A disturbing spike in covert 1906. We will be. Watching R T International this saturday afternoon coming to you straight from the russian capital welcome to the program. There have already been scores of arrests as yellow best protesters come out across france despite a ban in some areas just behind me you can see live pictures coming from the capital rally leaders insist on giving voices to all of those affected by the pandemic as the country registers almost 10000 cases in 24 hours a daily record of charlotte do vinci joins us live now from paris with more charlotte some restrictions are in place but people seem to do be defying them. Yes thats right some of the protests that were planned for say the shows release 8 were banned by the picture him paris purchased imo and is one of the ones that has been allowed to take quotes the protesters as you can see now king along the designated route that was approved for them to do so but thousands of people have turned out not just this protest but also at other protests that are taking part place across paris and across from this is well because this is supposed to be a live wont say over. Reintroduce ovation asians almost surely is they started the protests all the way back in 2018 but the protest back then which was about a hiking you do you tease is not the same as what people are protesting today in fact the cool was made by john room rodrigues one of the figureheads of the movement famous because of the fact he lost his during a protest back in 2099 to murdering is made this cool for people to come back out to support those whove been impacted by the current pandemic fronts and this is what he had to say at one of the protests. If you will that i am here to talk about the yellow vests about people who are suffering all these people here who are angry and tired of talking about all the brutality this rallies full of people who have something to say full of Small Business owners full of workers france and. We were just speaking to our correspondent charlotte devinsky and paris supporting from a rally there we lost our connection with her but well be back with her throughout the day on those protests. Germany has accepted moscows request to cooperate on a probe into the alleged poisoning of onyx and im only however state prosecutors warn some information will only be shared with of on this consent as Russian Police asked to interview. The activists in berlin where hes currently in the hospital berlin adds its still exciting expects moscow to be held accountable for the incident. The relations with russia are influenced by the fact that russia is 1st of all an important global actor and also by the fact that in the past and in present times we have had some problematic topics between each other and we should express ourselves carefully this time there was an attempted murder on mr novelli performed with a very specific and internationally banned nerve agent of the novacek group and our demand is that russia urgently explain what happened. Our authorities are investigating this incident we dont like it when other countries dictate to us when and at what point to start our processes we cannot legally coldness a criminal case based on the analysis of the german laborde 3 moreover the board to receive the b. R. D. Army just as in the b. Or d. It is probably impossible to initiate a criminal case on the basis of tests that were taken in our Military Hospital this is legally nonsense there are acts of furphy cation our investigative bodies are working they have questions new questions appear we hope that we will receive information from our german colleagues it will help to move forward not only emerge from a medically induced coma this week with german doctors saying he now reacts to speech although long term effects are still unclear he was airlifted to berlin for treatment last month after falling ill on a flight from siberia the russian hospital that initially treated him notes no evidence of poisoning was uncovered by that. The German Parliament debated the poisoning at a special session with lawmakers r. T. Calling for action against moscow our europe correspondent peter over reports. It was a fiery session on friday afternoon into early evening here in berlin in the german bund the stock the majority of those who spoke or pointing a finger of blame directly at russia and the russian government for what they say was the poisoning of alexei folly there were some voices that question the official government line not many i have to say but there were some and. If the kremlin really regrets the assassination attempt on alex in the valley and really wants to clear things up why does novell need such a level of protection from our Security Services political murder is part of the putin system. So not only are the russians supposed to have tried to poison an opponent of the regime with a military nerve agent but the put it in his tea why would the russian government be so stupid them and even let an avanti fly out to germany instead of hiding him in russia its absurd nord stream too was a big issue on the during the debate as well basically the german politicians splitting into 3 camps there are those that say it needs to be halted immediately and perhaps canceled altogether there are those that want them soon wait and see how russia reacts and how this story develops and there are those who are saying that its simply too important economically and it must remain purely an economic project no matter what else is going on we have though you see heated debate over north stream both on the streets here in germany friday night in the north stream has never been a purely private sector project as the German Government has repeatedly argued despite the war in syria despite the use of a chemical weapon in souls bury the federal government is sending a message to the kremlin no matter what you do economic goals are more important to us than climate Protection Security policy and human rights. Demanding the immediate term a nation of north stream 2 is in my view and hasty in misguided reaction but it pleases those who have always opposed the project the specially the greens well as germany continues to push russia for an explanation for what happened to alexina valley the Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said russia still waiting for information it requested from germany but if the use of your mind you but you want of the german representative to the u. N. Said the date is no longer a matter for bilateral relations between germany and russia but a matter for multilateral proceedings what kind of proceedings the germans are talking about they were unable to say in the interests of our german colleagues we urge them to provide all necessary information which might in any way should lights on absolutely unfounded accusations investigators in russia of also being on the search for more Information Police in the city of thompson which is where alexina valmy had been he was flying from tomsk to moscow before his plane had to make an Emergency Landing in the city of the lex in a valley in extreme distress well placed in tom skipping putting together a timeline of where he was in the lead up to him getting on that plane theyve placements in the valley in a hotel in a restaurant in a flat and in a coffee shop what they have also been going about doing is trying to interview those that were in close contact with alecks in the valley during his time in the city of tomsk police there say theyve been able to interview 5 of the 6 people that spent a lot of time with mr novelli they say the 6th person a woman is believed to have come here to germany there are still lots of facts to come to light in the case of what happened to alexa in the funny books as we search for those facts the diplomatic route between germany and russia continues to heats up. Germany says its passed on on extend of all these test results conducted by the countrys military to the Global Chemical weapons watchdog although russia which is a member of the says nothings been received yet but the escalation being used to lobby against the nordstrom to project political analyst John Laughlin asked why the 2 are being connected. Its immediately been joined with the north stream 2 gas pipeline project the germans who previously the german Political Class has previously supported the completion of the gas pipeline very strongly not least because germany doesnt have any other Energy Source and no major cracks are appearing in what was a consensus so the fact that the north stream to gas pipeline has been immediately put into the equation into what should be a private Police Investigation shows who would benefit the answer is the american exporters of liquid natural gas and all those in europe who are determined and have been for many years and decades to drive a wedge between europe and russia to the north stream to gas pipeline is not just a symbol although its a very powerful one it is also a reality of bridging the divide between russia and europe and that is what the russian people in europe and in the United States do not want and thats why the valley business is being immediately joined with north stream to. Have gotten our correspondent back on the line so were going back to our top story coming out of paris where police have fired tear gas at protesters and in clashes as elements protesters again hit the streets despite a ban in some areas charlotte good to talk to you again what more do we know about the clashes and whats the atmosphere there and harris. The atmosphere is tense serious areas where people shouting out that me hes the police there anticapitalist ive seen signs of people saying that theyre here because theyre anti mask is and they are happy with how the government has reacted to the problem demick at the moment but we do know that in one of the other protests that was on the rise in paris there has been clashes seam gas released by the police that we know that so far just in paris there been more than a 150 arrests some of those arrest. When the police were checking through peoples bags they found things such as screwdrivers and through devices that they fear could have been used to cause disobedience here in paris today in fact civil disobedience was exactly what was called for by your room rodriguez one of the de facto leaders of the yellow vests he told people to come to the protest but come without your d. So that you can be taken to the Police Station and it takes him several hours to work out too you are essentially overloading the system here now the elephants protests have been mauled in the past by some extreme violence not just from the protesters but also from the police lets take a look back at some of the most heated moments of these protests. One of the most controversial checks by the police is the l b ds these are the guns shootouts rubber bullets that have manged so many people in frogs now the news. As a whole domino has been talking about whats going to be used instead of the controversial weapon. The amount of violence injuries the rallies whether by police or citizens dont you know conditions of use of equipment will evolve in particular with natures which from 2 more will be supervised to both through assess the situation and designate the objectives. Well these. These g m ds as they called they will spit out around 18 small our robot. Bullets will rub a bulls will be able to travel 126 Kilometers Per Hour and reach about 30 meters it may not be one big rubber bullet but certainly 18 traveling at that speed might still be able to cause a lot of time one of the biggest controversies people losing their always their hands and feet not just because of the l. B. s but because of she gas grenades exploding as well for the moment the tensions are high here in paris tear gas cars being used by the police already never to move the 150 arrests this really is the whole take for the judicial these are 2 charlotte devinsky reporting from that yell of us rally and paris thank you. British counties are reimposing code restrictions in england a ban on gatherings of more than 6 people is due to start on monday lockdown measures are also being tightened in scotland and it comes amid an alarming rise in corona virus transmissions the prevalence of the virus in the population is increasing we found evidence that it has been accelerating at the end of august and beginning of september the number of positive cases per 1000. 00 cobia task has doubled since the end of july on friday the number of new daily confirmed cases rose to more than 3500 an increase of more than 600 on the previous day the total number of confirmed cases in britain is now more than 360000 but the World Health Organizations covert special envoy told us we may not be over the worst of it yet. There will be more. To g. D. Is what you get actually the fly fish and basically where i have 3 kids going to do every time to read between people. All right usually i. Read to them. 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Know weve been talking about tesla for you know number of weeks a few months because it is a phenomenon and the point ive been making from day one is that its a mean see me that as a market valuation at one point over 400000000000. 00 and it taps into people who trade means and these are generations and the millennial zong the robert of apps and other forms and means is no fundamental value theres nothing there its just its a murmur ation like starlings in the sky they congregate and then they disperse. Welcome back ukraine has asked to ban the apps of russian broadcasters and News Agencies tech china apples told moscow based networks about the requests that come from camp Security Service to remove them from its apps to our parties are among got the lowdown on the plan. Well a Russian Media has been censored in ukraine for years already and now we are getting this socalled involvement of apple as well as take it step by step on now friday several media from russian major state networks claim that apple decided to take off their apps in ukraine and that was on requests from the ukraines Security Service now Russian Union of journalists as well as other colleagues are already. In this an act of censorship meanwhile apple themselves while theyve made a statement a little bit later claiming that no apps have been deleted at this point and all theyve done was just send notifications about this fact to the Russian Media and they suggested that Russian Media contact ukraines Security Service that rectally now the list of networks whose apps are to be deleted is quite extensive and they claim that this is in line with the politics against Russian Media lets have a listen ukrainian Security Service demanded the removal of n. T. V. Up through the ukrainian apple store colleagues group will say nothing on proposed we solve this problem with ukraine by all cells all this is part of the fight against Russian Media and social networks in ukraine it began on the pershing and continues on the zylon scheme now russian parliamentarians as well as the countrys Journalists Union have already said that if the apps do get deleted they will explore legal action now censorship against Russian Media in ukraine began back in 24 scene after a referendum was held in crimea air where people have voted for a union with russia now several Russian Media and social networks have been as well have been deleted in ukraine since then and of course r. T. Is also banned there. Journalist and broadcaster neil clark told us the whole incident could hurt apples reputation for independence. It sets a very warring president doesnt it if you think about this then if apple does yield this and it looks like it is going to then you could get any other Security Agency say in germany or belgium anywhere else saying look we want you to take the apps down of this country or. Countries that havent got good relations the Security Service is one of them trying to get the other countries absconds at apple warfare and its very poor very poor of apple and they do lose credibility they claim to be in favor of freedom of speech or the information revolution all this stuff if they are going to yield simply to request of one country Security Services against another country so you know apple will lose out on this the same way facebook is going to lose out twitter is going to lose credibility over its branding policy and russian affiliated media these companies will make the call are they going to stand up to what they originally claimed to be about which is free speech and free information or are they going to buckle under political pressure as part of your political wars or go informat