Live from moscow thanks so much for joining us today r. T. International Daniel Hawkins welcome to the program. And we start with breaking news this hour the Prominent Russian opposition activist that accent of ali is out of an induced coma or spittle treating him and brought in made the announcement in the last hour its said to be too soon to say if you suffered any lasting damage germany said last week it would poisoned with another shock nerve agent a trauma is denied any involvement but International Pressure against moscow has been building were going to go live now to berlin and peter all of a to bring us the latest peter thanks for coming on the line there what more do we know so far about the violence condition. Well the shot at a hospital here in the german capital put out a statement on monday afternoon in which they said that Alexei Navalny had been no woken from the juiced coma that hes been in for over 2 weeks now here in berlin the statement went on to say that he was slowly being removed from breathing operators and that he was responding to verbal stimuli. The patients artificial coma maintained by medication has been ended the patient is gradually being taken off of mechanical ventilation hes reacting to being spoken to but long term consequences of severe poisoning cannot be ruled out. And while theres good news on the condition of alexei in the volume the diplomatic situation concerning his illness continues to to rumble on on monday the Government Press briefing here in berlin was was dominated by nord stream to talk of the gas pipeline or questions about the gas pipeline petted the briefing given by German Government spokespeople the message that came out of it was that the International Infrastructure project this underwater gas pipeline was a economic project and that that was separate from anything to do with Alexei Navalny in his case the Government Spokesperson did say that that was the current time and it could change in the future but what it does is it really mirrors the image the that were seeing coming from moscow as well to me to the press corps of the kremlin spokesperson had said previously that it was too soon to be lumping together in the end nordstrom to all the future of that project right now well earlier moscow had be none too happy with burley in accusing germany of dragging its feet when it came to handing over or sharing information that moscow requested relating to the case particular blue when it came to evidence that germany said it had that alexina valley had been poisoned with a nerve agent well the German Foreign minister has now confirmed d that wheels are in motion and that information will be being sent over to moscow. Who does some very sort of weve already agreed to russias request food Legal Assistance im told the Russian Ambassador this when we had a conversation with him last week who taught. Team that had there was a request for Legal Assistance who would agree to this there was no reason not to greeted. All news really seems to have initiated a change in tone from the kremlin we heard from a relatively upbeat Dmitri Peskov talking about the condition of alexei in the valley and the situation regarding information between germany and germany and russia and all of the other loose ends of the still surrounding this case. Any minister and we have certainly noted the German Farmers the statement and the glove that in the nearest timeframe the information will be delivered and that there are no reasons for this information not to be delivered bearing in mind the high profile of this issue we are counting on receiving the information in the upcoming days we very much awaited. Meanwhile in the United Kingdom were seeing a change in the approach coming from the British Government last week Boris Johnson the Prime Minister was pointing the finger of blame firmly at russia on monday what we saw was the foreign secretary dominate rob wailed out in front of the cameras to say that it was far too soon to proportion blame when it came to alexina valmy. The use of mobile chalk it doesnt matter the state actor in nonstate actor is a violation of International Law and lets be really clear about this we dont yet in a position to attribute well that news that we have just this hour Alexei Navalny is awake from the medically induced coma hed been placed in here in berlin hes responding to verbal stimuli and is being removed from breathing operators peter all over the live from berlin with the latest updates peter thanks for keeping us in the. Live now to Martha Macauley author and russia analyst for more on this breaking story Martin Thanks so much for joining us again on r. T. International obviously great news there for unavailing 1st family with that improvement this improvement in his condition what do you think that could mean for this case where could things go from here it all depends on how the nerve agent affected his nervous system because of it actually damaged his nervous system and of course the brain is linked to the nervous system. Then. Very difficult for him to explain and talk. And talk about the background and how he thinks he was poisoned and so on will lose things we have to wait for that we have to wait for the berlin authorities and medical authorities there to report on what theyve actually sent to him and it is a communication with him completely logical he didnt take fluent and so on and do what is what extent has it never does it take to do speech and his body his liver and specially his nervous system and therefore were waiting for that and we cant make any judgment at present because he may in fact have no memory at all what happened to him but he may have you have some memory of it and were waiting for that and we waiting for the German Authorities to actually revealing part of the conversation presumably to some kind of conversation with new ill meet. With him and then we can judge from that. If hes in fact in his speech and his command of language and his command of the subject are in fact all 1st class or are they still and theyre still damaged. Go back to some of the diplomatic to and fro thats been happening over the last few days the british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson was confident the kremlin how was involved in this that a hand in this tragic incident the foreign secretary said its too early to attribute blame why do you think there has been such mixed messages coming from the u. K. I think theyre trying the very beginning because they have but when it was announced there was nobody joke which i dont. Know well known that i wrote in britain from Burroughs Johnson down which sort of what the script woes and they were and take part in with no ritual to their floor and they judge the British Government judge that was that was coming from moscow and it was the internet a russian attack attempt only screw plant life so therefore the automatically assume if you like its a kind of. Reaction without thinking really without the bit reacting and now dont rush is backing off and say well were not absolutely sure because. First of all nevada moved not in britain in the valleys and berlin and the German Authorities will have the prior say they will be in a position to comment on least theyve said it is another one of the nova joke group agents and theres over 100. 00 of them so therefore theres any number of possibilities server the British Government now if you like is becoming more diplomatic and saying we have to wait on events we have to wait for the germans to reveal more information and we wish to hear what nivelle only has to say when he actually starts speaking. And burning desire to find me share the data with moscow the results of the medical analysis the toxicology analysis often of ali does that suggest some sort of softening of the diplomatic standoff because both sides seemed quite reluctant at one point to cooperate. Well i think building now. Did moving on to stage one stage one was to identify the nerve agent stage 2 is to then examine the damage you know about only and they can now say right we did we determine it was one of the group and we would we will look communicated with it we were provided the evidence that why we came to that conclusion. Then its up to the russian authorities theyve been thanked examine the same material and say we dont agree with you we would come and we can come to a different conclusion so therefore from the german point of view they didnt want confusion that conflict in the beginning he just wanted a statement it is not which is one of the not because group and even a coma therefore leave it like that no you move on stage 2 you can you can share girl in can share the information with most go and there is not up to most of you to examine that information and come to a conclusion and see if they agree with the german diagnosis or the nerve agent. Just in terms of the violence medical condition going back to that and how its been over the last 2 weeks if not it was indeed used against him and given the danger it poses to those around him the airport staff the people on the plane the doctors and nurses in the hospital is it a surprise that hes perhaps recovered relatively quickly from this and nobody else has seemingly suffered any lasting side effects that is one of the Big Questions that has been going run for the last fortnight because if you look at the script. A Police Officer was infected and a woman who didnt take her unfortunately she died and therefore it was very very dangerous everyone was really scared of coming into contact or having who was had contact with this or where was he and so on and now we have a situation where. Where where or apparently. You know and then in toms. Didnt in fact effect infect anyone else what it was quite strange so thats why it may be a different nerve agent. From. A Different Number choke nerve agent than the one which affected the script because the. You would expect was that total nerve agent to be very very contagious is very very deep apparently very dangerous to transport and deceivers waves through and through powder. And its possible that if this is true if theres toga then one person greg to carry it. With jumps and so on and then administered to the drink which you know the only then imbibed now is that its possible that that would be in the lakes region why i only knew that only a new one near him they were in contact will intrinsically come to him was also interested because their general. Understanding of the group which is you know this you know who did it belong is that it affects other people as well the people around you and so on and they are in danger as well but this is different and this is one of the questions which has to be resolved in the investigation to be investigated how is it possible that only one person trying to develop me was infected and not anybody else Martha Macauley author and russian analyst thanks for your take on that ongoing news story at an art international. Thank you. All more than a 1000 people have gathered in the city of rochester in the state of new york overnight to demanding accountability for the Police Killing of a black man in arrest there began after a Video Showing Police placing a suspect heard on Daniel Pruett one officer placed his hands on prudes head another put his knee on prudes back which led to his suffocation the death which happened back in march will now be investigated by a grand jury in wa on saturday the city of portland marked 100 consecutive days of black lives matter rallies triggered by the death of a short floyd. I. Q cry cry cry cry. I 59 a recipe made in the city over the weekend the protests show no sign of relenting journalist and author daniel ozark believes the unrest could continue into the election day and beyond. But i guess breaking down were seeing a street fighting street fighting going on growing levels valving both the leftists and rightists. Its a kind of a slow moving civil war that probably will continue until election day and then no one knows what will happen with the election because american electoral process these are so broken down that it may very well and fighting endless lawsuits and determine no one knows we won in the state of kentucky hundreds of protesters from rival groups of march through still black gloves my campaign is converged on the city demanding saturdays Kentucky Derby horse race be canceled the event still went ahead the activists were also denouncing Police Violence to pro police when a show also marched through the city and were confronted by black lives protesters. One American Company seems to be cashing in on the unrest leading farms make a smith and wesson has seen sales jumped 140 percent this year thats around 134000000. 00 in extra sales and again believes the gun boom is symptomatic of the countrys political stalemate. Both sides are arming i mean there are Guns Everywhere what if you go to one of these protests in places like that midwest or the west you will see guns on both sides and its very dangerous and because people tend to use these weapons and so the but theres no force capable of stopping this fighting because im it seems to have taken a life of its own and its just part of the whole political structure which is in and like celebrating break down i mean america its a its a failed state and its failing effort more rapidly and these these demonstrations these these this street fighting is a symptom of. Nationwide unrest against Racial Injustice longer to stretch all the way to the members election one side is one. Only Biden Victory can stop the violence Democratic Party think tanks insist anything other than a win for their man or just bring more chaos stories still to come here on r. T. In. A surge of new Coronavirus Infections and france are seeing restrictions returned in some areas 7 regions have been put on a road zone last while some schools have been closed again just the week after reopening. Has more details. This is the 2nd week of school in france and already some of those schools have had to be closed down because of covert 19 within the institutional last week more than 12000000 peoples went back to the classrooms and that was with some parents and teachers expressing concern about the transmission rates of the virus because they have been really creeping up here in fronts last week several days there were more than 7000 cases wedged in a 24 hour period 22 schools have been shut in the last week but hundreds and hundreds of classes have also being closed down the education secretary here in france has been outlining when such a decision should be taken. Out of the small 12 establishments colleges and schools were closed the main line france considering there are 60000 establishment in the country these numbers remain relatively low in the overseas reunion region we closed down that makes 22 in total function and function well there are now 70 new zones in france that have been declared the red zones this means that they are areas with a high active transmission rate of 1900 it means 28. 00 regions in total are considered rent in that the french area and this allows authorities to impose extra controls to try to cool the transmission of the virus. One of the measures that authorities can take when theyre in a red zone is to impose some things such as the obligation to wear a face mask in public such as we have in paris which means every street youre in you have to wear a face mask but there is a backlash against such measures like that anti mask sentiment also being shown elsewhere across europe with protests over the weekend from places such as the u. K. In spain to italy. And. It. Was. Meanwhile here in france there are some calls for people to wear face masks specifically from the reuters of the Tour De France which is making its way through the country at the moment its beg its fans who are coming out to the streets to wave them as they pass by to be responsible and to wear masks so it seems there is a huge divide still over the measures that are being used to try and curb 1000 whether thats wearing a mask whether thats a quarantine or whether thats imposing lockdowns local restrictions the methods being used to remain highly contentious. Donald trump may be claiming only a vote for him will guarantee law and order in the u. S. But rival Democratic Party thinks another 4 years of him in the white house will only result in more violence on the streets there has been looking at the claims. In november the us public will get to vote on who becomes president for the next 4 years and figures from the media and political establishment are now preparing the public for possible outcomes something called the transition integrity project created in 2019 is planning for things that could go wrong during the upcoming vote and subsequent transition of power theyve been playing out war games and some rather interesting scenarios have been dreamed up with the exception of the big biden win scenario each of our exercises reach the brink of catastrophe but massive