The highest death toll in the world what does that mean for the president ial election just weeks away after this leaking oil tanker stranded off the coast of yemen could explode at any time and cause widespread devastation but the cleanup is blocked with the ship now in all getting chipped in the ongoing civil war. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program we begin with breaking news doctors treating the russian Opposition Leader of lexeme a volley after a poisoning say that he has been discharged from the hospital and berlin they say a full recovery may be possible now vali was airlifted to germany last month after becoming sick during a visit to siberia the german chancellor Angela Merkel has described the key. As attempted murder after a lab analysis showed that he was poisoned with a no he took nerve agent russia has said there is no evidence of a crime. Have you chief Political Editor michelle a standing by outside of the sharon tate hospital here in berlin where and of only was being treated so michelle what more has the hospital said. Well not that terribly much we got installments of news of his recovery over those 34 days he was in the charite clinic behind me and this morning we learned that he is well enough to have left the clinic is whereabouts is unclear at this very moment in time but that it was still unclear that press release says whats the long term effects of the poisoning will be in the u. S. And weve seen photographs. On these teen has posted them on instagram showing someone whos clearly showing the signs of a Severe Health problems and the big question now is what will never do next after his aides had indicated in recent days that he would be wanting to head back to russia that is one of the big looming questions will he go back to that country do we know though in the meantime does he plan to continue at least his medical treatment in germany. But there are very few details we have so far we simply dont know at this very moment in time that statement we saw this morning indicates that there are long term issues still to deal with the question is whether he will remain in germany to continue to be treated at the same time we saw his team being rather upbeat about progress in recent days and the question will be now what ever he does will also have a political fallout on relations between germany and russia and the e. U. And russia after german chancellor Angela Merkel just a few days after the arrived here and when the borah tree had clearly proven here in germany that the navi chalk nerve agent was to blame for the poisoning something that was developed in soviet era russia that there were questions to be answered by moscow and we have this continuing back and forth. Between moscow and berlin now with both sides accusing each other of withholding information indeed the germans have called for an investigation in russia the russians essentially slamming the door on that proposal mahela where do these diplomatic relations stand right now between the germans and the russians because theyve already strained going into this. They were and there seems to have been a focus now on that big project between germany and russia which is the north stream to pipeline which is deeply unpopular with the exception of very few european states. That had an exclusive interview with volkoff hes a key member of staff of alex a never who positioned himself against letting that project be used for sanctions or be terminated because he says that that is something that only strengthens putin back in russia to show that the west is alleges the against russia as a contrary and so the team around the valley is in favor of individual sanctions now the big question is how many how the European Union will continue on that road but we have over this very poisoning case. For the very 1st time question what implications this could have on the north to project t. J. You chief Political Editor michelle a question or reporting just outside of the Charity Hospital where we have heard doctors treating russian Opposition Leader alexina vul need they say he has been released. And lets take a look at some other stories making news around the world thousands have taken to the streets of vogue area for an Independence Day in march against the Government People gathered outside the parliament in sofia to demand the resignation of Prime Minister boyko parse off and his cabinet and accuse them of corruption and having links to all the car. And brazil flash floods have hit the city of Rio De Janeiro blocking roads and leaving cars stranded residents have been struggling to make their way through waterlogged streets after torrential rain hit neighborhoods to the south of the city. More than half of the pilot whales stuck in australias biggest stranding on record are believed to have died rescuers have been struggling to free the nearly 500. 00 novels beached off of tasmania the strands of pod was 1st believed to be about half the size before further aerial searches spotted another group are up around 200. 00 that were near i. Am more than 200000. 00 people in the United States have now died after contracting the corona virus it is the highest number for any country in the world even though the us accounts for only 4 percent of the global population and the capital washington of the u. S. House of representatives held a moment of silence for the victims led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi rise for a moment of silence to remember its of those more than 200000 americans who have passed away from the coburg 19 virus palosi has blamed the deaths on defense information and negligence in tackling the pandemic by the white house the President Trump insists that the u. S. Is rounding the corner in the pandemic a claim that he has been making from an artist who think their words are due to high death toll is putting his handling of coronavirus outbreak in the spotlight as he campaigns for a 2nd term in office about. Well we asked u. S. Citizens in the city of denver what they had to say about this tragic milestone or that other from other record hunger in the world could have in a sense of Public Health crisis. We have relieved. Remember the much smaller we think represent a good job i think that there is a story on the other side that wants to say how bad the scandal it but nobody knew where nobody knew where it was coming from in the beginning or what it was all about and amid the look of his handling of the pandemic President Trump has lashed out at china blaming it for the spreading of the virus trump went on the attack and a pre recorded message at the u. N. General assembly as the world body marks 75 years since its founding the actual gathering took place with coronavirus restrictions. Facemask some tight security at u. N. Headquarters even though the most distinguished guests joined by video link a precaution to avoid worsening the coronavirus pandemic that has already killed almost 1000000 people worldwide. To a half empty hole of socially distance u. N. Ambassadors u. N. Chief antonio terrace warned about tensions between the u. S. And china threatening to tear the organization and the world apart. The 5 or smell. Own world cannot afford a future where the 2 margins because the global are great fractions each with its own trading from actual rules of being to america about efficient intelligence capacity. Rescreen everything we would use the really very far and you must avoid at all costs. And the increasingly difficult relationship between the 2 superpowers was on show as soon as President Trumps prerecorded statement started rolling. To address the United Nations General Assembly 75 a us leaders said the u. N. Should hold beijing accountable for the covert 19 crisis. And trumped championed his policy of putting his countrys National Interests fast. As president i have rejected the failed approaches of the past and i have proudly putting america 1st just as you should be putting your countrys 1st with early voting for the u. S. President ial elections already underway in some u. S. States trump speech attacking china on trade in the environment was aimed as much at u. S. Voters as other world leaders. In contrast russias president putin and chinese president xi jinping struck an unusually conciliatory note they called for a Global Response to the coronavirus pandemic and more international cooperation. We should embrace the vision of a community with a shared future we should see each other as members of the same big family to see win win cooperation and not fall into the trap of a clash of civilisations. Critics would say chinas actions really reflect that stomps on the United Nations 75th anniversary unity is in short supply. And now fears are growing over the fate of an oil tanker that has been stranded off the coast of yemen for more than 5 years experts warn that the tanker mason break apart causing one of the Largest Oil Spills in living memory with devastating impacts on the environment and the economy but the vessel is being used as a bargaining chip in yemens ongoing civil war. From above its a pinprick in the waters off yemen but experts say this oil tanker is like a floating bomb the could go off at any moment the ship known as the f. S. A. Safe has been stranded off the countrys coast near the red Sea Oil Terminal the process is so in the port city of her data for more than 5 years since the start of the civil war. The fear is now that its cargo of more than 1000000 barrels of oil will spill into the sea the u. N. Is calling for urgent action. If it really goes so very very very deep at the growing list of such. A drop share or explored. Images such as these highlight what the International Community is concerned taken in 2019 they reveal how parts of the ship are rusting and corroded and in need of vital maintenance. To show that oil is already leaking from pipes on board. But this ship has become a bargaining chip the only going conflict between the rebels in yemen and the Saudi Led Coalition trying to defeat them. The tank is more close to an area controlled by rebel forces in july this year they agreed in principle to allow the u. N. To access the shift to carry out repairs and assess ways of securing the cargo. But despite the dire state of the vessel through these appear to 1st want guarantees that they own the oil on the ship only then it seems well they let inspections go ahead and avert a potential disaster. And earlier i spoke with doug weir policy director of the conflict and environment observatory about the potential scale of the disaster caused by the tanker think theres a whole range of scenarios never in the worst case average extension have a huge fire and catastrophic spill one of the issues of these tankers is that they need to be kept operational to pump gases into the storage tanks and helps to keep down the levels of these faults are gases which actually come off it will distort in that this vessel hasnt been doing that for years now Service Protection a very large border of explosive gases of the oil and obstacles a huge fire risk structurally the vessel is sitting in a hot she made climate on the salty sea water. So you can see from the outside an affair to have been released good evidence of corrosion without leaks reported in may this year so you know the potential is there for a spill of varying severity and this is 1140000 barrels of oil 4 times what was in the exxon doubt these its a somewhat different kind of oil but you know the potential is there for a massive spill that will not only have direct environmental effects knocking out coral reefs and mangroves fisheries it will also have knock on effects machine monetary. Systems programming yemen and also said lets take on a base and fisheries along the coast that was dug where policy director of the conflict and environment observatory some breaking news just coming in belarus is president Alexander Lukashenko has been a ruptly sworn in for his 6th term in office the inauguration was not announced in advance mass protests have of course rocked the country since last months just rocked a president ial vote the opposition in belarus says that that poll was raked the government has launched a crackdown on the protest movement Opposition Leaders in exile are calling for his resignation and new elections but in the meantime as we just reiterate he has reportedly been sworn in war and that the next bulletin but for now youre up to date. Go beyond any of this or that. Were all about the stories that matter to. Us. Whatever it takes. Our running now. You really know how her body double
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