The largest refugee camp in greece the ground leaving hundreds without shelter and raising fears about the sport of. Live from moscow thanks for joining us. Welcome to the program. I was gonna russians continue to voice at the recent disputed election the underfire president doesnt want the whole country would collapse if he was forced out. Made that claim in a lengthy interview to Russian Media including r. T. That they know someday i will leave maybe but i will not allow the destruction of what we have created with people with generations i would not allow it to be destroyed this is how i live now and how this country has changed what keeps me very much in this situation and you probably know it too if collapses now the whole system would collapse and belarus would follow and everything would be put back years well maybe someone would have lent a hand but now it would be very hard and these guys from Police Special units and others those who are with me they would be blamed and they would be assaulted and torn apart. Hes more gaseous but looking more closely at that interview along with the latest developments in better or worse. They went to audit leg. A number of Prominent Russian journalist including arties editor in chief margaret assume and yahoo who were allowed to pitch the embattled russian president alex are the new shake of various questions and they went on ad megs about all manner of topics including the internal politics in belarus the you know the protests that have been going all the rage and all the you know what predictability surrounding the political crisis gripping bellaver said he also talked at length about foreign meddling talking a lot about how it is becoming glue belies internationalized how a protest could be organized and run via telegram for example from from an entirely different country talk about poulan that the United States which he says very clearly picked sides in this internal struggle that is bella russian and yet all these protests telegraphed channels and groups are being run from from other countries he talked about the internet for example this is lucia talking about the internet a man who who forced the into that you to force that down. Into that shut down across belarus at the peak of protests trying to disorganize people trying to through the protesters off of their feet you know off their ballots and he said ultimately it is all pointless and we know that he has certainly tried he says that if belarus fulls if it falls that russia is next he said that Vladimir Putin who in dering you referred to as his elder brother should take note of what is happening because that is what is coming for russia he also talked about the protests of course. You know better us isnt a huge country a population that isnt even 10000000 and yet at certain points on the streets of belarus we sold more than 100000 people sunday a traditional day of protests yet. Insisting on the fact that the majority is still with you. Of course for me it is very resentful and tragic if you like but this does not mean i gave up because i look at it philosophically well someday the lord will call me but i must protect whats been created by our hands to protect those people who created it and those are the overwhelming majority the majority who voted for me and now although they watch me every day on every device you name it maybe they got poor but they supported me this is how i live now. He may have a poor better or worse is a country that is split divided and often you know add each others throats it is a situation where you have brother marching against brother the Security Services that military much of the government are indeed an aside he doesnt do it a lot of support but the middle class for example the progressives the i. T. Workers the Service Industry the young they certainly arent on the side again we see purpose of almost 100000 people marching against you. On sundays now a traditional day of protests and he talked about potentially leaving his post about potentially giving up you know hes nickname of europes last dictator but he said he was like course think of for example ukraine former president of the had billions stashed away and sweets Bank Accounts then he could have left but that he doesnt well its all very well listening to. Me use about the protests. Whos fired answered them but the fact is that it is better russians in the 10s of thousands who are out in the streets every week who have proved this thing risking into their lives their livelihoods that their well being because there is a lot of violence the police were saving themselves they are holding back and the. Field strength of the law is being leveled against some of these protests some of these protests that there is there is bad blood a lot of bad blood now in in the streets a lot of anger a lot of rage yesterday we should dozens of people detained to prove this. Alleged detention of the Opposition Leader Maria Kolesnikov as you mentioned earlier you see this beam remarkable tendency. Among the Opposition Leaders to out of the blue and decide to leave the country often in the middle of the night now where this phenomenon is originating from. Who you us because if you ask the better our Security Services or the president well you know this is something that they had decided in themselves get in the middle of the night they decide to leave the country if you ask the opposition theyll give you an entirely different story theyll describe how Opposition Leaders are being pressured and bully forced out of the country by the Security Services by the police Maria Kolesnik was saying that she had allies saying that she ripped up a passport on the border when she realized what was going on gets alexander giving a very different version of events peaceful protests managed to centralise with no leader applying tara to protest this is meaning less people are not afraid of the violence the government is using against them 1st of all the afraid of living in a low a state which will become a reality for them and their relatives its a situation does not change in this country and the rule of law and democracy is not restored. You may. He will be looking for a way out but he insisted that he simply wont allow what he has built over the decades of his rule. To be destroyed to collapse like the protests that he says being to sponsor. From abroad by Foreign Countries from poland to from the United States yet weve got to look at this from the perspective of the hundreds of thousands of people who who go out to demonstrate who go out to protest every day for them there is only vote one viable option and that is for lucas change to to reside for the president of the Scientific Research my center in minsk at us law from im sure you believe contrary to claims the nation is already falling apart it is claimed that she is the only guy who can give the country going is just can be interpreted in the quite the opposite meaning the question should and must realize that this system has been building is about to collapse and is collapsing look at the numbers are wage earners for change or a nurse new sort of people trying to leave the country look at i. T. Sector there is a demand to leave the country. Because they are using the power but he does have his supporters to support as have been out on the streets would you say thats just 3 percent all of you witness more than independently. Even with the administrative resources that here applied he couldnt get more than 50000 people in downtown minsk in one of this and this is it so what here i visited some of the clips actually youre showing people who are not there of their own accord you say were coerced into it some exactly that was the way to call words and to show solidarity we have with our groups of people but they are guarded by police because they are afraid to tell the truth and the police just the way that people are kidnapped in downtown it shows that the police are afraid to show their faces this is again lawless. A recent spike of coverage 19 infections in the u. K. You seeing tough new restrictions imposed in england with a dramatic car the number of people who are allowed to meet up the last 3 days of each record almost 3000 new cases here the details were joined live by of course bought a partridge in Central London kate thanks for joining us. And has been speaking this afternoon whats the latest what they have to say on these new restrictions. I there as i know yes for the 1st time since july the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has addressed the nation with an update about the coronavirus and as you said the new measures coming in to combat it but it also started with an apology. And im sorry about that and i wish that we did nor do i have to take this step but as your Prime Minister i must do what is necessary to stop the spread of the virus and to save lives the whole point of them is to avoid a 2nd National Lockdown so i want all the new measures well its all about the rule of 6 from monday the 14th of september the new regulation will be the new law in england is that you can have no longer have any gatherings larger than 6 lets look at some of the details here gatherings of more than 6 abandoned that includes also indoors as well so if you have a support bubble of more than 6 people thats 2 houses together but so kate that will be allowed any more than that theyre desperately trying to stick to that number of 6 and why they doing this well its the police that wanted clarity on this particular situation how they go about administering the laws how they break up groups of people so there will be fines if you break these rules the 1st fine will be 100 pounds and then they can keep doubling up to a limit of 3200. 00 pounds also of course there are the exemptions secure events and households of 6 plus in the bubbles that as ive mentioned before and also the gatherings for work and education theyre also exempt the Prime Minister is very keen that the nation still manages to go back to work the children scut still go back to school and of course the universities are returning as well so why is the need for these new measures for as you said its all about a rise a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in england theyre sharply on the rise lets look at some of the figures during a month on the 8th of august there were 1063. 00 cases of coronavirus. Yes but by the 8th of september that number had gone up to 2468 while the governments chief medical advisor chris witty he was also on there with the Prime Minister as well he said that the cases had come up rapidly over the last few days even and the rates are going up in a certain age group as well its among the young people the 20 to 29 age group and 2nd most in the 30 to 39 age range and theres also be particularized among the young and that has been stately rising since the middle orcus well earlier we had Prime Ministers questions as we do on a wednesday Opposition Leaders like here star but he also had a few sharp words to say about the governments the u. Case test entry system and he said that it was on the verge of collapse. What were seeing now is stories over the past few days that is showing that just the regime is on the verge of collapse hard breaking stories from people who needed to been told no tests are available or the website is crushing or people are being told to go miles and miles for a test nobody can argue that this is Good Governance well this comes in due to the fact that the government would claim that theyre ramping up testing that its more widely available now than ever in fact more tests are being conducted in the u. K. Than across the whole of europe but at the same time as well theres also been a survey conducted amongst medics about how they feel about having to deal on the front line with coronavirus there was a polling that medics 1456. 00 of these medics and all of those 69 percent say theyre more likely to quit from the pandemic and government treatment leaving 1143 planning to leave the n. H. S. At the end of it basically were looking at medics who think theyre on the edge of burnout well the scientific basis for all of these measures whats being taken and the response by the government that was highlighted by the chief medical advisor so chris witty early on and he used the example here is the example of spain amongst other European Countries he said that there had been a sharp rise there but if you implement measures to combat that then you can prevent what a long day be. Anticipating a 2nd wave but to do that they have to implement a strong test intray system is highlighted by the opposition theyve also as you heard from the say they got to keep the medics onside but more importantly theyve got to maintain the confidence and the diligence of the general public to ensure that they stick to these measures if they are to prevent that 2nd wave indeed youre always to be seen how about rule of 6 will pan out audis kate barters there thanks for that update. Well as it was saying that it was traditions in england come as it was announced trials one of the u. K. s code vaccines has been suspended after reporters about fell over got reaction to this a little later in the program. The. Fire has destroyed greeces largest refugee camp which is located on the island of lesbos left hundreds of migrants without shelter the same camp had already been at the center of the local concerns over the coronavirus shot at dubin ski has the details. Dhamma describing this is a time bomb that has finally exploded thousands fled the morea migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos in the early hours of wednesday after those fires broke out now firefighters spent hour tackling the blaze which is said to have started in the field around the camp but also there are suggestions that there were fires started within the camp itself this is a camp that houses almost 13000. 00 migrants according to him for migrants 70 percent of those whove been living there are from afghanistan but there are people from around 70 other countries that have made this tourist camp their home for months or perhaps even years my living there were living it 4 times the capacity that the camp was set up to look after at the time now those who fled the camp this morning made their way on the highway towards the poor me to leni some was said to be suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation now it wasnt bad enough that they had to flee the camp as it was on fire this morning there are reports that some were attacked as they made their way to the port people escaping out of moriah weve created these people will have had enough trauma for tonight and 10 years here are getting reports of some locals attacking and blocking peoples passage into the nearby village where the marrow of the island has been talking on a local Radio Station on wednesday morning saying that thousands of migrants are now being guarded by police on the highway thats to keep them in one position one because of these reports of attacks by locals but also because of this issue with cove it 19 now last week one resident at the camp tested positive for 1000 subsequently 35 wrenched cases were found at the camp now it isnt known what caused this fire but the greek. Dohertys are looking into reports that this could have possibly been asked another reason for that is that there are local reports by the greek media that those 35 protests cause it positive for cocaine 1000 had refused to isolate their families and that was causing tensions in a camp that is notorious for the problems weve seen over the last few years but we know on wednesday this camp looks like it has been largely destroyed and the problem now which will have to be dealt with immediately is how to look after their protect and how its thousands of migrants who have been left without pretty much anything. Germanys past the results of its medical. Into the Global Chemical weapons watchdog the o p c w as other Foreign Ministers from the 27 group of the worlds leading economies demanded moscow find and prosecute those behind you confirmed poisoning of the russian opposition figure a crime and so the main obstacle the stars are going to probe was germanys failure to share with it information on the vileness illness well in claims moscows everything it means to investigate the case meanwhile russias directly expressed its protest to the german ambassador in moscow of what it called burnhams baseless allegations and ultimatums and more details here sort of moscow sort of. Ever since nobody in these arrival in germany and over the last couple of weeks weve heard similar calls from the west thats russia must conduct an investigation and to that russia has consistently responded with one request only show us your data otherwise how else can we cooperate if we dont actually know whats whats now russias question is how can we launch a probe if our doctors are saying that there were no toxic substances found in his system while german doctors are saying that indeed he was poisoned and that without presenting any details on the test results whatsoever Russias Foreign Ministry said that there persistently seeking data from germany regarding the medical examination all. Including his biochemical test results now their requests had already been sent german officials by the russian prosecutor general back on its once the 7th of august this morning tool requests berlin has not deemed it possible to respond swiftly and constructively. Prevents the lure of full smoot from using old in the city procedural mechanisms to find out whats happened. Surrounding this case is growing stronger now this statement also said that the russian medics offer to set up a close dialogue with their german counterparts however burnin has put the brakes on that process opting for attacks on a rush instead just stopping short of directly accusing the kremlin now russias foreign minister sergey allowed. That germanys attitude towards a russia in this case is unbecoming adding that sony used to deliver germanys position to the world is unacceptable against the backdrop of such a nonconstructive approach by the german authorities. His asians against russia continue the massive disinflation campaign which has been launched clearly points to the fact that those behind its not interested in of only as well being or finding out the truth behind his condition but rather in mobilizing intentions in favor of sanctions now members only fell ill on the its when see it of august when he was on a plane bound for moscow now he was a promise sent to the emergency room up on landing in siberia where a local medics detected no trace of toxins in his system now after his condition was well enough to be transported he was airlifted to germany where a local medics claim that he was poisoned now since then russian authorities and daughters have requested multiple times that said germans share the their findings with them but as we already know that did not happen in the is at the moment he is no longer in the medically you just call more he is alive is no longer under threat and thats of course according to german medics however there yet to produce any of the findings of their tests that they have conducted. Advanced stage trials for a coroners virus vaccine developed by Britains Oxford University along with a pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca have been temporarily halted one of those taking part in the trial in the u. K. Fell ill. In large trials illnesses will happen by chance but must be independently reviewed to check this carefully we are working to expedite the review of the single event to minimize any potential impact on the trial timeline we are committed to the safety of our participants and the highest standards of conduct in our trials of a vaccine that was paused during phase 3 of its tests the developers had expected to enroll up to 50000. 00 volunteers across the u. K. U. S. Brazil and south africa the u. N. Says its common to suspend vaccine trials during development stages and that echoed an earlier comment by the British Health secretary its a standard process within to the trials whenever they find something they need to investigate and thats exactly whats happening happening right now. Were joined live by some oclock microbiologist Reading University thanks for joining us good to have you on the program with us just how often do such diverse reactions occur in vaccine trials well of course depends on the vaccine trial but theyre really quite common its nothing to be worried about i mean we hear all the time when we take a vaccine that there are potential side effects these sorts of things just need to be found. Any problems need to be ironed out and thats why developing vaccines isnt this quick as some people might like i mean we do know quite Little Information about the person who fell ill what the exact adverse reaction was how serious it is. Is that a cause for concern we know so little or is this just part of the i guess confidentiality of the of the medical trial. There is confidentiality around this of course but this is the 2nd time this is happened in this trial but there are thousands of participants so its not surprising given the fact that were trying to provoke an immune reaction in somebody thats what all vaccines are but some people get an adverse reaction. You mentioned its quite common for trials to put on hold if somebody has an adverse reaction obviously for safety reasons but in terms of how much of a delay this could cause do you think this could seriously impact the timeline of creating a covert vaccine for the market. Well i think some predictions of vaccines being available very very soon are completely wide of the market doesnt matter whos making them. So one should always bear in mind these sorts of delays when you put a prediction on on how long it will take to develop a vaccine i dont think its anything to be worried about these things are entirely normal and thats why vaccines are produced at the drop of a hat you know we know theres well dozens i think as many as 200 vaccines in various stages of research and development for just caught a virus alone is it a good thing that so many are being developed across multiple countries multiple pharmaceutical companies if one fails or is put on hold to avoid bottlenecks like this i think so because there are so many different strategies that can be employed to develop a vaccine to generate immunity so you need lots of people trying out all these different strategies its a principle of if you throw enough mud you hope some of it will stick do you think these new announcement by Boris Johnson today the rule of 6 its going to prevent. More than 6 people gathering indoors out prohibition of these sort of regulations theyre going to slow down time line of Vaccine Development as well. I think thats unlikely i mean a lot of the volunteers for the oxford tests at least the oxford trial are overseas so wont be affected by this than our carriage rates in this country are relatively low compared to someone like brazil or south africa so i dont think you should be a problem. Right simon clark microbiologist at Reading University thanks for coming on today great to get your take your word on those ongoing trial thank you. Another pandemic has taken the spotlight off another major issue the u. K. Still dealing with thats brics it but u. K. Governments being accused of threatening peace in Northern Ireland that any hopes of reaching a trade deal with europe as after downing street said it would override parts of the brics at deal struck with brussels prompting a stern warning from the e. U. Just be demagoguing you need to respect the expect the u. K. To the commitments that negotiated and signed up to last year so thats lugar citizen strides in Northern Ireland any attempt by the u. K. To undermine the agreement would have serious consequences. Now against this hostile backdrop an 8th round of the e. U. Breaks of talks with london has begun Saskia Taylor has been assessing their potential for success. How i long for the breck set days even stability that you know and removals done kept permanently outside number 10 braxtons president today after delay after delay was a passive but something reassuring in not so comforting that in these Tumultuous Times one can turn to bricks it like the good friend that it is but still that in fact nothings changed round bump bump 8 of breaks a trade talks has begun and apparently this time in ups enough we have now been talking for 6 months and can no longer afford to go over well trodden ground we need to see more realism from the e. U. About our status as an independent country the needs to be in agreement with our european friends by the time of the European Council and the 15 thats going to be in force by the end of the year but perhaps it wouldnt be bracks if it wasnt full of dissatisfaction and empty promises by you the u. K. Is having 2nd thoughts about the Withdrawal Agreement signed back in january so it might override key parts of the last brussels basically says we get our sue off to a free trade deal by mid october and the media thought of the u. K. Renee taking on its words elicited cries of moment youre from those bureaucrats in brussels do you. Believe sean freaks ability and grit. To work with the u. K. s red lines its time to do you good to great i trust the British Government to implement their withdrawal a criminal and obligation under International Law and prerequisite for any future Partnership Protocol in ireland Northern Ireland is essential to protect peace and stability on the island and integrity of the Single Market the one room of the got people especially worried is that tucked away in voters pocket is something called the internal market belt and this contest could jeopardize peace and security along the irish border but downing street denied this same that its only proposing my own. Alterations which would provide clarity on certain big us parts of the deal but even at home not everyone is convinced about who the head of the new katy Legal Department quit over the whole thing and then there is this one minute minor detail proving to be just a little contentious piece gods great International Law in a very specific and limited way oh wow zones its just specific but is all this proves to be the straw that breaks the camels back on the u. K. And you dont shake hands the u. K. Will be left popping up out in the north sea with no deal and no tariff free gas classic bracks set everyone happy and looming deadline threat of no deal and now the Prime Minister losing trust something was not to change america is a professor at the London School of economics alan scared believes brussels is still refusing to accept britain has actually left the rock think both sides would like some kind of deal however the. View insists on treating britain like an immigrant a good province that we can really be truly independent and the best good for true you. And it believes the. Issues policies should still apply to british territory waters. Believes