To get to say we hear from one of those affected doctors direct. Step of the 160. 8 which just. Degenerates how big. My counsellor is this. President donald trump confirms he put a target on the back of the syrian president Bashar Al Assad the assassination didnt go ahead though he says because of his former defense secretary. Bring you this morning so thanks for choosing out International Live from moscow and i world news h. Q. Here my name is kevin owen here with a wednesday morning round up 1st moscows top diplomat serge berlin to stop politicizing the alleged poisoning of Alexis Novelli foreign minister Sergei Lavrov for speaking with his german counterpart this call certainly wasnt heated in the European Parliament though it seems where i mean peas pointed the finger squarely at russia. Picks up the story. Well at least a phone conversation between the 2 ministers is better than nothing because at one point the talks got canceled altogether when. Chose not to fly to berlin after the russian side realized that high cost decided to cut down the planned time for their conversation to 1. 00 and a half hours an update on the Russian ForeignMinistry Website shows that the chat wasnt easy at all so here are moscows key points russian officials are and will be open to all d kinds of cooperation with germany and European Countries on this very difficult incident that of alexei no volleying now russia is still a very keen to get all of that medical data of the tests that are to get to the bottom of this and finally law School Officials keep repeating if you refuse to share the findings that will be taken as a straight forward signal to moscow especially given the fact that some of that data has been shared with other European Countries and for the nation from satisfying the stated requests will be perceived as a lack of desire on the part of our partners to help establish the truth in the framework of move jet save and comprehensive investigation of what happened. So berlin has been trying to force the russian side to deal with all this through the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons that is an International Body that germany says has all the findings but the russian top diplomat told his german colleague that this shouldnt stop the russian and the german governments from talking to each other bilaterally in or outside the o. P. C. W. Now moving on to how the issue is being treated by the European Union i can tell you that on tuesday the and the volley Health Incident thats only being described as nava chalk poisoning by the. Freeze has made all the way inside the walls of the European Parliament but just as an example of how Russian Diplomats are trying to knock on all kinds of doors in europe i can tell you that just before the m. E. Peas began debating the matter russias mission to the European Union came up with 9 blocks of questions flagging and consistencies and how berlin sees this matter some of them include what is the law or the rationale behind the kremlin or the russian authorities alleged plan or scheme to poison the like seeing a volley with novacek or a substance of a similar type or why is it being stated by european officials that military grade nerve agent novacek was only developed in the soviet union or later russia while extensive work on it was carried out by nato countries as well now heres another part of that statement by moscows mission to the e. U. Not claiming to be experts in toxicology we still consider it necessary to draw your attention to multiple inconsistency is regarding this case claims that whatever evidence may be transmitted to russia only with the patients consent im not compatible with numerous political level statements made in germany whoa he was still comatose despite these concerns voiced by Russian Diplomats the vast majority of m e ps only had russia to blame without providing any evidence and it all d went down to discussing the sanctions against moscow in the meantime the health of alex saying the volley has improved significantly thats the good news he doesnt need a ventilator anymore he can walk and hes even back on social media having posted a photo of him and his family and side to the german hospital. If the trunk of their among the possible sanctions that were discussed in the e. U. Parliament then was slamming the brakes on the north stream to pipeline project austria though objected to that as a response stressing that the energy link is a purely Economic Venture one moreover that would greatly benefit europe we discussed the issue with karen canasta austrias former minister of Foreign Affairs as well as french m. E. P. Cheery mariani who went against the grain of opinion in the parliament it was a little bit disappointing because i think there was no reasonable or was shown except me and. Few members said if there isnt anything or mr left only 1st make a Serious Investigation to know d hes guilty dont say it dont name of. Did before investigation everybody understand that there is. Some werent. Idea between this. Sanction to stop or to continue the last 3 years through its not for europe if europe want to be independent there is the solution its continued not through to and how the direct relation with russia over this. Gets alone which we do its the only solution for europe with the 2 to buy a share of gas from america and i seen the interest of europeans to the us. For gas that has always been the mantra was of the german chancellor Angela Merkel to say this is a purely commercial project and i have been read to rating also when i still have to minister nobody builds a pipeline to annoy somebody its all about the mom and theres a demand we have a nearly completed construction pipeline and now all of a sudden overnight seemingly terms of trade should be changed practice once a bandaid to a very old concept treaties have to be kept have to be preserved and desirable to consider as the biggest Collateral Damage who wants to cancun. Contract of such a wide with China Companies if overnight can change everything. So with the u. K. Now they are the storming thomas covert numbers pick up again british m. P. s have told the public to keep their eyes peeled for Rule Breakers only this week the socalled rule a 6 came into force across Great Britain limiting the amount of people who can gather together money though worried about snitching on their neighbors. Its open to neighbors to do exactly that through triple through the nonemergency number and if they are concerned or they do see that kind of thing then absolutely its now the law they should be concerned yesterday yes they should ring in and report that. It will just inundate us with calls does he think we have an Endless Supply of officers who can just go out to these things it will be hundreds and hundreds of calls coming in from curtain twitches the new rules include find some people meeting in groups bigger than 6 exemptions to covert secure events and households of more than 6 people work in educational institutions are also exempt but with police already spread thin many of question just how these measures can be enforced londoners if they themselves would be willing to call in and snitch on suspected Rule Breakers oh no im not going to shut. Up you came in as someone. I would want to chill out and she is and basically what i think it was you know i would inform the police but expect the police to do their job not asking us the public to enforce perfects of the governmental roles that i dont agree with i phones and what theyre doing those people will probably not enforce it when you say 7 people who are having a Birthday Party but will want to force it it children sort of people of new age i guess preventions growing cure me of the servile class you know sticks the ones who dont mix whose then while the calls to inform on neighbors have been met with scrutiny some do see the proposed measures as a necessary step in order to put a stop to the ongoing covert pandemic or try to we put the issue up for debate. There will be quite a lot of breaches some through ignorance some through mistake some just straight forward through my im not going to do it people need to understand why theyre doing what theyre being asked to do the courts understand that things are a good idea otherwise they wont comply with them i dont believe that we should be snitching on a neighbors i think we need to be encouraging people to take personal responsibility and use their common sense ok this is a time when politicians are letting us down maybe the pound and the economics that is being put a head of Public Safety and health well you know the messages coming from politicians who knew how dangerous this was and they delayed so long and we knew if we look at the flu pandemic from the night in 20 that it comes back up this summer doubly hard so we need to all share fortunately unfortunately some dont act socially responsible they are malicious about it some are just old for careless im just the last one way or the other we rely the police arent everywhere we rely on the public reporting the more egregious examples the worst examples so that the police can deal with them and all our safety personally i wouldnt shot somebody if the next thought is just not the way we do things it is not the british way its not cool the police that you know they are being spread very thin at the minute resources are tough that were a tough job to be we dont need to have examples of police dishing out. Tickets and. Fines for people who are trying to congregate if it was plainly a family saw a gathering and some of those were kids maybe not if it was a raucous raucous Drunken Party of the sort that maybe would attract calls about disturbance in the 1st place anyway rick regardless of coded and then maybe as our judgment takes to hugh pizza and marcus say people call the police about disturbances and noisy parties and things like that anyway and i suspect a lot of those will be reported now with kelly. Do you want to avoid living in some kind of dystopian orwellian nightmare where weve got you know like you found out for quite honestly people on the street spying on each other and constant monitoring or think this is about safety only saving lives not only life for the Public Health aspect the Public Safety aspect were an awful awful long way from. That so some doctors in the u. K. Have described the countrys coronavirus testing system which is currently overwhelmed amid a spike in daily cases than from medics are among those having big trouble getting checked themselves for code we spoke to dr sophy rowlands from the Doctors Association she told the she and her colleagues are having to literally travel while hundreds of miles in some cases to get tested by jeannette feedback just under 3 weeks ago and you know i think its straight where i looked on to the website and the nearest text. Said to mark white actually 60 miles and hes done it right i thought that wasnt really good enough but i wasnt well enough to make that if students and so i checked again late 70 stages of threats of this test and youre out of whack tonight it just outside london that would be 160 mile round trip with a very each way its just that its not just the general public are struggling to get cast its doctors and from my house where this is well so you are studying this all almost 250 docs. And we found that 10 percent were on a test at all and some have been ours to drive someone may 20th 60 mile round trip was done well and to be able to get attached another dose is having to make decision about lets try and wait to see if test comes up which that means they are able to go out. Such masses in it will look at this not great reading its a quick look at the covert 19 figures in the u. K. Know in the past few days the daily number of new cases across britain succeeded 3000 coronavirus tests are running short of the countrys 10 worst hotspots for the disease and also because of the rising number of infections hospitals know of to cancel more and more operations and turn more and more patients away theres already huge backlog with struggling to clear the backlog of tests the u. K. s hell secretaries admitted that the countrys covert testing system is facing enormous challenges he said which will take weeks to resolve cock earlier said only those eligible for a test should get one meaning only those showing actual symptoms or having been told by their doctor to go should go and get a test to try and ease the burden a bit he also stressed the need to prioritize the most vulnerable. Over the summer when demand was low we were able to meet all requirements for testing whether priorities or not but as demand has risen so were having to prioritise once again and i do not shirk from decisions about prioritization theyre not always comfortable but they are important so i mean i think its likely that. We will now heading into alter and we knew that this was going to schools that there were lots about that when to. Have a call but without knowing whether it is or whether its so it was vitally important that. The changes to the trade system is up and running probably at topics that doesnt seem to be the case. Headlines of 55 seconds next to around the world an environmental emergency has been declared in the brazilian state of matter grosso since the start of the year fires have produced 1400000 hectares of wetlands to. The region suffering its worst drought in 47 years with manmade fires also being blamed. The flipside of this next story Hurricane Sally battering ever more parts of america its no strengthening and is about to make landfall in southern alabama its already whipped up extreme winds and all lashing sideways rains causing Power Outages look at that because of its slow speed its feared the hurricane could cause historic and life threatening levels of flooding. Greece so one island particularly picking up the pieces urgently building a new camp for the thousands of migrants on the island of less boss the previous camp was burned out in a suspected arson attack they just is Police Arrested 5 migrants on suspicion of involvement maybe in that. Coming up here from campaign out in support of u. S. Troops draws attention for all the wrong reasons they had Companies Going to be so pleased after the jets it features are identified as belonging to another country i wonder who that could be. 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. By. What is true whats his face. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. For a mate in the shallowness. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. Good morning donald trump has confirmed he wanted to assassinate the syrian president Bashar Al Assad despite 2 years of flights denials the option was ever discussed in a new interview then the us president confirmed the killing would have happened if it wasnt for opposition from his former defense secretary jim mattis. Is it true that after assad gas children for the 2nd time that it was you they want to take out assad that you had a good side on him i would have rather take him out i could have a ball set matters didnt want to do it. The assassination of president assad by the United States never even discussed the book is total fiction washington says bush show assad committed crimes against his own nation including multiple alleged Chemical Attacks both syria and its military ally russia have always denied any involvement della mcadams the executive director of the rome Paul Institute told us troops flippant admission now could have dangerous consequences. That is needed early in 2018 that the us had no evidence that a thought was the heinz either the attack or the cain she couldnt act attacked in syria in a fact or only source of evidence were the white helmet who were basically working with alqaeda in syria who are going to believe al qaeda over russia and assad who are busy trying to fight al qaeda but theres a real danger in this that is sort of a lawless and this for a long time frowned upon even though the cia has done its its best to do assassinations but as legally and officially frowned on the idea of assassinating foreign leaders the assassination of sola mani of course in iran was a huge exception it hasnt gone very well for trump who hasnt got iran coming on its knees begging for a deal after that on the contrary so all this talk of assassinating people in reality what it does is puts u. S. Troops u. S. Diplomats and just plain old americans overseas in a lot more jets or even they than they need to be theres a lot of tough talk and actually has negative consequences for the u. S. After months of delays and disagreements afghan peace talks brokered by the u. S. Started a dollar over the weekend and well nothing substantive came out of the 1st session of face to face talks between the Afghan Government or the taliban is nonetheless good news for donald trump hes in a hurry to come good on election promises made 4 years ago as donald culture explains. The clock is ticking on the next u. S. President ial election and Donald Trumps looking to score political points with a peace deal that promises to end americas longest ever war in afghanistan washingtons very optimistic about the talks already being held with the taliban in qatar they are truly in a momentous occasion. And afghans. At long last chosen to sit together and chart a new course for your country. This is a moment do. We must dare to hope but on pales optimism doesnt seem to match with political reality. Washington knows its got to deliver a deal to the war weary u. S. Public at any cost so it conveniently neglected to consult afghanistans government when drafting the agreement until this issue. There was a consensus on that is a nice but not on the cost of even u. S. Officials arent exactly thrilled about it were not happy about the release of some prisoners but hey times almost up for trump and the president s got to fulfill his promises hes already had 4 years to take care of this one the longest war in American History by far even close will be over within 19 years. And i think thats enough we will not dictate to the Afghan People how to live or how to govern their own complex Society Better late than never sure but Trumps Administration is only promising full withdrawal by 2021 if there is not another setback of course who knows if that will be too little too late for americans fed up with the war or for the afghanis who are possibly even more unhappy about their countrys military occupation targets to commit the americans must leave now what have they done staying here for so long was did they bring for us have once been basically given before the us arrived in afghanistan we had our own government in the room i think of them americans leave now there wont be too many changes in terms of security was going to put us on earth but its better if the americans leave a country a leader must take action if he makes a good decision it will be beneficial for us we can provide for ourselves but if the us stays we cannot we explored we will never need to beg we can be rich and build our country and being americas longest war has proven to be easier said than done for many years but now that it might serve the Current Administration as a boost to secure another term who knows what could happen the us if they did that in order to. Get bin laden stated to be the moslem mind behind the 911 terrorist attacks bin ladin wasnt by istanbul United States killed him that was 2011 so thats what was 10 years ago so theres a real question what. Earth was the United States doing all of its time in afghanistan one of course it was in the business of nation building each successive u. S. Administrator says oh no no we will never do that were not going to get involved in nation building course thats what he was involved in whether it will result in the lasting peace in afghanistan thats of course anybodys guess but whats important is the final withdrawal of the United States and all International Forces from afghanistan because they really werent doing anything useful there and were essentially just making things worse. A reason dad released by the Trauma Campaign calling on people to support us troops has gone viral but not for the reason it was meant to after eagle eyed observer spotted russian fighter jets. To. The. To. 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S. President ial election early voting is due to begin in minnesota south dakota virginia. In wyoming coming up in the show remember if you go back some of you go back if you go back 10 years 15 years 5 years everything was in 2019 china will overtake the United States is the largest economy and that didnt work out too well for them. That didnt work out we were we were just doing leaps and bounds we were doing so great and then we got hit with the plague china plague as a whole go live to scenes from wildfires to plagues ravaged the United States in any resulting 20 twentieths president ial election actually change anything well ask former White House Communications director and city scaramucci. How has the countrys postes led to todays biblical scenes when the 400th anniversary of the start of the voyage of the mayflower we investigate the puritan legacy now driving american politics all the civil coming up in todays going on the ground 1st as deaths over around 200000 in the United States i mean widespread protests for Racial Justice and the largest quarterly drop in g. D. P. Since the Great Depression questions are now being raised about what the United States will look like after the pandemic and if a change in the occupant of the white house will change anything joining me now is former White House Communications director and founder of sky Bridge Capital and to the scary movie a lifelong republican who is supporting democratic contender joe biden in the members election thanks so much as honey for coming back on the show i should just say that this bob woodward book is out boba woodward allegedly a complete of dick cheney a defender of the Bush Administrations you think we should believe anything he has to say about the ultra thats an interesting characters a she was the Bush Administration didnt like him i mean hes written these books going back to the nixon administration. He draws you know hes fair to everybody and he ministrations here when hes very unfair so listen guys to whom mr trump spoke directly were you can listen to that state you can judge for yourself