Deeply divided ahead of the president ial election in november thousands of americans say theyre desperate for turning to the 2 main runners in the countrys 2 party says. Wherever youre tuning in from across the world welcome to moscow onto our to international my names union oneil. We begin with breaking news the German Government is claiming that russian opposition figure. Poisoned with a nerve agent from the group mr no volleys currently in a medically induced coma in a berlin hospital after being early if did from russia to weeks ago the kremlin has said its received no communication from germany on the. This process or european correspondent in germany peter oliver is in berlin peter the statement from the German Government what was said. Well german chancellor Angela Merkel said that there was clear and unambiguous evidence that alexei novelli the russian opposition figure had been poisoned using a novacek nerve agent she said that this they come to this conclusion following test
Quite unusual isnt it thats correct and another freedom which merkel spoke about was press freedom asked by a colleague attending the press Conference Call indicated that germany pushes for press freedom in the world also in belarus and that what has happened recently in belarus where journalists have been detained is that contrary to press freedom also speaking on belarus are going to clearly indicate a warned against foreign intervention and mentioning the possibility of Russian Troops she said she hoped such a force would not be deployed deployed and that there should be a respect for the countrys sovereignty indeed a very strong words by the chancellor on the situation in belarus and cant be easy for her to use those words because russias involvement of a ruse already seem to impact the already tense time is between the e. U. And moscow between germany and moscow narco also had a few words to say about russias general behavior in the region lets have another listen. Bill you know i
A destroyer of the american jobs and calls novembers vote the most important election in u. S. History and japans Prime Minister shinzo obvious stepping down because of poor health his announcement comes just days after he became the longest serving holder of the office and. A pianist in the ruins no longer we hear the story of us who fled syria and found sanctuary in germany 5 years ago. Has welcome to the Program German chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that the sovereignty of must be respected there should be and should not be any foreign intervention merkel said traditional someone whos gone. Friends in berlin where she discussed a broad range of topics with german and International Journalists on the market reacted to russian president Vladimir Putins announcement that he had formed what he called a police force to support the embattled for the the look of if needed she was Foreign Forces should stay out of the former soviet state. It is likely that i hope that such forces will
Sovereignty should be respected around the possibility of Russian Forces intervening she said she hopes such a force would not need to intervene also stressed that she had tried to speak to me. On the phone but that he had declined so far im going to call emphasized that she believes it is important not only to talk to the russian president how about belarus but to other leaders as well but that so far mr has declined her offer to speak on the phone about the situation in that country. Of commons russias involvement looks likely to worsen the already tense times between the e. U. And moscow and between germany and moscow merkel also had a few words to say about russias general behavior in the region lets have a quick listen. Well you know its. The annexation of crimea our attempts to have a couple of days at least without any fatalities in ukraine the attack on mr scrip all these issues do look like a common thread. And that is a constant strain on the german russian relations and also
Thanks very much on joining me here on to the point coming to you from berlin and my guests here in the studio are kirsten vest far from the German Institute for international and Security Affairs who says north stream 2 has serious political implications but the Collateral Damage of u. S. Sanctions is far reaching also with us is michelles 2 month Foreign Policy experts with the berlin based we do need to cite he argues that europes quarrel on nordstrom too is the biggest failure in german Foreign Policy in more than a decade and a woman eric rohmer author and journalist who writes for the Los Angeles Times and eric believes that the u. S. And many other countries have long warned germany about the pair. No string to those warnings were however big no. Thank you very once again for being here in berlin today with me because then i would like to begin with you as an Energy Expert to tell us what makes north stream to so important and so very controversial. I thought i would say the pol