Whether youre watching from memory texas or one of the carolinas this is R T International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. All right now the e. U. Foreign policy chief has condemned the alleged poisoning of alexina volley calling it an assassination attempt the russian opposition figure is in a medically induced coma and on a ventilator in a berlin hospital 2 weeks after being airlifted from russia berlin said on wednesday he had been poisoned with a nova choke a nerve agent russia is calling for dialogue stating its still received no data from germany on the findings reporting on the International Fallout from the alleged poisoning of election of ali his arties peter all of. Well im glad merkel speaking here in berlin alongside the swedish Prime Minister stefan levin briefly touching on alexina vile me and saying how germany would respond to russia depended on russia right now and how it responds to those allegations that came out on wednesday as it stands moscow is far from happy with berlin at the moment in the way that that announcement on wednesday was made what weve heard from the head of the fact that a press conference was called before the Russian Ambassador had been summoned to the Foreign Office before. Being told that this was going to be this announcement was going to be made. Of the Russian Ambassador said that once he was summoned to the the Foreign Ministry he wasnt given any facts about the allegations being made now the kremlin spokesperson to me to the press golf has said on thursday essentially they cant comment on what they havent seen in relation to the the evidence to back up the claims that Alexei Navalny was poisoned using a novacek nerve agent while the Foreign Ministry in moscow has accused berlin of what it called make a phone diplomacy. I would be very cautious valid reason to make any we hope that we will be able to determine what happened and why we are interested in that we want it and we need the information from germany for that. If there was any data we would work with that there is no data there are only statements amounting to megaphone diplomacy because their view is by Foreign Ministry i text many were waiting to hear what the doctors had to see the russian doctors in syria theres conclusions we deposit them provided facts and data thats not something we see here the why of why would novell need be poison has been raising a lot of questions in russia weve heard from the heads of Russias Foreign Intelligence Service who said that the situ. Regarding the family raises more questions than it does and says the statements coming out of lind raising more questions than they do answers he also said that the tests carried out in russia were there as far as he was gone and the kremlin spokesperson 3 to the press corps of also saying that hes far from sure who would benefit it all from poisoning alexina valley. I cant answer the question of who would benefit from the poisoning i dont think anybody would benefit from it the tool. The German Foreign minister heiko must on wednesday said that day at demanding answers and theyre looking to russia for those answers its an informant soon it is obvious that one of the leading opposition figures in russia has been poisoned as specialized laborde 3 of the armed forces came to a clear conclusion that alex enough money was poisoned with a substance from the north beach a group hes the victim for crime someone tried to shut him up. We demand an investigation into the poisoning of alex he now while we condemn this boys name and in the near future will hold consultations and how you can adequately respond to it it will also depend on russias response to the case chancellor merkel has said that the eyes of the world are looking at the Alexei Navalny case right now weve also heard on thursday from the senior spokesperson for the aid of a u. Foreign affairs thats. What he said that the readiness of moscow to cooperate have pleased the a you Foreign Office so far may also said that an investigation should be conducted by moscow during that press briefing he wrapped up we did ask the question about special sanctions against russia from the European Union over the election of on the case he said that any sanctions were down the line from now that they needed to be an investigation 1st it was up to moscow to carry out that investigation and then anything further would be discussed once they had those results. We asked people in berlin where mr know vali is being treated for their thoughts on the poisoning story. It was good to bring him here but i dont know the details this is bishan is that he was poisoned and that hes political opponents want to shut him down but on a diplomatic level of course its complicated. We know what we read in the news but if its like theyre saying he was certainly poisoned the Charity Hospital has but who knows the background. I think they should apply pressure to clarify the case thats for sure but i would say they need to open a new look at the details rather than just decided on a culprit they should investigate who was really involved. In the Global Chemical weapons watchdog the o. P. C. W has said the alleged poisoning of election of ali is of grave concern and its monitoring the situation thats after several western politicians called for sanctions against russia our correspondent digs deeper into the allegations. No we talk again they say the north koreas talks and that is heaped infamy on russia over talks a group of toxins by the way with slightly different variations of liquid gas powder one of the deadliest substances known to man rebel solves bre the huge operation launched there hundreds of people in full hazmat gear everyone afraid of exposure and here is apparently exposed to this movie job variation which by the way can evaporate and become airborne at Room Temperature and hes flying on a jet where he feels sick scores of people crammed together and no one doubts reports feeling the thing including the people he was with. A laboratory examined alexina found these biological fluids the study was carried out with an american aspect trimeter which contains 240000. 00 standard sets of substances that correspond to the electronic database of the u. S. National institute of standards and technology no liquids organic phosphorus compounds or drugs that inhibit colonist were detected and no traces of other unknown substances were found. Or gonna force 1st compounds are highly toxic substances and as a rule its impossible to use them just to poison a Single Person if there had been any interaction with this substance on the eve of the flight or during the flight then any accompanying persons were certainly have shown symptoms of poisoning that did not happen if the germans had got clear evidence of. Something like perhaps being used they should give that information over to the russians and the russians. That didnt happen with the scruples and were sold and i doubt whether or happen again and theres many questions like you know he was on the airplane then it landed why isnt anybody else i mean again another echo of the scruple case as far as i can see we need some transparency here. Before we start escalating this into any kind of sanctions trade war or god help us any kind of military conflict there are a lot of questions now speculation and rumors and thinks this is a time to wait to let investigators collect the facts unless you want to use the moment the confusion the hysteria the anger to tear up russian german ties to stop a pipeline for example putins regime is inhuman as the case of novell me and the support for a game show whats required is a clear and tough response that putin understands nord stream too must be put up for debate anything less would only be a confirmation for him. The obvious murder attempt by the mafia like structures of the kremlin can no longer just worry us it must have real consequences that is why a very clear answer is needed here north stream 2 is nothing that we can promote together with russia hope for the north stream to pipeline to hold the russians accountable germany says it will share its lab results and findings with e. U. Nations and get this nato new response to russias offers of a Legal Assistance and medical corp russia will learn that the value they have been poisoned not from the German Government but from the news if the aim is to justify some previously prepared response measures that have already been agreed on it becomes clear why theyre deploying megaphone diplomacy substituting normal corporation with an Information Campaign public appeals to the e. U. And they too and reference to the c. W. Whenever such a thing which started diplomatic reaching the hazards they always have to us. Who is benefiting who does something was benefiting and we have as we have already heard this equation that there are heavy forces would god want a closer relationship between russia and germany specially according to north korea to project but where also that the that you have to ask what could the russian government benefit of such a thing with this whole and politicians there was no danger for the russian government that it would be an election theyre already talking about sanctions guilty by default which is remarkable given the circumstances so the russian government out of the blue decides to poison an opposition politician who has been after the kremlin for years using one of the worlds deadliest. Substances which russia has said repeatedly it doesnt have so they do this improbable and highly stupid thing and in these survives it he goes to a russian hospital where the doctors do everything to save his life get him stable and they succeed the russian government which just apparently tried to kill this fellow greenlights a private jet to said him to one of europes best clinics to get help his body apparently wouldnt evidence locker treaty banned substances so far that their best version. The trumpet ministration has said the u. S. Will redirect funds it previously owed to the World Health Organization to other Health Programs this comes 2 months after washington pulled out of the w. H. O. Using it of being controlled by china meanwhile the u. S. Has ruled out taking part in a global effort to develop a crown a virus vaccine or hes come up and reports United States will not be joining International Efforts to produce scene due to political concerns many see this is yet another blow to Health Diplomacy the United States will continue to engage our International Partners to ensure we defeat this virus but we will not be constrained by multilateral organizations influenced by the corrupt will total can is ation and china the global x. Seen initiative known as oh that x. Is colead by the World Health Organization 170. 00 Different Countries are participating the goal is to get Global Distribution for several different vaccines after theyve been licensed and approved by the end of 2021 the World Health Organization has repeatedly warned about the dangers of global just unity and yet a pandemic warning about the need to oppose vaccine nationalism and above all national unity. And Global Solidarity on the synch of. This virus thrives when we are divided when we are united we can defeat to win a successful new vaccine is found there will be greater demand then there is supply excess the mind and competition hes already creating bucks in nationalism and risk of price gouging relations between the United States and the World Health Organization has been strained for quite some time despite his praise for the organization at the beginning of the pandemic donald trump made. And pulled the United States out of the global watch dark because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms we will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent Global Public health needs latest decision United States should not participate in global efforts for a vaccine have raised a storm of criticism for ologists and politicians have spoken out saying that the United States is essentially shooting itself in the court. Trumps go it alone strategy has already given us the highest death toll in the world at his inaugural he spoke of American College and now seems to term and to make it a reality. America 1st doesnt apply to condemn excess viruses dont observe National Borders if anyone is at risk we all are refusing to cooperate with other countries on vaccines will kill people this latest decision from the United States local vaccine efforts may be seen as just the latest example of Donald Trumps ambitious americas 1st policies however im going to a situation like this it might not be wise to put fried in politics over your population it would mock them artsy new york. Police body cam video has been released of a black man who died of its fixation after his arrest in the United States incident happened back in march in new york state Governor Andrew Cuomo initiated an investigation into the officers involved and in a very recent development they have been suspended a warning the images youre about to see are disturbing 41 year old daniel prude was detained after his brother called 911 saying that he was behaving erratically due to Mental Illness mr pruett had run out onto the street naked he stopped grieving after police used a special hood to prevent him from spitting and knelt on him while he was handcuffed probed was taken off life support after a week in the hospital. Following the release of the video a rally was held in support of the deceased a wave of protests and violence has followed a number of fatal incidents involving u. S. Police largely triggered by the death of george floyd back in may. So i had Government Advisors in the u. K. Are calling for tougher punishments for those who leak official secrets more of that after a short break this is our international. Joining me every 1st week on the alex im unsure when ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business im sure. Ill see that. Hes. Going to. Talk about this is R T International now u. S. Court has ruled that the National Security agency broke the law with its mass harvesting of americans that phone records scheme was exposed by n. S. A. Whistleblower Edward Snowden and he has welcomed the ruling. 7 years ago as the news declared i was being charged as a criminal for speaking the truth i never imagined that i would live to see our courts condemn the National Security agencys activities as unlawful and in the same ruling credit me for exposing them back in june 2013 snowden who worked as a contractor for the Intelligence Agency released thousands of classified documents they shone a light on the n. S. A. s dragnet surveillance practices targeting millions of americans as well as foreign citizens snowden was charged with espionage and fled to russia where he was granted asylum. After the phone surveillance scheme was uncovered it continued to run until 2015 officials claimed it was helpful in intercepting terrorist communications they cited the case of 4 men who were caught funding extremists in somalia and convicted but the court of appeals for the 9th circuit ruled that the program played only a minor role in that case and that it was a violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act former cia officer ray mcgovern believes that despite the ruling its likely that no officials will be held to account. It takes our courts several years often to to catch up with illegal activities and finally here after how many years now theyve said oh yeah yeah its illegal at least people and were talking about big fish ok and they proceeded with the feeling that they were immune to being held accountable for violating the law and the constitution and i hope theyll be proven wrong but i suspect that this will wither away and no one no one important will be held accountable for this grievous grievous violation of what in our country was the 4th amendment which prohibits explicitly this kind of thing. The u. K. Is looking to update its official secrets act the Law Commission that advises the government says there needs to be tougher sentences for those who we data and there are plenty of other changes on the way as well r. T. Stocking taylor breaks down for us. Drops to create said Double Agents the cold war might be over but espionage is still plotting in the sand and to keep that state secrets close to its chest do you think is looking into managing its official secrets act partly because some of the language could do is being brought into the 21st century data not secrets for example but with the whiff of deja vu also to defend itself against the red menace the urgency of this reform was most recently and extensively articulated in the report on russia of the intelligence and Security Committee of parliament which was laid before parliament on the 21st of july 2020 the notoriously where a lot of us Russian Hackers and madness pushed london to increase the act which hasnt seen a single tape since 989. 00 despite the Prime Minister himself boasting just how vigilant he has to present bugs and saying that not getting what you want doesnt actually make russia guilty this is about pressure from the is going to remain who seized on this on this report i did try to give the impression that the russian the russian interference to somehow responsible for this is because thats what this is this is about the people of this took this country didnt vote to leave the e. U. Because of pressure from russia the russian interfered but it appears that no commission disagreed and pushed forward with its proposed changes starting with the beginning of the very wide and me having identified deficiencies with the term enemy we suggested that the definition of foreign power as adopted by the United States espionage statutes modernization bill might provide a more suitable basis for a modern espionage offense so who or what qualifies as a foreign power well really anything any company any entity any past and directed controlled by a Foreign Government though how or how far they must be directed isnt specific. Side according to this vague definition that charities even partially funded by Foreign Governments could be enemies who our way would be an enemy and if they want already anyone whos ever been to russia or even worse walked along the credit walls but the Law Commission wants to widen the net even further the territorial and bits of the offenses should be expanded so that they can be committed irrespective of the individuals nationality the test should be whether there is a significant link between the individuals behavior and the interests of the United Kingdom so one of the official secrets act as it exists now if youre not a British National and you do something hostile to the u. K. While out of the country it doesnt count but thats up for negotiation now and if that does change by means that someone like Julian Assange anja for example of a Foreign National i mean revelations according to the u. K. Threaten the countrys National Security could find himself in legally an enemy as would anyone who passes on classified information are brought even though many argue that such leaks are in the interests of the public not hostile to them but perhaps most sinister of all the u. K. Parliament wouldnt even need to justify its decisions we recommend that the offenses that carney recross proof of damage should no longer do so this avoids the difficulties inherent in proving damage without disclosing further confidential information in other words the very thing that makes the government accountable to the public to the people who elected it is unnecessary or part of it has to do is so that the person was sufficiently culpable so if you are not killed youre rather someone still is up guilty youve done it no proof necessary just so long as its highly unlikely with such changes on the table one could ask how much safer when id really be. Russias foreign minister has been marking 70. 5 years since in the final chapter of world war 2 on wednesday and abandoned the lighthouse was lit for the 1st time in 14 years the 31. 00 metre high structure is on the southern tip of the an island just a short distance from japan and was built by the Japanese Military during the war was lit by enthusiasts who climbed to the top of the lighthouse and displayed the russian flag the southern half of sa colleen was seeded by japan to the soviet union under the surrender agreement that ended the war in 1905 prior to 905 the island had also been russian territory. All right does it for me ill be back with more news in the lets say 34 and a half minutes stay with the international. Anyone who is a real careful those who say well we made it possible to have the best work and growth in the world. Yes but it hasnt been sure. And the answer is no the rich get richer the workers were are at the old pay and the poor no one is taking care of joe characters and preserves criticism. Basically on the inherent inequity of the sharing of the game. Trade and investment to become magic spells to come to economic development. Most people think about trade they think about goods and services being exchanged between countries and the investment chapter of a trade agreement is about something very different but wont when investment leads to toxic manufacturing that destroys sacred sites all the environment. That means if local communities that are being poisoned if they object if they do anything that the company feels is interrupting their profits they can basically. Multinationals are taking on the whole nations Philip Morris is trying to use i. S. T. s to stop tour of the way from implementing new tobacco regulations aimed at cutting domestic smoking rates a 4 inch company sued egypt because egypt resists minimum wage democratic choice of a trump corporate will join us as we try to fund dont want to. Welcome to the alex salmond sure what we examine the performance of covert 19 test interest systems across the u. K. And compared it with a plan used in the tiny fetal islands 6 months into the pandemic and criticism is still widespread on the failings of taste in trees that have been many false dawns. Back in march Prime MinisterBoris Johnson hailed a covert unto body chess as a game changer in the battle against a deadly virus millions of tests were purchased and subsequently found to be totally useless even no approved antibody tests are not to be able to the general population unless the by their own private yet another game changer in the testing regime was to be the Contact Tracing out launched by english hunk called amid great fanfare as a trial in the isle of wight in me it was subsequently abundant in june and now a new up has been launched on the same island and the london borough of new and criticism still continues on the results of the present mine your system in england with the guardian reporting last week that the chasing results were being cut by delays and home test failures meanwhile the Scottish Press last week was full of stories of anxious people seeking a look or test and instead being referred to Testing Centers in england or Northern Ireland so why is it the 10 the u. K. The country which pioneered Community Health protection from Infectious Diseases in the 19th century it has been so its a focal to operate effectively in the 21st today we asked Health Expert dr khan come here what on earth has been going on then return in contrast to the example of effective testing trees not in the far east asia but off far northern shores where the tiny fatal islands of concord korver to once while on their way to doing it again and so what lessons can be learned from our tiny island we raise all that later in the show but 1st over to alex with your tweets messages and emails on last weeks show on the end of the american era. Well lots and lots of comments this week a new way davis interview and that was about his article in the Rolling StoneMagazine Article that went viral with a fresh coat of girls from watching from cambodia says thanks for the great show were friends for right to go move adventure for it says the way david. 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