Americans are desperate for an alternative to the 2 main runners and the countrys 2 party system. Youre watching R T International coming to you live straight from the russian capital welcome to the program. We start with some breaking news germany has said a russian opposition figure had an accent on the was poisoned with a nerve agent known as noted chuck a German Government spokesperson said the conclusion was based on test results from a military lab of only is currently in a coma and a berlin hospital after being airlifted from russia almost 2 weeks ago the kremlin is saying its received no communication from berlin on the findings. Lets cross live to our teams peter all over it for the details tell us more about the announcement coming from the German Government. Yes stefans i bet whos the main Spokes Person for the German Government basically the voice of uncle merkel on almost all issues he issued a statement on behalf of the government saying that alexei in the valley had been poisoned using a new agent from the nova chalk family thats according to tests that were carried out by a German Military laboratory a special aboard 3 of the German Armed Forces carried out a toxic logical task on samples taken from alexina and found an equivocal proof of poisoning with a chemical nerve agent from the navi trunk group the federal government condemned this attack in the strongest possible terms. Well the bundeswehr institute which carried out these tests is certified by the o. P. C. W. The organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and its from tests that are being carried out in that lab that mr burt went on to say that there was an equivocal proof this is far as germany was concerned alexina valley had been poisoned with a nerve agent now weve also heard in the last 20 minutes or so from the German Foreign minister who said that how russia behaves will be decisive a factor in the response will be a decisive factor in the response that comes from from germany and from the e. U. And from nato who we also understand germany is currently sharing all this information with them preparing them for making a joint statement the foreign minister also said that the Russian Ambassador to germany who was summoned to the German Foreign ministry had been unmistakably informed by the German Foreign office that a full investigation was needed alexina valleys being here in germany for 2 weeks that was after he took violently ill on a flight from siberia to get to moscow now while he was on the plane he could be heard in clear distress as paramedics arrived to take him 1st to a hospital in the city of on. The. Well he was later transferred here its a bird lynn after his supporters chartered a special military special medical i beg your pardon plane in order to bring him to the shot at a hospital where hes been in a need in juiced coma while hes receiving treatment and tests are being carried out now the use of the novacek by the German Government sends us all back of course to to march 28th seen and the case involving gay and yearly ascript powell in sols bria in the United Kingdom then when there was talk of another chalk we saw places been cordoned off hazmat suits being worn by those who were investigating and people who had come into contact with both either. Being tested to see if they had any traces does not mean that this happened so far with regards to alexis. He has been under very intensive medical care but we certainly havent seen anything like that so far what we saw back in salzburg and 2018 last time of course we heard the chalk being mentioned peter tells what the response from moscow has been to this statement coming from germany. Or from the kremlin to me to the press corps the kremlin Spokes Person a said that theyve had no contact with berlin following this news breaking he said that to the press just around the now just over an under an hour ago however we will be expecting more from from moscow particularly that we know that the Russian Ambassador. Has been well in for a fairly short meeting with the Foreign Ministry here in berlin will be expecting the Russian Ambassador to relate that information on to moscow as we well catch up on what is a say a very developing story a breaking story we are expecting to hear as well from german chancellor Angela Merkel in around half an hour or so so shell be adding her voice too to the information we have so far in the ongoing case surrounding what happened to alexei navalny. Peter will of course becoming back to you after that does take place thank you for that report. Right from live analysis were going to cross to independent journalist martin summers for more on this as weve been hearing moscow is saying they didnt have any communication before this statement came out by berlin do you think thats normal is there anything strange about that. Well the whole thing is very strange isnt it as with the script of i mean not be charged as i understand it is a very dangerous substance the sort of substance that kills loads of people its not used in general for individual assassinations its military great supposedly which kills lots of people so you expected it the whole. Possibly the whole earth population soulsby should have died if not which it was in book then of course the are a lot of questions about what really happened there. Theres also the other possibility that there was some possible poisoning going on here but then the question is will whos poisoned him and why. I think the you know youve got to ask the question why would it be in the interests of the russian state to poison the alexina valmy like this and especially if they were going to poison him for him not to die similarly to the earths crippled case so there is lots of questions to be answered here and i think weve also got to recognize that western Intelligence Services and military are not entirely to be trusted when they say things moscow has requested full information on the army as a result do you think that the German Government is going to be willing to share that information. Well i mean the British Government didnt share much information with the German Government or the scriptural business and earn youve got to recognize that there is an Ongoing Campaign to under morning normal relations between russia and the west its called operation beluga we know its called that because paul burrell the french antiterrorist squad officer who was part of bora bora spy result skis security detail has told us that what the name of the operations are and of course their result ski died in very mysterious circumstances in britain in 2013 where he supposedly committed suicide by hanging when hes his security people have disappeared for the afternoon but the coroner in sorry decided that in fact he wasnt going to give a verdict of death by suicide now youd have thought that the western media would have picked to be immediately on that and said here is more of mr putins political opponents hes died in mysterious circumstances in surgery whats going on here but none of that was done because the state in britain took the view that he had committed suicide even though the coroner disagreed and of course the family of the results are fairly convinced that he was murdered by the British Intelligence has and people say that the west doesnt do things like that and i think thats part of the circularity of the arguments we get into here because western Public Opinion is convinced that their own Intelligence Services are squeaky clean them and anything bad happens it must be the russians because we all know theyre bad guys and they do but stuff but its all part of an Ongoing Program to make life difficult for those who would like to have normal relations between the west and russia. Theres also the fact that these findings come despite the conclusions of russian doctors and square it on there was before he was transferred to berlin saying that he was not poisoned that they ran tests and they came back negative and its actually been almost 2 weeks since he was flown to berlin is that surprising that its taken germany this long to detect know which of it is isnt it and its also a military a military organization which has come forward with the information not civilian doctors now youve got to recognize i think of the watches of the of this show that this anything is possible dont presume immediately that you know what happened and keep an open mind the German Government spokesperson condemned the alleged poisoning as an astounding act and said that berlin is going to consult with the e. U. And nato on a joint response how far can this escalate. Well its called i mean if they take the view that its definitely a russian policing youve got to ask the question will whod who did point in because it could actually deep somebody results are all but of course the political effects are obvious it makes it virtually impossible for a new president of the United States for example to talk in a reasonable tone of voice to russia and that of course its various interests in the west the military Industrial Complex in the west the same people that will announce the military lab which has found this socalled knowledge of. Independent journalist martin summers thank you for your time and your comments for. A trial relating to the 2815 paris terrorist attacks got underway on wednesday 14 people stand accused of involvement in the wave of terror that shook the french capital 5 years ago the satirical magazine charlie abdo was one of the main targets of the attacks alongside a jewish supermarket or to charlotte reports from paris. Well Charlie Hebdo is back in the spotlight here in france and thats because as that trial is underway that important trial its decided to take a Bold Decision according to some some of described it perhaps as being more idiotic and that is to republic some of its most controversial cartoons which depict the prophet mohammed the muslim prophet now it was those types of cartoons that were published by the magazine that initially put a target on its back and led to that attack back in 2015 in which 12 people were murdered now back then the world came out in support singhs use 3 sharlee saying they supported the right of the magazine its freedom of speech to publish cartoons like that but by republishing these cartoons again today a montage of them it has reignited the debate here in france over whether or not its ok to blast fim now there has been some polls done with the news that Charlie Hebdo was reprinting some of those cartoons and its really interesting the results that have come out this is a poll thats been done by the French Institute of Public Opinion now it found when it asked the french people in general what they thought was this the right thing to do and that the majority of people supported the decision supported the freedom of speech of Charlie Hebdo but when you narrow that field down and only asked that question to french muslims there was a very different response was 69 percent responding that they didnt think it was right to publish those cartoons in the 1st place now everybody seems to be getting involved in this issue from the president right the way across through social media everybody has an opinion and those opinions are polarized there isnt from a freedom to blast fim which is attached to freedom of conscience im here to protect all these freedoms why would you allow a publication to wreck your kid. Trees harmony all i see these games this is not freedom of speech this is disrespect in the sentiments of all the muslims around the world still pined in behind freedom of speech it doesnt give people the right to say whatever they want to choose decency and their ticket so freedom of speech will again be used as an excuse to hurt muslim sentiments and our beliefs and while we condemn these actions openly vehemently no heed will be paid because who cares about muslim sentiments anyway now this trial is hugely important not just because its about the attacks on Charlie Hebdo but its also about the attacks that took place a few days later on a kosher supermarket here in paris where more people were killed and what the National Anti terror prosecutor here in france i said while this might not be about the men that carried out those attacks because they are dead this is about that wider web of individuals who supported them who perhaps finance them or shielded them in the aftermath of those attacks and this also comes as font says interior minister warns that while this trial is about the historical event an event that is still something that is poignant in french memory there is also something that we must remember he talked about and that is the fact that there is still a huge threat of terror here in france it is the internal threat within our walls which has become the most significant and the strongest one which mobilizes the most attention of the Intelligence Services are now also talked about more than 8000. 00 individuals still being on a french database of suspected islam ists that could potentially pose a Security Threat here in france and he said that their full attention was needed on those individuals talking about the resilience of networks such as Islamic State and he also mentioned the number all. Of individuals in prison that are connected to islam is threats and talked about the verticalization in prisons he said that the majority of those individuals who were radicalized in prisons have then gone on to commit their own terror offenses when theyve been released now the trial is about those 2 massacres that surely abdo and the kosher supermarket in paris and they heralded in a new wave of terror that has and compassed france now for more than 5 years. Thanks. Carol so while many people thought the focus would be on the trial starting in paris many people are now looking at what Charlie Hebdo has done with the republic ation of those controversial satirical cartoons of the muslim prophet mohammed with many people questioning whether this was the right decision was this about sort of standing up for freedom of speech was this about remembering those who was slain at its offices or is this something that could really radicalize islamists across the world and incite a new wave of terror we spoke with french publisher and journalist american man he believes that some of those defending the magazine have gone too far is horrible although. There was such a reaction of horror of that as some people have lost their heads which unfortunately is attributed to the politics of terror but thought for example there was a fashionable journalist who said this at this moment those who are not surely must be punished. But im sorry but just because i think i find these attacks horrible doesnt mean that i have to i dont find myself with the newspapers whose political life i have never appreciated and we know where this hatred and contempt have led and the worst thing in france would be in the name of defending freedom of expression freedom of speech we allowed ourselves to be drawn into a war of civilization which would claim of all victims can assure you. Or anyone just now tuning in heres a quick recap of our breaking news here on r. T. E. Germany has said russian opposition figure had an exchange of on the it was poisoned with the nerve agent known as no but chuck a German Government spokesperson said the conclusion was based on test results from a military lab he described the attack on of on the as an astounding act and demanded an explanation from moscow although the kremlin is saying its received no communication from berlin on the findings and russian prosecutors have just sent a request to germany for for information on the test results of on the is currently in a coma in a berlin hospital after being airlifted from russia 2 weeks ago well more on that along with your other Headline News after this short break. Throughout its history just how does this with the selfproclaimed Islamic State terrorist group of a group set up 230000 following us from all over the world to fight for. Equal in more. Sounds of russian citizens left their country to join the terrorists often bringing wives and children with them. On the. Well. You see that as a you could move. To the moon hundreds of children and widows were to disappear. In russia childrens families willing to. Welcome back to the Program Donald Trump has ignored calls to stay away from the violence stricken city of can osha arriving on tuesday he praised at the police his visit has aggravated tensions between Trump Supporters and black lines matter protesters inertia is the latest u. S. Hot spot for rallies against racism and Police Brutality thats after a black man was shot several times in the back by officers last month 2 people were killed in the protests that followed the shooting with the city suffering massive damage to personal property and businesses however when asked the u. S. President said Police Violence is not systemic. I think the police to an incredible job. A