Russian Opposition Leader like cinnabon he was poisoned by a nerve agent that belongs to the group comes to weeks after the activist fell ill on a flight to moscow before he was airlifted for treatment at a hospital in central berlin so lets go straight to berlin d the german capital of the peter oliver is based there and is following this story for us good morning peter we know at this point there has been a response from russia to those claims what russia had to say. Well russia has reacted to claims from germany that alexina valmy was poisoned with a novacek nerve agent both the Foreign Ministry in moscow and the embassy the Russian Embassy here in berlin have criticized the announcement. What we do but that only in liverpool if there is any day doubt we will work it there is no data there are only statements amounting to megaphone diplomacy because there voiced by a Foreign Ministry that many were waiting to hear what the doctors had to say diversion doctors in arms share their conclusions with the public and provided facts and data thats not something we see here the ambassador of the Russian Federation was invited to the Foreign Office and informed about the contents of the German Governments declaration in the socalled nevada only case however no fact based documents were given to the Ambassador Well chancellor Angela Merkel said that germany had clear and unambiguous evidence that a novacek nerve agent had been used to poison alexina volley this was after tests were carried out at the institute of military laboratory that certified by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the o p c w chancellor merkel said that this was an attempt to silence Alexei Navalny and it represented a crime against the values of society chancellor merkel and German Foreign minister heiko must also put out statements saying that they demand answers to what happened to Alexei Navalny. Since bush took to the informant soon it is obvious that one of the leading opposition figures in russia has been poisoned a specialist aboard 3 of the armed forces came to a clear conclusion and that i would say never in a was poisoned with a substance from the novacek hes the victim for crime someone tried to shut him up the aisle following up with the sleep we demand an investigation into the poisoning of aleksey now while we condemn this boys next and in the near future will hold consultations and how europe can adequately respond to it it will also depend on russias response to the case. Of peta theres been International Reaction coming in from other countries whats been said. Well chancellor merkel also pointed out that the eyes of the world were watching the case and not certainly being represented in what weve seen both leaders of the United Kingdom and e. U. Leaders voicing their concerns over the situation its outrageous that a chemical weapon was used against. We have seen 1st hand the deadly consequences of novacek in the u. K. The russian government must now explain what happens mr we will work with International Partners to ensure justice is done i was informed by chancellor merkel that russian Opposition Leader in a vase it was attacked i dunno the agent it is our country this is a despicable in cali act once again that the traitors need to be brought to justice. Conspicuous by his absence when it comes to International Reaction with u. S. President donald trump however his democratic opposition in the upcoming u. S. President ial elections joe biden did say that the lack of a response from President Trump showed that he was weak on russia something that biden promised he wouldnt be and that the case was just another example of that alexei the volley took ill 2 weeks ago on a flight from siberia to moscow hes been here in berlin since the 22nd of august doctors say that hes in no acute danger has no acute danger to his life but he remains in an induced coma at the shot at a hospital here in the german capital reporting live from berlin the southeast peter all of us thank you. And while many questions around election of on this poisoning remain unanswered western politicians have already put forward their version of events pointing the finger clearly at the russian government who are moscow says it had no response from berlin to any of its requests for information despite they say being fully ready to cooperate on his blog as the of has more on the story. Nuvi choke again they say the notorious talks and that has heaped infamy on russia over trucks a group of toxins by the way with slightly different variations of liquid gas powder one of the deadliest substances known to man rebel solves the huge operation launched their hundreds of people in full hazmat gear everyone afraid of exposure and here is apparently exposed to this new variation which by the way can evaporate and become airborne at Room Temperature and hes flying in a jet where he feels sick scores of people crammed together and no one else reports feeling the thing including the people he was with if the germans had got clear evidence of no virtual Something Like being used they should give that information over to the russians and the russians and that didnt happen with scruples on the soles and i doubt whether or happen again and theres many questions like you know he was on the airplane and then he landed why isnt anybody else i mean again another echo of the script as far as i can see we need some transparency here before we start escalating this into any kind of sanctions trade war. Any kind of military conflict there are a lot of questions now speculation and rumors and thinks this is a time to wait to let investigators collect the facts unless you want to use the moment the confusion the hysteria the anger to tear up russian german ties to stop a pipeline for example hope to the north stream to pipeline to hold the russians accountable. The obvious murder attempt by the mafia like structures of the kremlin can no longer just worry us it must have real consequences that is why a very clear answer is needed here north stream 2 is nothing that we can promote together with Russia Germany says it will share its lab results and 5 deals with e. U. Nations and get this nato new response to russias offers of vote Legal Assistance and medical corp russia will learn that the value they had been poisoned not from the German Government but from the new opening games as early as august 27th their russian general Prosecutors Office addressed the German Justice ministry with an official request for Legal Assistance the office also expressed its readiness to present to the german side the test results and Research Carried out after missing a mans hospitalization the German Justice ministry confirmed it had received a request but so far thats it whenever such a thing which started diplomatic reaching the hazards there you always have to us. Who is benefiting who does something was benefiting and we have as we have already heard this equation that there are heavy forces will go warm and a closer relationship between russia and germany is especially according to north korea to project but were also there the that you have to ask what could the russian government 1st of such a thing with this of poland politicians there was no danger for the russian government would be. Theyre already talking about sanctions guilty by default which is remarkable given the circumstances so the russian government out of the blue decides to poison an opposition politician who has been after the kremlin for years using one of the worlds deadliest substances. Which russia has said repeatedly it doesnt have so they do this improbable and highly stupid thing and these survives it he goes to a russian hospital where the doctors do everything to save his life get him stable and they succeed the russian government which just apparently tried to kill this fellow greenlights a private jet to said him to one of europes best clinics to get help his body apparently wouldnt evidence locker treaty banned substances so far that theyre best version. The trouble ministration as announced that the u. S. Wont participate in a joint global effort to develop and distribute a Coronavirus Vaccine because the world hope organizations involved in follows the white house decision this july and to withdraw from the organization over its handling of the pandemic President Trump also allege the agency is under the sway of china in a more protects a look at recent developments the United States will not be joining International Efforts to produce that scene due to political concerns many see this is yet another blow to Health Diplomacy the United States will continue to engage our International Partners to ensure we defeat this virus but we will not be constrained by multilateral organizations influenced by the corrupt World Health Organization and china the Global Vaccine Initiative known as oh that x. Is colead by the world Shelf Organization 170 Different Countries are participating the goal is to get Global Distribution for several different vaccines after theyve been licensed and approved by the end of 2021 the World Health Organization has repeatedly warned about the dangers of global just unity and nearly a pandemic warning about the need to oppose vaccine nationalism and above all national unity. And global solidarity. This virus thrives when we are divided when we are united we can defeat to win a successful new vaccine is found there will be greater demand then that eases supply because the mind and competition hes already creating bucks in nationalism and risk of price gouging relations between the United States and the World Health Organization have been strained for quite some time despite his praise for the organization at the beginning of the pandemic donald trump made. And all the United States out of the global watch dark because they have failed to make their requested and greatly needed reforms we will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent Global Public health needs latest decision from the United States to pull out of efforts for a global vaccine have raised a storm of criticism or ologists and politicians have spoken up so that down throughout this essentially shooting himself in the foot trumps go it alone strategy has already given us the highest death toll in the world at his inaugural he spoke of american carnage and now seems to term and to make it a reality. America 1st doesnt apply to condemn excess viruses dont observe National Borders if anyone is at risk we all are refusing to cooperate with other countries on vaccines will kill people this latest decision from the United States lobel vaccine efforts may be seen as just the latest example of Donald Trumps ambitious america 1st policies however i found to a situation like this it might not be wise to put fried in politics over your population it would mock them artsy new york washington to slap sanctions on the International Criminal court to which has been looking at alleged u. S. War of choice cities more on the story after this break. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and obviously going to get out of the world of politics or business im show business ill see you then. Come back into his impose sanctions on senior officials at the International Criminal court so this statement pompei or says the i. C. C. Is corrupt and has no authority the International Criminal court thoroughly broken in corrupt institution. The United States has never ratified the rome statute that created the court and we will not tolerate is illegitimate steps to subject americans to its jurisdiction washingtons unhappy with the i. C. C. Current investigation into alleged u. S. War crimes in afghanistan the court is also investigating americas close ally israel of a possible crimes relating to jewish settlements in the west bank and East Jerusalem neither the us nor israel belong to the i. C. C. The court itself has condemned the sanctions. These coercive acts directed at any International Judicial institution and its Civil Servants around president did and constitute serious attacks against the courts and the rule of law more generally secretary of state compares announcement today marks a stunning perversion of u. S. Sanctions devised to penalize rights abuses and kleptocrats to persecute those tasked with prosecuting International Crimes the trumpet ministration has twisted the sanctions to obstruct justice not only for certain war crimes victims but for atrocity victims anywhere looking to the International Criminal court for justice. Human rights lawyer danke of olic says International Law should apply to all countries with no exceptions the us for many. Has taken the position that because it has the mightiest military in the world. It doesnt have to be. Subject to International Law. Its above International Law and i think trump is just frankly taking that to its logical the United Statess been a posed to the International Criminal or it least as to the extent that the i. C. C. Could prosecute western countries from the very beginning and now trump is sanction because it wants to investigate u. S. War crimes in afghanistan and israeli work rhymes in power. It would be fair for other countries to say look us you know whats good for the goose is good for the gander the International Law doesnt apply to you it doesnt apply to me. The republican russia says demanding japan pay damages of 34000000. 00 it wants the money to support its fishing industry after tons of oil spilled from a japanese ship last month the demand comes after a mass demonstration in the capital of russias over the governments inaction in dealing with the crisis protesters called on the islands leader and other top officials to step down the locals a few reassess the spill and cleanup operation resulted in irreparable harm to the bio diversity. I am a. Journalist all of a tickle he says that too much time has been wasted. The japanese government does seem to want to put a line on the incident. But. It falls short of taking full responsibility no one has acted. With integrity with urgency there was a precious time window of 12 days between the original accident taking place on the 25th of july and the boat breaking up and releasing oil on the 6th of august and 1 has to wonder why you know why was all that time allowed to pass in some kind of Marine Rescue could have taken place and is only really the local people of the richest people in the fishing communities that have been affected by the oil spill who really seem to have done everything that they possibly could in order to put this damn it right and who deserve the highest prose for what theyve done. Google and apple have announced the new code with 19 Contact Tracing system that will run on smartphones their ideas to help users find out when they have come into contact with an infected person and the tools are integrated into the i o. S. And android operating system so theres no need to download an app as the next step in our work with Public Health authorities on exposure notifications we are making it easier and faster for them to use the exposure notification system without the need for them to build and maintain an app so heres how it works the new system called exposure notifications express will work like a notification till the users bluetooth signal some spark phones that have opted in if someone tests positive for kevin 19 push notifications are sent to other phones informing users that they might have been exposed to the virus but there are fears the new updates may pose a threat to peoples privacy we asked people what they think. Kind of that idea again its invading privacy and if its just another form of china check that. I know you can have all your privacy by you care about oth