To justice nato steps into the issues surrounding the alleged poisoning of the russian Opposition Leader alexian abounding saying the attack on him is an assault on fundamental rights. Not a super tanker on fire for a 2nd day off the coast of sri lanka its carrying 2000000 barrels of oil. The. Also this half hour standoff the eastern democratic republic of congo where an armed group has surrounded the prison calling for the release of their members. Ok lets begin this half hour in lebanon has been a month since the massive explosion at the forts in beirut incredibly rescue teams may have found signs of life underneath a collapsed building theyre digging there right now scanning equipment picked up indications of breathing the disaster on august the 4th was caused by large stockpiles of badly stored Ammonium Nitrate igniting at the port about 200 people were killed 6000 were injured hundreds of thousands were left homeless rescue workers say there were initial attempts havent been succe
So im told that inside the meeting everyone was on the same page all allies believe that this was just a horrific attack something that is completely unacceptable by any standards not to mention International Law and while they are not able at this point with no investigation to say exactly whos responsible everyone agrees that those who did this those who can get their hands on this nerve agent and use it to attack private citizens to attack anybody must be brought to justice so thats the main message and im told there was no dissent inside the meeting on that on that line what do you make of what stoltenberg said was it clear enough. Well whats clear enough i mean remember that nato has in the case of the script all poisoning when the u. K. Went so far as to be able to identify 2 russian nationals and nato expelled 7 diplomats that would seem to be a very very strong response and european governments followed that up with expulsion and expulsion of Russian Diplomats punishing moscow
A miracle and schools and universities in india may be shot by thousands of students have no choice but to line up and take competitive entrance exams despite indias enormous coated 1000 case load of vocal and illegal uproar is raging plops it was 5 years ago today that thousands of migrants left budapest in hungary on foot to reach germany d. W. Was there we will ask our head of news about an event that changed the course of european history. Oh. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program nato has called on moscow to cooperate fully in an investigation into the poisoning of russian dissident alexina vali the alliance has just ended a special meeting convened to discuss the case. Dont know vali who is seen here investigating corruption in sir siberia excuse me shortly before he fell ill hes in a coma hes being treated in a hospital in Berlin Germany says that it has evidence that he was poisoned with a nerve agent that dates from the soviet era the nato secretary general yes called the case
Era so its far too early for nato allies or anyone else to firmly point a finger at the kremlin or anywhere else for responsibility what nato and of course the European Union as well are hoping is that by putting pressure very early on the kremlin that it will cooperate that if it was not involved it will want to prove that and so it will participate in an investigation and come clean about what it knows about stocks of nova talk what it may have known about anyone who may have been trying to attack alex in of all me and simply say yeah were all on the same side here in wanting to find out what happened and you have also had the opportunity to ask stoltenberg the 1st press question directly after his statement what did you ask him. Well i took my question from there just dozens and dozens of comments on my twitter feed asking why does nato have anything to say about this it was not on a nato territory it was not a citizen of a nato country and so nato should just stay out of this and i
Handling of the coronavirus fox can he keep hold of his slim lead in the polls. And signs of life beneath the rubble of a collapsed building in favor of this rescue workers of new words and see if anyone has survived for a months after the explosion it will be nothing short of an earth. Bus its 5 years since thousands of migrants set out on foot to reach germany an epic stretch changed the course of european history and marked the start of a new life for many we revisit the moment you dont feel. Im god offers welcome to the program nato has called on moscow to cooperate fully. In an investigation into the poisoning of russian dissident alexander vonnie the alliance had held a special meeting to discuss the case of on the scene in investigating corruption in siberia shortly before he fell ill is in a coma in a hospital in the berlin eyes germany says it has evidence he was poisoned with a nerve agent that dates from the soviet era as the. Secretary general again started back called the