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International pressure is growing on russia after germany said it has unequivocal proof that russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned with another chuck nerve agent there berlin hospital thats treating him says his condition is gradually improving but its too soon to predict the long term effects novacek is a group of chemical weapons which was developed by the soviet military in the 19 seventys and eightys the word of a chalk is russian for a new comer like other nerve agents it blocks messages from nerves to muscles shutting down bodily functions but not chunks are designed to be more toxic and some can take a few. Back in 30 seconds russia was accused of using of a child to poison a former spy said and his daughter 2 years ago in the brochure city of salzburg or german chancellor Angela Merkel says that ali is the victim of a murder attempt and russia must answer difficult questions the white house has called the use of novacek completely reprehensible while the European Union says those responsible must be brought to justice that has more rather what sort of should be done such as not the girls of which you alexina valmy in a video filmed in the siberian city of novosibirsk days before he collapsed on a flight to moscow now the German Government says tests carried out in a military laboratory have produced unequivocal proof the russian Opposition Leader was poisoned with a nerve agent joke and chancellor merkel says it was attempted murder alexina by any thoughtful and supplications annexing of all me is the victim of a crime he was meant to be silenced and i condemn this in the shop as possible manner in the name of the entire German Government. Germanys foreign minister heiko mass has summoned the Russian Ambassador saying its urgent that those responsible in russia be identified and brought to justice novell ne whos 44. 00 was airlifted to germany late last month 2 days after being taken to a hospital in the siberian city of on sc the Charity Hospital in berlin says hes still on a respirator in intensive care and although the symptoms of his poisoning are declining it cant rule out long term consequences nobby chalk is a group of soviet era nerve agent such as the substance used to poison the former russian spy sergei script powell and his daughter in england in 2018 they survived but a member of the public dawn sturgis died after handling a discarded bottle containing novacek on wednesday the kremlin said russia was ready to cooperate fully with germany over novell nice case but his long Time Strategy is learned volkoff says it was clearly an action carried out on behalf of president Vladimir Putin he tweeted in 2020 poisoning of valmy with novacek is exactly the same as leaving an autograph at the crime scene like this chancellor merkel says germany will update its European Union and nato partners about the results of its investigation how the west reacts could depend on whether Russia Office any cooperation something thats not been forthcoming in the past nadine barber al jazeera. Alexandrescu one of each got forward in moscow has more now on the russian reaction to germanys revelation. Even though they said theyre ready to fully cooperate with the inst instigation meaning that they also want exchange of information so that it goes both ways to have access to the german findings the same time they are saying that these statements are not supported with proofs we heard that from minister of Foreign Affairs of russia saying abed the german the Russian Ambassador in germany asked for the some proofs or to be shown something and didnt get any now the press secretary of russian president Vladimir Putin made up a score of said that he cannot edit this moment give response with competence pointing out that russia did not receive the official rate to reply to their request and the request was actually to german Prosecutor Generals Office to supply them with all the analysis all the findings concerning alexina riley and his health from the moment he left the hospital in siberia and town of homs furthermore what we are seeing now is something that we did see in the sleep by the case and that is with the ministry of Foreign Affairs of russia saying that they allow for the possibility that this whole situation is in order to give reasons for response measures of some sort that are already prepared though so that this is a political and politicized question whilst it should be purely medical. 3 they called it a bullhorn diplomacy a kind of visit regarding the official channels that exist for handling such such situation pointing that it should be the doctors saying this and not the chancellor of germany or politicians so they are expressing about that this all might not be true. Well Natalie Arnaud is the president of the Free Russian Foundation an organization that represents the russian diaspora and informs us policymakers on the situation in russia she joins us now via skype from washington d. C. Madam thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera so weve been hearing at the germans a saying they have unequivocal proof that election of on the was indeed poisoned with another chalk nor avenge agent 1st of all your reaction to this and also what is the significance do you think that was used what do you read into it. Well have course of action is what i would reach. Just very upset about everything on what was today who are going to new off for some time because again. Theres there was initial reaction that its might be alone in terms of it just today as you said special minute that it. Was a german army are certified as organization for provision of chemical weapons come from to this poison is blown into a tsunami talk family and. What also re understand that its not. Its a very typical and one more favorite tool of the up which is that you seem to use it against its critics and because of merely long least of it if people are poisoned to do it in the produce regime and even looks in a rally himself its not like the 1st attack on him and for example our Vice President what democrat and what is our he was poisoned twice in 201520178 was a miracle that he survived and he seemed to some of it very similar to what it was experience and theres been a bit of an International Outcry over they say the European Union says those responsible responsible must be brought to justice even the white house and we know President Trump has often seemed quite close to the mayor putin even theyve said the use of novacek is completely reprehensible Angela Merkel says russia must answer difficult questions but it doesnt seem like russia is going to engage on any level if we judge it on the reaction weve had from the government so where do you see this leading when it comes to any kind of International Action against this. Again its not a red line that it cant be crossed there and 21st century its like absolutely unacceptable to behave like that but at the same time we know or hologram and react to the fact that if you sell some bunch make them very very brazen and make them behave like that. So again its up to the International Community right now to stand up and to do something to sanction all those who are imposed in the mix in iran is poisoning again its not the 1st time are there are many critics so far which is. Where. The murder and again and so cannot be tolerated and the russian violates all possible International Treaties and agreements for so many years now and one of them do so on the chemical weapons and maybe chocolate was a least it will go at least at. Least last year or so again its allies are growing lucian and i mean eventually these red lines and of course you know the number chalky use makes people think of the. Poisoning of the script was that happened on british soil this of course happened in russia i mean presumably the russians that the sara lee have to send the valley a to germany so what do you make of all of those events the fact that the valley certainly was poisoned whether of by in russia but then was sent to germany from a kremlin point of view how do you interpret those actions. I doesnt matter for the grammar and whereas if opponents do it inside rushes or do it outside again as i said at least its very long we all remember on the political off go who was murdered with gunshots yes cry at least a murderer she was poisoned on the flight. Which was covering up. Again as a poison polonium but was it was used again on but it just oil in 2006. 120. 00 and off. As i said letting the can was the Vice President he was poison for i saw that it was the love member of pussy riot he was poison to 2 years ago and he was treated in the german clinic the same clinic whenever one is now at least a few of them its not on the boys an ng of course its a gunshot just like we saw who was murdered as a crammed in 2015 there are many as. A murderous and that thems to murder all over the world just the International Community should name things as they always do Kremlin Putin himself hes a criminal and. Jims rational shouldnt be mean though if it violates all this International Agreements it shouldnt be in the g 20 it shouldnt be it should be an outcast basically and that early on a president of the free russian a foundation that im think you for sharing your views with us much. 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Federal budget deficit is projected to hit a record 3. 00 trillion dollars due to the covert 1000. 00 outbreak and the recession triggered by the pandemic thats more than triple the 2001000 shortfall and doubled the worst level during the 2008 economic crisis now according to the new estimates us that levels will surpass the size of the American Economy next year well despite those numbers President Trump has been celebrating the valley jones industrial closing just above 29000 points he added youre so lucky to have me as your president with joe biden 8 would crash course all of that in a tweet well peder that cost a Senior Reporter at Market News International joins us now via skype from washington d. C. Thank you for joining us here on aljazeera so what do you make of those numbers. Well just as we should the president should not be celebrating the stock market highs as anything broad based because Stock Ownership is so concentrated at the very wealthiest part of the economy we should also not be begrudging a large budget deficit at a time when were basically at war if not at war you know in a real war or with a virus and so its no surprise that were talking about spending levels that are going back to the spending budget comparisons that are going back to world war 2 because it really is a war like effort in terms of the amount of spending thats required to deal with the repercussions of this endemic both in terms of the Public Health aspect as well as the economic downturn everybody is saying that actually the projections in april had been even worse for about 3. 00 trillion dollars so i guess this in a sense isnt really a surprise thats right its not a surprise in in a way the improvement is not an improvement because you know a budget deficit improvement might sound good but where youre talking about in in the Current Situation is spending on very basic essential things like you know from loans to Small Businesses to extended Unemployment Benefits for people who really need them and so you know the flip side of that smaller number is the fact that congressional inaction has led to an absence of really a 2nd fiscal package that weve seen thus far and ok so i mean its obviously an enormous number of how does the country get out of that kind of. Budget deficit and crucially how long would it take. Well then the interesting thing about budget deficits is that people tend to compare them to the household and it tends to its very confusing because households need to pay their bills on a merge sure shorter term horizon than countries especially the United States which has a reserve currency we can afford to run a budget deficit for a long time and so the way you get out of the budget deficit is actually by growing you know by expanding Economic Growth in the way you expand Economic Growth in a recession is by spending more money than quote unquote you have in the bank and so it really makes a whole lot of sense for the u. S. Government to be expanding the budget deficit at this time the issue becomes of course how you spend that money because the deficit is just an allocation of money to be spent and of course theres a huge difference on whether you spend it on tax cuts for the wealthy or extended you know Unemployment Benefits for those who really need it so how the money spent is what really matters in the app political decisions there and of course you know the u. S. Is 2 months away from an election that what impact do you think that these numbers will have politically on either side the interesting part is that while the numbers might play badly a large budget deficit might play badly for the sitting president in normal times it would also be political. Suicide for democrats to begrudge donald trump for his deficits given that if he comes into power joe biden is going to have to extend those deficits so i think that neutralizes the potential that the budget deficit itself will become an issue i think the bigger issue will become who is best positioned to turn the economy around americans are truly hurting millions of people tens of millions really are out of a job businesses are closing every day and so its really going to be about you know whos best position to turn that around that are the cost the Senior Reporter and markets News International always good to talk to you thank you thank you so much. Well staying in the u. S. Midwest the states are experiencing a surge in covert 1000. 00 cases going against the general down war of the trend across the country the states include south dakota where the city of sturgis drew criticism last month for hosting its annual motorcycle rally drawing tens of thousands of bikers from across the u. S. 263 cases and 12 states have been linked to that event alone Health Professionals say the outbreak hot spots are moving from the big cities to the less densely populated heart of the country. Democratic president ial challenger joe biden is trying to focus attention on Donald Trumps handling of the coronavirus outbreak hes attended a Campaign Event in his home town on how to safely reopen the countrys schools millions of students are now starting a new school year in the same way they finished the last one at home at home parents are doing their best but more and more were were finding themselves at wits end struggling to balance work and child care and education duties educational duties mr president were you were are you why arent you working on these we need Emergency Support funding for schools and we need it now. So president thats your job thats your job. Well meanwhile donald trump has been in the battleground state of north carolina. Where he has declared the port city of wilmington a war old war 2 Heritage City it comes a day after he visited cannot share in wisconsin to show his support for police after the shooting of jacob blake ignoring pleas from local officials to stay away. And the u. S. State Department Says its suspending summing to ethiopia because of the lack of progress in its talks over the run a sense dam project this is friendship it was described as a temporary pause and it hasnt been revealed how much money will actually be held the decision was based on guidance from President Trump because of ethiopias decision to begin filling the dam before reaching an agreement with egypt and so that. And the u. S. Is imposing sanctions on the Int