Good afternoon thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. A russian judge has dismissed the case looking into allegations that russian authorities failed to investigate claims alexina valmy was poisoned the legal action was initiated by the opposition figures and Corruption Foundation of on the remains in a coma in berlin quarter. Well right behind me is the court where the complaint that aleksei of all these legal team filed against the russian government was just rejected the complaint was filed after their request for a criminal investigation into the alleged poisoning of the Opposition Leader was left on answer now the teams lawyer says that the investigative committees head office should have dealt with the case instead of handing it down to the Regional Bureau in western siberia where the Opposition Leader was allegedly poisoned so the lawyer says he will be appealing this ruling with moscows top court the police are still engaged in an extensive investigation to find out what exactly happened there preliminary investigation of the video recordings of the interviews at the cafe where the Opposition Leader drank that allegedly poisoned tea is still under way 3 out of more than 20 forensic investigations have been completed and the prosecutor general says theres still no evidence that someone actually tried to murder alex saying of all the something that needs to be found before a criminal case can be opened now meanwhile the russian doctors are still sticking to their and mischel diagnosis that no toxic substances were found in his system you know. We do not consider this statement to be fair oprah even took psychological sense and immediately considered the possibility of poisoning both intentional and accidental the 1st tests we ran on the lexan valley were chemical and toxicological in the 1st i was of the patients we tested for every poison that may have been in his body including the group of compounds to which nobody choke belongs and nothing was revealed the found his kidneys lungs and liver were not damaged which means that there were no poisons in his body now with the kremlins cooperation of all he was transported to a german hospital not long after the russian doctors gave their diagnosis but once he arrived there the german doctor said that they did find evidence. Of. Some sort of toxic material in the Opposition Leader system now russian medics and the prosecutor general have numerous times already requested the evidence of this claim but have yet to receive a response now the last nevertheless novi chalk has already been declared in many places in the west as the culprit here and the kremlin wants to find out what has caused this claim. Defector investigative commissions are being carried out and if the information about the presence of a poisonous substance impressions biological samples is confirmed then of course will open at the your investigation. So the Russian Investigation will continue as moscow awaits the results of the german doctors findings hopefully once they become available this everyone will be close to finding out what exactly happened. After germanys claims regarding novacek the worlds eyes are on russia with nato arranging a meeting for friday to discuss the case and the e. U. Considering new sanctions against moscow one option is to suspend cooperation with russia on a major gas pipeline project the street to the kremlin for its part says that russias provided quote far more funds on the case than berlin i think also that the russian doctors have been more transparent than the german colleagues some german politicians say its too soon at the moment to talk about fresh sanctions on russia. For me the question is who is really responsible for this poison attack everything points to moscow and the whole west is pointing the finger its putins i think its a bit more complex than that and the speed with which questions regarding north stream to have come up the speed with which sanctions have been called for even though it hasnt been established with the russian state is actually behind this whether it was criminals none of this has been made clear. See my new mobile patient as we move away from calls will need more gas in the foreseeable future generally transition and we need to ask where will we get this gas from. Meanwhile the Mainstream Media are trying to dig deeper into what happened to the russian opposition figure they seem focused on just one version of events as money goes dear of explains. 48 hours since germany declared the valley poisoned with military grade talks in a humorous crime she said that must be dealt with will turn it doesnt condemn this in strongest possible terms on behalf of the entire german example. There is serious questions now that only russian government can answer and must answer with a note that she didnt accuse russia of anything but within 24 hours everyone with a keyboard had somehow become an investigative journalist slash toxicologist slash Foreign Policy expert take build for example a german tabloid that specializes in yellow journalism and bashing russia build out did everyone they managed to mistranslate a russian official make up a Conspiracy Theory that russia was blaming germany for poor reasoning in the volley and beeston everything that they got wrong they demanded sanctions and then to the divisive german russian north stream to pipeline there are very strong and russia in the west which typically specifically wants to sabotage the gas pipeline to prevail in iraq or between russia and the e. U. A particularly Close Association russia and germany there isnt a change of course america wants to sell its natural gas to europe instead of the russians so theres a lot of money going on a lot of money is what at stake spiegel another german magazine has proposed tearing up german russian relations big student well apparently they have irrefutable proof that putin was behind this insane poisoning they were showing through to their readers so well just have to trust them now is the times of the man in the kremlin the german or thora cheese of showing the alexina found he was not drunk diabetic as the crow. When cynical spin doctors wanted the world to believe he was supposed to be killed with an insidious neurotoxin cynical spin doctors insidious neurotoxin and obviously aggravated by us because were going to see this are gonna force 1st compounds are highly toxic substances and as a rule its impossible to use them just to poison a Single Person if there had been any interaction with the substance on the eve of the flight or during the flight then any accompanying persons were certain to have shown symptoms of poisoning that did not happen passions are high a lot of confusion about this is the best time to take advantage of people if youre a build pundit and you have no idea how a neuro talks and works or what happened to the volley and you still want clicks well now is the time to write righteous and warlike articles to try and appear knowledgeable while the you know the professionals and the experts a busy and quiet trying to figure out whats happened there is another version that you might like one popular theory is that the kremlin spooked by the protests into west embarrass into the east inhabitants wanted mr nirvana out of the way to prevent him from mobilizing discontent closer to mr putin and upsetting his plans for parliamentary elections next year after years of not winning elections after years of stagnant support somehow now novelli has become a danger i was in the kremlin spooked after the revolution in ukraine why didnt they try to remove him then and it doesnt explain use it in new york which is the Nuclear Option even in the world of nerve agents sending the volleys to germany where he could get tested for a new truck and russia would get sanction whats happened is that they just fall or short of saying well you. Say you know russian authorities must. So questions about this etc etc it seems that theyve already discounted the idea that there could be other explanations for fault for what happened if the line is being pushed or were being heard in all of the western media that of course it was the kremlin response or then why if he had been. Shot why then was the consent given for him to go to germany because if he had to be part of the truck then of course the killers would find that out so something doesnt quite add up does it really but you know many fantastic versions going around you can pick whichever suits you best put his reluctance to say the word never and that cloud has led to comparisons to lord voldemort the villain in the harry potter sirius whom other characters do not name now i think has also been banned from appearances on state television and is mentioned there only rarely and in a negative light so putins apparent reluctance to talk about a fellow who isnt a politician one isnt elected to anything is somehow in direct proof that putin wanted him dead. Hell i dont remember putin ever talking about me could putin really want me dead as well of all the being banned and state television as a lie he refuses to appear on state television has even declined appearing on our t. V. When we asked him weve got out a video we have Video Evidence of the Guardian Live at the end of the day whats the point there is a jar and if you are that these people exist its full of profit oriented journalism intended to surprise and to upset and they will say anything to lose you into clicking on an ad filled article the free feed on your attention. Coronaviruses flaring up in and around europe france has clocked up 7000. 00 new infections for the 2nd day running well in neighboring spain the daily rate is now almost 9000. 00 and just outside the turkeys authorities are now admitting that things are getting bad again correspondent charlotte dubiously reports well a new officials are warning that the rate of transmission the test so positive cases of 19 is now at a level that is almost equivalent to what it was back in march that was when many countries started imposing those severe restrictions which led to lock downs across europe in france this week we saw more than 7000. 00 cases being registered in just 24 hours now much of that of course could be put down to the fact that there is widespread testing taking place across france and weve been told that some 50 percent of those who are testing positive for cocaine 19 are showing little to no symptoms but what Health Authorities are concerned about here is the fact that in recent days there has been an increase in the number of people who tested positive for dine who have been taken to hospital and those who need intensive care. I asked has that been sleeping or were just summer vacation. Is something that we see now were all halls back to the numbers we have seen in march where lots of measures have been put in place to try and curb this rate of transmission including here in paris where we now have to wear masks in all streets across the capital and theres been talk that they could be closures of bars and localized lockdown and it seems nothing is essentially being ruled out at the moment although the measures in terms of mass dont yet seem to be producing any concrete results now spain and germany have also seen some of the highest cases they have recorded since the spring time and thats also been significant numbers of cases appearing in parts of the u. K. In the north of england for example where there are already tighter restrictions in place with households still not able to mix in certain parts of the north theyre seeing a very large rate of transmission of 19 meanwhile in turkey the Health Minister there has been talking about this 2nd wave hes been saying that the cases are going up and up every day and he says he knows whos to blame. Were experiencing this 2nd peak of the 1st wave or mobility in curiosus of weddings and holidays which are important parts of our customs and traditions have brought us to this point well the turkish Health Minister also outlined the impact that 19 years had on Health Workers saying that now more than 50 Health Workers said to have died after contract ing the virus some countries are turning back again to quarantine measures to try and stem the rates of transmissions for example in the u. K. Those appointees causing a little bit of a headache for holiday makers and for. Industry experts and thats because the 4 nations of the u. K. Dont seem to have a consensus on where they want to impose its quarantine measures so for example if you live in england or Northern Ireland you can still holiday to countries such as portugal greece but if you will live in wales or scotland if you go to those countries you will now have to quarantine on your return theres so much criticism of this saying that its causing a complete nightmare for holiday workers for holiday makers as well and its confusing and causing anxiety consumers are totally confused by the different approaches and its impossible to understand the governments own criteria anymore on when to add or remove a country meanwhile other countries are talking about shutting their borders hungary is already done that to anybody whos not a normal resident the reality is though the Economic Issues stem form the 1st lock down a still impacting countries across europe so any further measures to tighten movement to add quarantines all lockdowns is only going to add to the very already very deep of these european countries. We spoke to mohammed money whos a viral is just a Lancaster University he says sporting new outbreaks in a timely manner is the best way to find the virus think real testament at this moment with the increased number of cases is that how quickly we can identify these small d clusters that are emerging mainly indoors in top restaurants and indoor gathering and quicker were going to fight these one better we were of d to allowed not allowing them to merge into an uncontrollable outbreak 95 Percent People did to follow all the regulations put in place and 5 percent dont follow and those 5 percent and you produced the effort made by the rest of 95. 00 i think the emphasis should be and has to be around at controlling this infection before its a proud to the level of the Community Spread is common and at a number of infection would go significantly higher and the capacity in the hospitals would start to bulk up again the russian meddling alarm is being raised again after the u. S. Department of Homeland Security council the report ahead of the 2020 election will bring you that story in full in a moment. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business im show business ill see you then. During the vietnam war u. S. Forces also bombs in neighboring laos it was a secret war. And for years the American People did not know. How much it is officially mouse can rebound country per capita. Human history millions of unexploded bombs still in danger lives in this Small Agricultural country Jordyn Wieber went on a canal its happening. Even today kids in laos full victims of bombs dropped decades ago is the u. S. Making amends for that tragedy and what help to the people need in that little land of mines. Welcome back its election season in america and right on cue russian meddling claims are running wild in u. S. Media. In the scene is learning that a warning about russian dirty tricks was polled 2 days before it was set to go out to Law Enforcement dirty tricks oh no what is russia doing this time russian malign influence sachs is likely to continue denigrating president ial candidates through allegations of poor mental or physical health to influence the outcome of the 2020 election g doesnt that sound an awful lot like what American Media has been doing for the past several months there are some questions this morning about president obamas Health Question of bidens Mental Health well will continue to be analyzed by the media frankly it is even hard to watch the confusion the inability to finish thoughts the never ending daily gas these speculations come out of thin air or perhaps out of bidens mouth we tried it in our in iraq is not working for an hour to try to meet in iran and heres my return to ukraine covert is taken this year just said the outbreak has taken more than 100 year look heres the lives its just its if we think about it i am very willing to lead to American Public judge my physical mental fell my physical as well as my Mental Fitness some American Media outlets have even suggested joe biden may not be able to finish out his d 4 year term the main advocate of the idea that joe biden may be quote not all there seems to be u. S. President donald trump he has suggested that biden take cognitive tests on multiple occasions i think hes the weakest mentally i like running to get people that are weak badly i think joe is the weakest up here and certainly way joe biden has an obligation to take a test now donald trump self has also been in the media spotlight with rumors circulating that trunk had a mini stroke now his doctor denies this as does the president now one has to admit that the president of the United States does not always sound like the most stay. Genius i hope they now go and take a look at the oranges the arms as of the. Investigation of the beginnings 1870000 test to date so thats 1000000 870000 1000000 tests think of that 1000000 870000 tests now trump and biden have both set records trump is the oldest person to ever been elected president and if joe biden defeats him this November Biden will be that record as well now it doesnt exactly take a vast russian consp