U. S. Troops die. American president ial hopeful joe biden fails to recall the country he infamously helped to send the military back in 2000 and. Good morning from russia this thursday the 17th of september live from our teams world news h. Q. Here in moscow my names kevin though in here for the next half hour with the update stay with me the 1st the European Parliaments expected to vote later thursday in a couple of hours time on a resolution relating to the alleged poisoning of a russian opposition leader. And while Member States are reassessing their relations with moscow right now the kremlin is urging them not to politicize the case saying a proper investigation is needed be to roll over in berlin has more. But be voting later on thursday in the European Parliament on a resolution to do with russia relations between e. U. Member states and moscow what this resolution does is it calls on russia to cooperate with an investigation into what happened to alexina valley to provide immediate and full disclosure of the nova chuck Chemical Weapons Program to the o. P. C. W thats the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons based in the hague in the netherlands and calls for an end to acts of harassment against oppositions of the russian government the action from the e. U. It wants to see is further restrictive sanction measures against russia and russian officials also for the calling off the ending of the nord stream 2 gas pipeline project now on tuesday the e. U. High representative for Foreign Affairs yes that bottle thats basically the e. U. Foreign minister was talking to me peace saying that that wasnt in the remit of the powers that the e. U. Institutions had that would come down to the individual Member States who were involved in the project to make that decision if they were to call it off or not but what were hearing from the e. U. Commission president is that well action against russia needs to be taken and to those that advocates closer ties with russia. I say that the poisoning of Alexei Navalny with an advanced chemical agent is not a one off. We have seen the pattern in georgia and in ukraine in syria insults vary and then election meddling around the world and this pattern is not changing and no pipeline will change that. What moscow is still demanding the evidence berlin says backs up its claims that alexina valmy was poisoned the meeting peskov the kremlin Spokes Person has also said that when it comes to north stream to the gas pipeline project that would take russian gas from russia under the baltic sea directly into germany that this was a commercial project and that it should be separate from any political or diplomatic dispute. We strongly disagree with such a statement it seems a deliberate misunderstanding or an unconscious use understand whats really happened to the patient to. What is necessary to stop mentioning stream to the political context which is a commercial project that is absolutely in line with interest should russia and the countries of the European Union particularly germany or those a similar message coming from russias permanent representative to the e. U. Who said that the whole existence of the north stream to gas pipeline project was based on commercial need in countries like germany and that commercial need still exists therefore as far as hes concerned the project should end up going ahead as planned alexina valleys competition the man at the center of all of this alexei in the violently his condition is said to be improving he remains here in berlin receiving treatment at the shallot a hospital where that vote in the e. U. Parliament is expected a little later on monday we should have the results certainly before lunchtime ill bring you all of the latest as it comes in here on r. T. You know were across it of course political commentator i care how mrs some in the e. U. Are indeed intent on putting an end to the pipeline project. In the background lobby it from the u. S. And parliaments who have vital interests in. Stopping the client because the polish want to blackmail the European Union and especially the germans so that they can get all of the europe he passed and the 2nd is the polish one that will pipeline from poland to denmark and the last 3. 00 to 5. 00 plan would stop so in the background there are many many love it working at the law or less corrupt politicians to stop this pipeline for germany it would be a nightmare it would see embarrassingly like nothing else everybody has to be good darling was russia because there is the markets of the future the americans already try the french already try to and all the us will go once dry ill just give us. A new survey found that a significant number of Young Americans dont know very much about the holocaust during world war 2 the research was conducted in 50 states it found that among 18 to 39 year olds most dont know how many jews were murdered by the nazis almost a half of respondents couldnt name a single concentration camp but most troubling of all 11 percent blame the jews themselves for the holocaust however the majority of those surveyed did agree that it was important to learn about the holocaust to ensure it was never repeated and that Holocaust Education should be compulsory in schools where as young people in new york what theyd learned about it in their history classes millions of jews fighting i mean you start couple 1000000000. People died i thought it was 3000000 i believe it was that i made were 6000000 people. Or exact number but. You know but i am. Pretty big game day rate its weird like now its kind of like theres a conspiracy theorist thinking like that happened. According to the people behind the survey the nazis and the collaborators set up over 40000 concentration camps in ghettos during the 2nd world war you know should salone almost a 1000000 jews were murdered 2 thirds of europes jews were killed in the holocaust on the coast expert mark shulman says the u. S. Education system is failing students them. The reality is the american americans generally American Youth for young people in particular are ignorant about history and they get too much of their information from social media and that social media is full of holocaust deniers claiming it never happened saying the jews caused it and thats a general problem that exists with social media but generally it starts in the fact they just do not know history they take perfunctory history classes. In the high school you know the average history teacher is called not called him mr history or history person or sir hes called coach because most history teachers in the United States have to coach a team and thats their primary responsibility is to coach basketball soccer whatever it might be and secondary they teach history and thats the reality of a history in the United States its a National Problem because its impossible for people in my opinion to make political choices if they dont understand history and what came before that and what one of the causes of events but again its not only the holocaust its of course the American Revolution the cold war im making a bet that if you asked people what the battle of stalingrad was in the United States these came kids about you know more than 5 percent would be able to answer that question in any sort of relative. Sensible way. U. S. Politicians run career after it was revealed that an American Company provided the technology that was used to shut down the internet during the disputed president ial election in better routes the firm since terminated its contract with the by the russian government citing Human Rights Violations and hes done all court has got the story this morning an American Tech Company called san divine just joined the wests fingerpointing against the belorussian government according to an article from bloomberg its decided to end its dealings with minsk over alleged human rights abuses this is a human rights violation in history get automatic terminations of our end user license agreement send one takes human rights abuses very seriously but also that poor the use of technology to suppress the free flow of information resulting in Human Rights Violations during last months president ial election belaruss internet went down nationwide of course western politicians and the media were quick to blame men for the blackout. The powers that be in minsk deprive the public of their right to seek and receive information again breaking their obligations under International Law as well as contravening their commitments this can have a direct impact on the wellbeing of the citizens who are unable to learn the true state of what is taking place in the country on the other hand minsk says a cyber attack caused the shutdown but what does san vine have to do with all this while despite conflicting reports of what exactly caused the shutdown there is no doubt the company was doing business with the belorussian government it specializes in internet censoring technology typically used to fight internet crimes but bloomberg revelation claims minsk used that same tech to block its internet traffic now the companys crying human rights abuses even though not too long ago a leaked conversation suggested its management didnt care much for playing politics we dont want to play world police we believe that each sovereign country should be allowed to set their own policy and what is allowed and what is not allowed in that country still the possibility that men skews american tech to advance its political agenda was enough to make us politicians cry foul over the involvement of one of their own firms it would be deeply troubling if American Technology is being used by the last 58. 00 of europe to blow the russians from using the internet as justice thousands peacefully protest a stolen election in brutal political wrists reports that technology from a us company is being used by the regime to censor and restrict citizens access to the internet in belarus is troubling lets not forget the us has been slapping sanctions on balor of since 2006 meaning in many cases American Companies arent really supposed to be selling to the belorussian government but that wasnt enough to stop san vine from trying to make a bit of money or a number of other companies for that matter so why are these firms concerned about human rights all of the sudden. Someone else meantime is concerned about human rights in belarus is the exiled opposition leaders for taken over skier in a new op ed in the Washington Post and she urges her supporters to keep on demonstrating and striking she also wants the International Community to pile the pressure on president alexander looking until he is ousted we as a nation have passed the point of no return look at china has no future as leader of this country and it is only a question of time until he leaves power we ask other governments to stop collaborating with the regime and impose sanctions on individuals who force the results of the election and committed crimes against their own citizens so a lot of chicken of scar also is says she is the real president of belarus no challenging the results of august election than she says analysis by several independent groups shows the vote was rigged to put look at shank in front we spoke to grigori youre for Global Affairs expert he was impressed though by to cannot discuss recent op ed. Mysis chicano studies are of this symbol of student protest i dont think that she is a fully fledged leader or that shes perceived in that capacity of course we do not know the exact results respect outcomes of the president ial elections is this quite possible that she won those elections but it seems to me that. A large busy group of politically active people in particularly student you are in favor of not so much missed you got off there just against the present day leadership. And i think that it is sit at the levels of they are sort of a syrian one you know they do that conditional i wouldnt be too close attention to them as well as to the entire thing called the mrs suit you can also get a lot of his main thing is diplomatic relations with all major western powers. And obviously. They are credited in minsk and they have to have some. Relationships with the fishes otherwise what for. Romney. Who will all go in its a matter of time well mortals this phrase that will question will go in its a matter of time it doesnt have much sense and were witnessing. A situation whereby the tables are turned and it seems like the protest has already reached its highest point and it may be subsiding of course the. Yunis usual sure this is going to. Get to be. Called well me also this is with the. Its 9 15 in the morning moscow time good morning these are some world news stories weve got lined up for you to check out starting in spain where Police Unions are rallying against what they say is madrids inaction over offices taking their own lives the protests there also condemned the spanish Prime Minister for offering his condolences to the family of a terrorist who recently committed suicide in prison. In the u. S. State of oregon 800000 acres of land have been destroyed by those wildfires again Mass Evacuations there of seeing tens of thousands of people flee the smoke and ash 8 people have reportedly died but dozens are still missing wildfires of ravage several western u. S. States this year causing record damage in the still a few months of that season to come as well hopefully. Trying to recover the greek island of lesbos Asylum Seekers in morea have set up tents near supermarkets wrote that should be Paradise Island north of the moment as greek authorities struggle to relocate them to a temporary camp the previous one was burnt down in a suspected arson attack please for arrested for afghan migrants on suspicion of involvement in the incident. This is our International Coming up the enemies of 2020 president ial hopeful joe biden gleeful why well hes made another public gaffe which we will tell you about after the break. Join me every 1st week on the alex salmond sure ill be speaking to a guest of the world of politics or im sure ill see you there. Well again good morning so as mentioned before we went into the break there joe biden apparently sending out mixed messages again quite literally on the campaign trail again the democratic president ial candidate was speaking in florida this time about his Health Care Plans for veterans unfortunately he failed this time to remember the name of the country they served in despite in effect i think authorized personally the deadliest u. S. War of the 21st century. U. S. Troops died in a rare in afghanistan. Parliament Irans Parliament voted to eject all americans and Coalition Forces in the country we tried it in iraq is not working so now were going to try i mean in iran and scuse me we tried in ukraine i mean you know someone who has been injured or lost in america or. Let me tell you something i mean we. Its that conflict that joe biden has been widely criticized for playing a key role in authorizing back in 2002 other time he chaired the u. S. Congress Foreign Relations committee and shows all 18 prowar witnesses in the Main Congress hearings on iraq he laid to. Late to turn the iraqi leader Saddam Hussein because neither had weapons of mass destruction or ties to al qaida why conservative estimate more than 4500 u. S. Soldiers the same number of contracts lost their lives in the invasion a former u. S. Marine corps Intelligence Officer scott ritter told the program he briefed joe biden on the absence of iraqi weapons of mass destruction by the time was ridiculed. What is a big deal is joe bidens vote for the iraq war and i take it personally because i briefed joe biden in person you know he insulted me when i testified for the United States senate in those september of 1908 about iraqi weapons of mass destruction hed be a little be a scouting boy he said people above my pay grade were making this decision that cetera and then he met with me and apologized and said he you know you know a lot we should talk about this in 2002 in the lead up to the vote on the war he as you mentioned he hosted a hearing and i did my darndest to become a witness for that hearing he ignored me. And it was very rude the way he did so and as you said he brought in produce or witnesses he stacked the deck it was a Kangaroo Court because joe biden wanted to go to war he always wanted to go to war any boated for that war thats what American Veterans are going to hold him to account for the military is not a litmus test for american patriotism. But you cant run around and pretend that you are mr raw raw go go military when you are you know theres not a single non political combat veteran who is going to give joe biden a pass on this one joe biden has 0 credibility when it comes to talking about other military talk about war above all talking about sacrifice he literally has no credibility it doesnt resonate. Testing in the u. K. s lead teaches not to question the safety of reopening schools peoples and stuff are among those struggling to get checked correspondent isa rally reports. It wasnt so long ago that senior british politicians were promising that it was safe for children to finally go back to school i think the crucial thing is that pupils get back to school its much much better for their for their health and Mental Wellbeing their jobs their educational prospects weve made it clear this is compulsory parents do need to be sending their children back to school all scientific advice is that schools are safe its only a few weeks into the new terminal ready those claims are coming unstuck one Teaching Union is warning that education secretary Gavin Williamson may face legal action because they say schools were opened without proper safeguards being put in place teachers a 1000 in the alarm but a chronic lack of Testing Facilities means that i do cation in england make going to a halt the staff and pupils are forced to stay home School Managements have been doing everything they chant but the government has failed to do their side of things testing is impossible to get hold of social distancing isnt possible in full class sizes i mean infection rates are going up so we have an absolutely chaotic situation where understandably and correctly pupils and staff are being sent home and they have potential sitting timbs but nobody knows if its just a cold or coverage and its a completely lost story and of course the danger is that there will be some situations where in fact we did have an infectious child in the sco but nobody knows because we cant get a test to check one way or the other facing the lack of testing more than 200 school and College Leaders said staff and pupils couldnt book tests locally and were being directed to test centers long distances away and with the government mandating no more than 6 people to meet at a time that encouraging students to get back into the classroom your thirtys the knowledge that the whole situation is in quite some chaos every school has a small supply of home test kits for those. Teaches that conduct says a Testing Center teacher who tested positive had to wait a week for her results i dont deny that it is an enormous challenge with children and teachers unable to get access to tests and essentially being told to get to the back of the queue if they want one union need to say that the government has failed to prepare despite having had months to do so and 5th of the country could go back into defacto lockdown one small children are being sent home who cannot get tests and parents are being forced to take 2 weeks off to look after them we will end up with an effective lock down there is an escalating sense that they would end up with a return to lock down by default its not just with regard to the testing that schools are finding themselves short they also appear to lack the basic hygiene necessities nearly a 3rd of teachers didnt know if theyd have adequate supplies of soap and water while just 18 percent had had from the tides then every classroom its left parents to question how they supposed to feel that their children will be safe in school when teachers themselves dont seem all that convinced misuse of keep schools open. Is clear but they have to be violent and one of the fun things and speaking back is that you know. Im selftaught on these. Its eccentricity versus think you stance were not remind you given that they have a duty we need to test it and they need it and obviously weve been seeing these which can. You know none of us out of the woods yet a way oh really 2020 can bring better time say rather 2021 must say that this policy in this hour thank you for watching R T International with me kevin ali and im back with more in 35 minutes time dont forget check out our own any of our social media as well throughout the day and any breaking news if you can are out will come straight to your mobile device and. Everybodys gaslighting everybody. Else are gaslighting you Central Banks are gaslighting you understand the gaslighting is you know that its not pleasant its its downright rude. Welcome to the alec family show where i turned north to scotland on the eve of the 6th anniversary of the countrys independence referendum in 2014 scotland voted not only against independence but latest polls show that majority opinion has not just one in favor to. Rather than just look at the politics of another referendum yes. Says a Prime Minister we focused on the cultural underpinning of the scottish political. Through the work of. The creed of general. Moore. And in particular has captured some of the most influential players on the sporting political. Talent coming. To the money to Michael Mcdonald to bangkok. And referendums more than. First to alex. And even. Though there was a big response to last weeks show with me whos probably britains best just because of work nor for. Gripping conversation with a psychologist i want to. Debate viewers so after. Under says youre more than welcome it was a very different perspective. And that was rational and sensible in the middle of all of. Trauma high praise indeed from. The field for all those the hard to quantify the over all but thats a long road ahead. Its not just a Mental Health crisis anything that isnt covered is being ignored with treatment delayed despite hospitals being. Mental health is very important and its people who think otherwise who are part of the problem. Disagree she says the view. She says over 50 percent of the population have some Health Issues and how many with any preexisting conditions ended up dead or in really life changing situations. Scott hutton says it does affect the brain sense of taste is a neutral function and people are being repelled from smells and tastes or used to love and finally the says there was already a Mental Health crisis before thats not enough money getting put into it and no one is a saving adequate treatment so some really interesting views they have the next week we have some of the countrys leading experts some call them and were giving you the chance to ask them any question you like about what might be causing you. Please post your questions a video of the most social media the link below. And to scotland. Theres a famous scene in the orson welles classic from the 3rd man where his character to flick italy under the turmoil of the 30 years produced Michelangelo Leonardo da vinci under. 500 years of brotherly love and produced the character cook thats going back to being run by the boys but has been moving through a period of fundamental cultural and political. And the key point is that these are exactly the kinds of change where art and artists often flooded alex in conversation with the wonderful. Welcome to the alex salmond show. You seem to have a pretty fear of to stick. With. Your made studio why this all work and this was the just create a big decision we moved to this and this