and misguided reaction but it pleases those who have always opposed the project the specially the greens well as germany code to use to push russia for an explanation for what happened to alexei in the valley the Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has said russia still waiting for information it requested from germany but still you sort of your mind you put it all into the german representative to the u. N. Said the data is no longer a matter for bilateral relations between germany and russia but a matter for multilateral procedure what kind of proceedings the germans are talking about they were unable to say in the interests of our german colleagues we urge them to provide all necessary information which might in any way should lights when absolutely unfounded accusations investigators in russia are also being on the search for more Information Police in the city of tomsk which is where all x. In the valley had been he was flying from tomsk to moscow before his plane had to make an Emergency Landing in the city of the lex in a valley 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 in a flat and in a coffee shop. What theyve 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 there are still lots of facts to come to light in the case of what happened to alexa in the funny books as we search for those facts the diplomatic route between germany and russia continues to heat up. Peter all over this so as we heard senior politicians in berlin have been piling pressure on the government there to pull out of the north stream to project over the novell the case in the week we spoke exclusively with the head of the German ParliamentEnergy Committee about that very issue. What is the correct north stream to 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 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 are thinking now well 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. Ok away from another big story in the week was the much criticized internal market in the u. K. Its going to face another big test tomorrow monday too when britains house of commons debates it is proving hugely controversial in the way just gone Prime MinisterBoris Johnson tried to convince his ruling party to back the draft act but former Party Leaders john major as well as Prime Minister tony blair of both urged parliament to reject it. This way of negotiating is irresponsible or wrong in principle and dangerous in practice it raises questions that go far beyond the impact on ireland the Peace Process and negotiations for a trade deal crucial though they are it questions the very integrity of our nation as the world looks on the girls that the u. K. This Government Action is shaming itself and embarrassing our nation. The brics a deal have been designed of course to stop a hard border between the north and south of ireland by Boris Johnson there wants to return controls on the movement of goods there and that sparked a harsh warning from brussels just be demagoguing you need to respect the expect the u. K. To honor the commitments negotiated and signed up to last year or go to citizens rides in Northern Ireland any attempt by the u. K. To undermine the agreement would have serious consequences. Against this hostile backdrop e. U. Brics said talks will continue to tailor assesses their chances of success then. How are you done for the brics it is a little stability that you know over moves one part permanently outside number 10 braxtons breck said today after delay after delay. But something reassuring not so comforting that in these Tumultuous Times one can turn to bricks at and like the good friend that it is but still that in fact nothings changed we have now been talking for 6 months and can no longer afford to go over well trodden ground we need to see more realism from the e. U. About our status as an independent country than needs to be in agreement with our european friends by the time of the European Council on the 15th thats going to be enforced by the end of the year but perhaps it wouldnt be bracks if it wasnt full of dissatisfaction in fact promises by u. K. s having 2nd thoughts about Withdrawal Agreement signed back in january so it might override key parts of it and thats brussels basically says we get our sue off tough. Free trade deal by mid october and the media thought of the u. K. Renee seeking on its words elicited cries of more mature from those bureaucrats in brussels do you. Do you gaze redlines its time to do you good to procreate i trust the British Government to implement their withdrawal a criminal and obligation under International Law and prerequisite for any future Partnership Protocol in ireland Northern Ireland is essential to protect peace and stability on the island and integrity of the Single Market the one room of the got people especially worried is that tucked away in voters pocket is something called the entire market belt and the contents could jeopardize peace and security along the i was border but downing street denied this same that its only proposing my alterations which would provide clarity on such a big us part of the deal but even at home not everyone is convinced about who the head of the u. K. s Legal Department quit over the whole thing and then there is this one minute minor detail proving to be just a little contentious piece gods great International Law in a very specific and limited way oh wow jones its just specifically but is all this proves to be the straw that breaks the camels back and the u. K. And e. U. Dont shake hands the u. K. Will be left popping up out in the north sea with no deal and no tariff free gas classic bracks set everyone happy a looming deadline the threat of no deal and now the Prime Minister losing trust some things never change seem so self control over emeritus professor at the London School of economics alan scared spoke to us in the wake believes brussels is still refusing to accept really the fact that britains actually left the blog. Think both sides would like some kind of deal over the. View insists on treating britain. And i kick and im going to get problems that we can really be truly independent in the base could be we should still be for the e. U. And it believes the common fish should fisheries policy should still apply to british territorial waters. Believes that when it comes to rules and regulations the british shouldnt be able to make their own should be forced to. Rely on any new regulations see you to get their approval. Of cool stuff impossible for the british to except. Coming up who are the big stories that wake up you can stick around them for lisa next 15 minutes with me this was high up in the headlines most British StateHealth Workers are considering quitting we found over the governments handling of the covert pandemic. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation whole community. Are you going the right way or are you being led. By. What is true what is right. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us and adapt. Or and make them the shallowness. Join me every thursday on the alec simon show and ill be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. Opposition supporters better rusa keeping up the pressure on president look at thousands of activists almost all women gathered in multiple locations across meant calling on the president to resign as you see here there were tens confrontations at times in Security Forces it is then the latest in a month long wave of unrest since the contested president ial election which opposition supporters say was rigged our senior correspondent. Is in me. Just like the police the demonstrators and protesters very very adaptive as well they realize that gathering in one place at the same time is bound to you know get them all arrested so what theyve done is theyve got. Different color different marches down the streets of means in order to avoid being arrested all at once and then chanting against the president theyre saying theyre just out for a book theyre calling as well for a criminal tribunal into the president there and now apparently thousands tens of thousands of people marching down the streets of minsk in this womans march and they came out of nowhere a little groups who have been rising down little streets all converging to march down means nevertheless we havent seen police through state security agents in a while or there really is safety in numbers because it would be completely impossible to detain soo many people thousands of people on a peaceful march down the streets of millions. Of this week a high profile member of the opposition in belarus was arrested on the border with ukraine on monday requesting cova disappeared she couldnt be reached by phone for a while the whereabouts were made on no there were claims that she maybe been kidnapped by the Russian Security officials on tuesday officials said plastic cover was detained as she broke the law trying to cross the border into ukraine alexander look at shank himself. Tells in an interview with russian journalists. That only could you give us more detail about marie kolesnikov or where is she. I probably cannot give you much detail gigia the fact that i was only told that she and her 2 friends or 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 our side customs officers Border Guards let them through further on is the state border and the ukrainian post but between these posts there are 8 to 9 kilometers and there our border is heavily guarded so we deployed more guards naturally they were stopped they froze the gas pedal she was even thrown out of the car on the move well 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 her has would have been expected i say this is an old border guard and she was sent to the Border Office and the car went across the a cranium border up through the ukrainian post and then as far as i am now informed they were detained and we negotiating with them so that they return them to us. What for they left they relatively speaking of were released from ruth 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 hit the 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 a said to live there i cannot claim so i dont know everything yet therefore she was detained and we asked the ukrainian Border Guards to return the others to our country we will investigate what happened but kolesnik over has a different story abducted by. Officers and taken to the Ukraine Border to be kicked out of the country to avoid a she said she had a terrible passport now shes being held a midscale the e. U. Is enraged at her detention branding it a violation of domestic and International Law meantime this way in years passed a bill urging world powers to recognize the opposition candidate in last months belarusian election as the rightful president if he were here is the 1st country indeed to recognize fatality cannot describe that as leader of belarus she fled to lithuania after the election she since posted several videos asking the International Community to help force out and enable new elections geo political analyst wainer office notes he would not come out for without the backing of larger powers. Its a signal that is being shown to go. Shall show. Of force is major forces Political Forces behind lithuania because 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. Not to intelligence. To blunt because it shows clearly that the situation. In belarus 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 minsk. The polls a majority of British StateHealth Service doctors are considering quitting over the governments handling of the pandemic the president of the countrys association of doctors says the issues been building in fact for a long time. I think what you have 0 is that our n. H. S. Colleagues have been feeling and how in broken short many years now prior to them have demick this is a profession who have suffered through some of the worst crisis crises in history within our workforce including absolutely were in s. G. Adoption contracts changes to our training that mean doctors need every 6 months or a year around hospitals around the way and indeed the pensions tatts crisis which has forced many of our most senior an experienced experienced oxes interest high and all of this was prior to us going into the air National Crisis here more than 1700 medics took part in the survey the 23 said no more likely to leave the national Health Service because of poor treatment from the government during the covert response mode so they plan to get out within 3 years some say theyre going to move abroad other so theyre going to take a career break or then eventually go work in private hospitals among the main reasons cited for considering quitting were a lack of pay rises and protective equipment others say theyve been from speaking publicly about their big concerns medics also warn theyve had promised. Benefits etc revoked working on the code front line too it cant be underestimated that this or that major impact on a lot of their mental health. Because hes since weve had him a different demi 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 well it wasnt too long ago that we were talking about nash if he were surviving on charitable donations and figuring out how to stop just because curry that came in just pretty crap we deserve back a profession and home and a tax to serve better and that was what today is about and that was really important for me as for the government insists its 3 percent pay rise all for is good enough Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has pledged more funding for hospital infrastructure over this difficult winter period coming up the head of the Doctors Association again says its workers feel valued. We know that the n. H. S. Was very much under start and under resourced going into this and i have no doubt that that impacted on our ability to come back this fire its we had 10000 vacancies for 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 for these so 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 search may be 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. They show them how much theyre there and theyre greedy or carted them to retain them in the n. H. S. Especially if there is to be a 2nd spike in the heat. Apocalyptic scenes in the way kid in the u. S. Those terrible wildfires wreaking havoc in california amid a record heat wave ongoing more than 20 people have died and several districts have declared a state of emergency. Over comes down this soon a well thats the way things panned out over the last 7 days has taken the time out of your weekend to watch the weekly the or an r. T. Will appreciate it and stop by for next programs and shows weve got lined up for you and your part of the world right after this break. You just have to fly between 2 tons of load and as fast as you can. Go much as if i was touching the producer with push for the. First from the bleachers the. Doors impersonal so of course water rushes in racing is competition in the extreme to have a full as the specified route between the lines with the fastest time just beautiful little boy loses nothing of him going to church every church or dish for the. Kids there really is a. 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Well to discuss that im now joined by Professor Emeritus of science and Technology Status at the university are faster done and all are off immunization how vaccines became controversial in france are blooming such an honor such a pleasure talking to you thank you very much for your time. Contributors and now you recently wrote an article for the New York Times in which you stated that old world agreed that we need a vaccine and i wonder if its really so subtle not to moan to governments who want always under pressure to produce some sort of a solution some sort of a panacea but among scientists have they really are rather the consensus that a vaccine is the ultimate weapon against cobbett 90. 2