A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow lets get started with your life news update. Russias foreign minister has urged germany to provide whatever information that has on the alleged poisoning of onyx in the mali the russian opposition activist has been in hospital in berlin for almost 3 weeks and recently emerged from a coma. Stress that berlin has an obligation to hand over data on the case. But still you said go minute you want to the german representative to the u. N. Said the data 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 i hope that germany in keeping with its reputation for punctuality will fulfill its obligations under the agreement with russia in the interests of our german colleagues we urge them to provide all necessary information which might in any way shed light on the absolutely unfounded accusations. And moscow are both demanding answers germany says d its passed on all its information on the only case to the Global Chemical weapons watchdog although russia who is a member of the episode says its received nothing yet meanwhile russias envoy to the un has responded to calls by western powers for a wide ranging probe these call uses them cannot but raise questions well so boldly being speech we hear what statements formal and what measures are being mentioned discussed or in what these leaders leads us to only would will review article question legions forced in search situations weve won you trace it erk we progress who is to benefit from this the one that one if you demand the explanations will deflect from the table and well compare notes one should with the last elite geishas uncorroborated by evidence even this is as you see me your reasonable. Move on then fell into a coma on a flight to moscow to last month his plane made an Emergency Landing in siberia where he was initially treated doctors there attributed his illness to a metabolic disorder of although it was eventually airlifted to berlin for treatment not once he was there germany and mounts that he had been poisoned with a chemical from the chemical agent from the know which a group of substances doctors say the opposition figures condition is improving and he is responding to speech meanwhile senior politicians and berlin are piling pressure on the government to pull out of the nord stream to project over the of all the case the major gas pipeline connecting russia to germany is due to be ready by the end of the gear but the head of the german Parliaments Energy Committee believes that banning it now would be a disaster. Correct not stream to is not putins project it involves a large number of European Companies and its designed to ensure the security if europes gas supply to question this project now is to shoot ourselves in the foot it is certainly not in the interests of germany or europe if there is a decision to end the project companies will be able to sue those who made the decision in this case the German Government and of course it will affect gas prices it must be clearly understood that this is not a game that the pressure coming from the us is already enough in my view so we are strongly resisting the american sanctions that have been imposed on companies and individuals involved in the pipeline construction this is against International Law and we dont accept it i can see that many people who might not have fully understood the story thinking now will show them but i think its completely wrong 1st of all we need to establish what really happened because i dont think germany knows i think we should respond appropriately to the russians request for Legal Assistance we obviously received such a request but according to the russians it is so for going on says. Berlin is now defending the involvement of an entire military alliance in the its and after nato demanded an international response. The question. How does this all apply to. Me we should address this question their motivation to need to itself we have always had that as a violation of the convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons this keys concerns all the e. U. And us needle as well. Over children had to be brought in and was brought in for the sake of making this international issue. But if you. Understand the changes to the to understanding of the possible cynical motivations of chancellor merkel because it puts the context of. The 1st year political dynamics in france and germany and between germany the baltic states. And there were. All of these issues on. The piece the central country is rushing. Around 13000. 00 migrants have been left without shelter after europes biggest refugee camp on the greek island of lesbos burned to the ground the facility was severely overcrowded but the greek government has said those displaced by the blaze will not be allowed on to the mainland locals do not want the camp rebuilt either theyve really to block heavy machinery from entering the site as well as trying to stop former camp residents from breaching the islands capital Rights Groups warn they were also prevented from delivering aid to the migrants it all comes as some doubt the ability to provide any Real Solutions to the crisis as our europe correspondent peter all very explains. Sawzall left without shelter described as a humanitarian disaster by politicians when it comes to who is responsible for the fire at the morea refugee camp the greek government is blaming the refugees got the introduction im going to get everything points to the fact that the fire was started as a result of the dissatisfaction of some guests of the morea center due to the necessary isolation however those who have been watching the situation on less forced to tear erate say it encapsulates the failure of the e. U. Migration policy. The european idea has gone up in flames European Values of a community of solidarity standing for peace and human rights and meant to fight against National Attitudes im racism and hatred of others the blaze in moria has focused the attention of the e. U. Leaders back home to the plight of migrants stranded on the greek islands with many pledging to help asons which is sent ships of its own so how was the displaced our top priority has to be immediate and collective. Shares to provide shelter to those who need it and then to restore as soon as possible public order in the island so that is. No contacts with the e. U. Member states have led him countries participating in the transfer of unaccompanied minors most of these 400 miners will be taken in by germany and france. People in moria need help immediately the german Civil Protection service is travelling to greece the 1st delivery with aid will include tents and cam batts to attend to the neediest the foreign ministries initially allocating 3000000 euro talk of solidarity is all well and good but its the same message weve heard since 2050 its time to say some for action. Still looking the other way the lives of 13000 people are in danger due to the fire that destroyed the refugee camp in moria the e. U. Must act now to relocate people that need protection lets put into practice the solidarity that we preach here in germany theres been a chorus of voices calling for more help for the thousands of people seemingly abandoned in the camps. By me. And i mean. There have been attempts to make the situation better cash is being slowed at the problem and also has to take some migrants to all the Member States in the e. U. Being welcomed but its not enough to make a real difference so the e. U. States want to see an overhaul of the system to make it mandatory that those seeking asylum in the e. U. Be shared among e. U. Nations however thats face stiff opposition from poland and hungary the world and to tame the idea the focus of attention is back on asylum applicants and the competition in which they live because of this fire in morea whether docked attention turns into genuine action all only goes as far as calls for solidarity thats down to e. U. Leaders all over r. T. The global migration and displacement lead at the red cross says the e. U. Must step in to avert a humanitarian crisis. Weve been calling on on all actors all stakeholders and including of course that you use your member stated to to support her and reason in finding a solution to what is in reality a problem that has been going on for far too long what were asking is that you were allowed to walk to the madman today i want to be accommodated in a safe location as much as possible and that particularly around the most vulnerable such as a high number or got an account when a minor i mean what we would like to see is there european states Member States from the e. U. They are providing a more solidarity and support to the greek authorities and exploring opportunities affordably locational on the most vulnerable global news update continues after this short break. Or. I refuse to be on the side of people who want to take up going to kill each other i want to stay home work intellectuals are always there and i think for the sheets theyre all well no to violence no to bloodshed yes to think. 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Welcome back although in years past a bill urging world powers to recognize a belarus Opposition Leader as the rightful president thats after a month of violent unrest in the country following Alexander Lukashenko contested election victory the Lithuanian Parliament calls on the International Community to support the demand from state law on a 2nd of ska the leader elected by the belorussian people and from the Coordination Council established as her invitation as the only legitimate representatives of the belorussian people for holding new transparent and democratic president ial and parliamentary elections we call on the International Community to consider any domestic or Foreign Policy action by the illegitimate leader of bully or use Alexander Lukashenko aimed at legitimizing his power and concluding new agreements with russia which restrict the sovereignty of the belarusian people to be a crime against his people but the way mia becomes the 1st country to recognize her as a leader she led her homeland for the way after the august election to join her children and she has made several video appeals to the International Community to help force look out and as she put it set up democracy and deloris who has now slapped sanctions on the countrys officials over alleged Election Fraud as well as violence against protesters brussels added that it does not agree with the outcome of the vote. We do not recognize him as the legitimate president nor do we recognize Nicolas Maduro from this point of view. Or in exactly the same situation we do not recognize that they have been legitimately chosen however whether we like it or not they control the government and we have to continue dealing with them despite not recognizing their democratic legitimacy. Mass rallies against local shango are continuing and belarus for a 4th a week since the disputed vote violence broke out against protesters after the count was announced on august the 9th when longtime president Alexander Lukashenko was handed another 5 years in Office Although initially marred by clashes and Police Brutality the demonstrations are not largely peaceful. Political analysts or inner office believes lithuania would not have made its declaration in support of. Without the backing of larger powers. Its a signal that is being shown to look i think go. Show that there are forces major forces Political Forces behind lithuania because little you know wouldnt take such a measure which is illegitimate according to International Law if there was no support by the European Union or who knows it states and i see this as. Not too intelligent step by lithuania its too blunt because it shows clearly that the situation in. Belarus is not only divided one side is also in danger of being taken over by external interests therefore i see it in political terms and not in terms of elections in minsk. France has set a grim coronavirus Daily Record Health authority has reported 9843. 00 new confirmed covert 1000. 00 cases on thursday the most since the start of the outbreak 20 new diagnostic centers are open in the paris region as soaring public demand for tests but huge pressure on Health Facilities child dubinsky reports from the french capital. I mean the scramble to get ahead of the curve the french government promised 1000000 tests would take place weekly by september and by hook or by crook it has succeeded in doing just that this is just one facility but people can get tested for coping 19 so much so you get 20 new Testing Centers for the virus to open here in the paris region but the clamor for covert testing has caused other problems Testing Centers are apparently struggling to deal with the volume of people wanting to find out if they happen it there are delays in getting access to the board treating choose it as in paris and elsewhere right now is taking an average of 3 and a half days to get tested the French Health minister hitting on quite a Crucial Point to kill you is like this which are not uncommon could contain some people who are infected and indeed contagious the person the symptoms and who may have been in contact with an infected individual has to be tested urgently they must not be turned away from a laboratory because there is no the ability we have to work for months because its not acceptable to options today to get tested wait 7 days for an appointment in a lab wait for hours and centrally on standing under the hot sun i tried the 2nd option but with a 39 degree fever i did not last long i called the labs of raw no places for 7 days plus 5 days to get the results or wait in line for 2 hours while sick and with no Energy Question is a test still relevant if done 7 days after symptoms start while standing in a queue for hours and may be frustrating whats perhaps frustrating people even more are the delays in getting their results people are threatening to sue us because they missed their plane because of the delays in the tests we work like crazy. Everyone is on happy delays could also mean that even if you tested negative for crude 19 while waiting for the result you could have contract it but this is not just a problem here in france across the English Channel they are also struggling the Health Minister very though has pointed the finger of blame on people who are symptomatic. Unless you. Actually. Test. For a test on the flip side some are suggesting the volume of test taking place in countries like france even more than a 1000000 a week still isnt enough they are doing 1000000. 00 per week thats not so much for a country of 67000000. 00 people and also well they are doing it personally so theres no logic theres no strategy and thats not good but if the abortion results already under the cosh wouldnt 10 times the number of tests cause. Of headache there is a way around this though Rapid Testing delivered in that than half an hour which is available at some pharmacies for a fee problem is these new tests a scene is being less reliable leaving some even more confused about what to do than ever. R. T. Paris. Theres been shock at tech giant amazons decision to appoint to its board the former head of the n. S. A. Spy agency slammed for illegal mass surveillance of americans whistleblower Edward Snowden who expose the National Security agencys unlawful bulk collection of americans phone records is raising the alarm over the appointment of Keith Alexander. It turns out hey alexy is short for hey Keith Alexander yes the Keith Alexander personally responsible for the mass surveillance programs the caused global scandal and Amazon Web Services has 6 percent of all web sites alexander was n. S. A. Director in 2013 when snowden leaks thousands of documents exposing the illegal wiretapping and Data Collection programs and santa became notorious for his phrase to collect and tag it all in collect to monitor and store all forms of human communication for the u. S. Spy Agency Human Rights lawyer dan kadlec says amazon wants his knowledge on how to snoop on and influence peoples voting decisions through the Virtual Assistant i would assume they picked him for his expertise and that is his ability to gather. Intelligence from people in this case presumably through 1 you know amazons. Mechanism you know its a lash up box if you have one of those alexa devices in your house that came in and listen into conversations that are based on those conversations devise what types of products it believes you want and you will receive advertising for those products maybe amazon wants to gather information on peoples political inclinations and what could move them to vote in a certain way sure sadly i dont see it provoking outrage amongst most people again i think most people. In america are used to the idea that theyre being spied on in different ways i think theyre used to it theyre not particularly upset or rich which is troubling but that is my sense of things. They do is threatening legal action against britain if it goes ahead with a bill to override the brics a divorce treaty london issued an Immediate Response insisting it wont drop this new legislation despite early admissions that it breaks International Law are to shoddy edwards explains. The British Government is trying to reinterpret the special arrangements made for Northern Ireland in the Withdrawal Agreement the e. U. Would essentially say its as if the u. K. Is trying to rip up the Withdrawal Agreement that the u. K. And the e. U. Spent so long trying to rectify and in turn the e. U. Is saying to the u. K. You have a 20 day deadline to completely u. Turn on this the Withdrawal Agreement contains number of mechanisms the legal remedies to jens mileage and so the legal obligations contained in the text which the European Union will not be shy in using for the e. U. Its almost its Worst Nightmare they say the u. K. Has totally broken violated International Law theyve also broken trust and also risks the future relationship with the e. U. To now its all about the u. K. Deciding as i say to try and reinterpret this special arrangement made for Northern Ireland almost essentially saying that ministers in essence can export declarations of goods from britain to you know of the nile and while that might seem like a nice option on paper even the United Kingdom is admitting it is a violation. In a very specific limited boy. Power to disappoint your concept. Required by School Forward a certain very tort reform so whos going to say weve also got a government response as well to the e. U. They would argue that the internal market bill is in good faith they argue its designed to try and unify the u. K. s 4 nations and therefore that is the crux of why theyre trying to get this bill forward next week all m. P. s will be voting on it they say that it isnt there that maybe potentially that u. K. Is trying to apply a lot of pressure on to the European Union having said that its caused a huge huge uproar in many diplomatic circles and sending shock waves politically the strategy in behavior of the British Government was one of brinkmanship was one of threatening to crush you know if if you dont if we dont get to an agreement we might go on you thats. Sort of thing trust has been eroded. Tension has been created have been created and thats not conducive to solid because. We didnt want to deal with any cost we urge britain to work with us constructively inform compromises the interest of both sides any of them by britains on the moon the agreement would have serious consequences burning bridges with the European Union may not be that much of a surprise but this political stunt seems to have further consequences because now were hearing from across the pond the United States is warning london that if indeed this bill violates the good friday agreement well therell be no possibility of having a u. K. U. S. Trade deal but as far as trade talks go then between the u. K. And the e. U. Over the last few weeks over the summer theres been very very little wiggle room weve seen a complete stalemate position and of course this certain controversial political stunt from the u. K. Well only out fuel to the fire. People have died and hundreds were wounded after riots across colombia over a Police Killing in the capital footage has emerged of 46 year old javier or done years being tasered multiple times by officers following that incident his family claim he was further assaulted at a Police Station or during years died at a medical facility soon afterwards the officers who detain the victim have been suspended and police say the man was arrested for violating social distancing rules. The death toll from the unprecedented wildfires on the west coast of the u. S. Has reportedly risen to 15 dozens more are still missing and hundreds of homes have been destroyed at this point firefighters from around the country have been called in to help from the 4000000 acres of land have now been torched present trends approved in an emergency disaster declaration for oregon the state of washington and california are also badly affected. Thats been a rundown of the days top headlines for now but dont forget you can always had to our Website Party dot com for further details on all the stories. Was a pandemic no certainly no borders just blind to the nationalities. Has emerged with the we dont look like seeing the whole world needs to be. Judged as coming close to sleep this time to time so we can do better we should be. Everyone is contributing each of our own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges create the response has been much so many good people are helping us. It makes us feel very proud that were in it together. In this president ial election cycle both democrats and republicans claim to be tough on china but does that actually. What does the American Public really know about the china. On this edition of the program the attempt to separate its. Come to visionaries me so. In a divided world a Unifying Force is desperately needed are to play this role well to talk about this im joined by stars choreographer and human rights advocate. Bill t. Jones star cora refer we say were of the National Medal of arts and macarthur genius award human rights activists its really great to have you with us today hi bill. Hello hello. Great thank you very much for inviting me were really glad to have the hair because youre one of the rarest people that actually wanted to talk about war and talk about today and i want to ask you about just for a moment you introduce me as a human rights advocate and i take that to be the highest compliment and i dont think describes me i am a selfinvolved artist in ours who happens to be black in a racist country and i have been trying to make all of my life ive been tried to be true to the inside and find a way to speak to the outside i want to be a Global Citizen but im very much rooted in the American Experience so the reason i sound sometimes a public voice is all part of the poetry that asks the question is the public and the group and the personal one in the same so i appreciate the compliment of saying your social activists social activists get thrown in jail and shields for what they do nobody is the ruling a modern dancer in jail or chilling down in this country because of things i say so just to clarify that sure. I want to start of with a letter unjust is an open debate which you signed and implies that people today are presented with a false choice between justice and freedom now i understand here a strong supporter of what young people in america are standing for today on the streets what did you feel why did you feel compelled to lend your voice to a letter that hot or had might seem as an anti protest it meant. Yes well i thought that if that was the