this is deja vu news live from berlin a military grade nerve agent was used to poison a leading critic of the kremlin that according to the german chancellor the russian opposition their election of all the remains in a coma and a berlin hospital where lives were correspondents for nelson also coming up. a verdict is expected today in slovakia and a case for corruption at the very highest levels of our businessman is up on murder charges prosecutors say he ordered the killing of a reporter investigating his dealings with the doctor. and the american working

class on the ropes in the wake of covert lockdown measures for many it was a downward spiral from a secure job to eviction a growing number of the unemployed are moving into tent cities for cheap hotels. i brought in thomas good to have you with us today german chancellor angela merkel says she wants answers from moscow after her government confirmed that russia's leading opposition figure was poisoned a military laboratory found that alexina volley was attacked with a deadly nerve agent like those developed by the soviets in the 1970 s. now mali is in serious condition right now in a hospital here in berlin moscow disputes the allegations. for years that. saying

that has been fighting to rid russia of what he calls crooks and thieves and you know the united russia party has always won for 20 years and even if they lost using fraud they want anyway. the outspoken opposition figure has organize numerous anti kremlin protests has been arrested several times for civil disobedience and even attempted to get on the ballot to run for president in 2018 his bid was blocked by the courts. but now the lies in an induced coma at a berlin hospital in critical condition german chancellor angela merkel calls the suspected poisoning attempted murder. alexina. saying about me is the victim of a crime he was meant to be silenced and i condemn this in the sharpest possible manner in the name of the entire german government. never how many as one of president vladimir putin's fiercest critics drumming up

a vocal and growing opposition against putin's 20 year grip on power. has suffered physical and verbal attacks in recent years the attorney and anticorruption activist fell ill after boarding a plane in siberia headed for moscow on august 20th it's believed someone poisoned his tea before he boarded the plane the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing to save his life. the german government says testing carried out by its military proves a soviet era nerve agent no overt shock was used. we expect the russian government to explain itself over this incident there are very serious questions now that only the russian government can and must answer with. russia is set to hold regional elections on september 13th in the valley and his allies had been campaigning to get their candidates elected but for now his family and friends are holding on to the hope that never pulls through. let's get the very latest on this now with your

correspondence nina hossa in berlin and yuri rich shadow for us in moscow today to both of you know what proof has the german government been laying out for. oh a german government spokesman said that there was unequivocal evidence that he was indeed poisoned with novae chuck not only is in one of the country's leading hospitals these doctors here have a lot of experience they ran a lot of tests when he 1st arrived here last week and in different several independent labs before they concluded that he was indeed poisoned and then a special toxicology test was carried out by the german born dismiss me and that department in the german bunds that deals with chemical weapons and so specializes on protecting civilians and the military yury with independent labs involved with the german bullets very involved what's the kremlin been saying about the charges and the evidence well as always brian moscow turns to the tables and pretends that

it's not that the russians who have to explain everything now but the germans pointing out that the ball is poison it was only discovered in germany with these so one can even hear this certainly the absolute accusation that he might not have been poisoned in a russian plane but rather in the german plane on the way to believe in the russian foreign ministry sees that the whole story is a purely political affair these reactions also is one that might be expect the russian parliament the coals of the poisoning a provocation that could be organized by the united states to undermine the important the gas project not stream to between russia and germany they seem to deliberately keep quiet about the fact that the german chancellor lies exclusively on the statements of doctors and researchers all in all we've heard so far some propaganda at text aborts of the west but not a single detailed. response ok yury not only was investigating

a number of different layers of a russian society oligarchs for example corrupt businessmen if it wasn't the kremlin who else might have had the motivation and the means for this type of attack yes you wrote. you are right the extent of ali had still has a few opponents and maybe haters who could be a credible perpetrator and looting some local politicians in siberia in the us a beer is because this city was the last city that alex and ivana had visited before he was on his plane to tomsk and his investigations now vali has abstract even the former russian prime minister to me to me that if his video titled don't call him to mourn the folly estimates that $1200000000.00 us dollars was in basil the bite me tribute video the video was very popular and released 3 years ago. meanwhile more than 330000000 views however the person who poisoned the volley didn't expect such a response from the west nobody in russia would have might thought that he would

have would be flown to delhi in and be guarded like a state guest of chancellor merkel who ever could have poisoned the volley that person has obviously totally underestimated his importance in the best and ultimately the political aspect including this strong birth from chancellor malcolm this political aspect is taking center stage right now nina how is this likely to affect german russian relations many here in germany have been calling for them to be improved. well potentially extremely civilly it all depends on just how russia operates or not in the investigations michael has clearly demanded that the russian government needs to help find out who was behind it and that the people who were behind it actually have to be held accountable of course they're not naive here in berlin they've got their experience with russian authorities not cooperating in helping out to find out who was behind them out of for example over

chechen man who was murdered here in broad daylight in berlin a chechen citizen and actually germany expelled 2 diplomats at the time and they are still waiting for the russian authorities to help in that investigation the senior politicians here from uncle michael's party like not being very clear they say a matter like this has to be decided by the kremlin there's no way around it they also say that they've got information that alex and of on here in berlin was under constant surveillance by the russian intelligence agency and they demand a much clearer response from the german government they say putin is sending out a message to all is that opponents that their life is in danger in that bloody mir putin can't get away with such an inhumane politics of intimidation on the west needs to respond and the west has respond the u.s. was very quick to back berlin on this and in spite of the difficult relationships

between the 2 countries right now the u. is also back in berlin in this case is germany looking for some type of unified international action. i'm going merican made it very clear that she contacted the e.u. and nato immediately when she found out and that they are looking for a concerted response on this crime and of course the big elephant in the room is the gas pipeline north stream too because this is a project that the german government until now still defense against all criticism from their own party even here their conservative party politicians are criticizing it partners the americans everybody's against that gas pipeline until america will really have to walk the walk and show the world just how serious he is when it comes to balancing political interests with economic interests yuri back in moscow what is no volleys team the saying about all of these developments well the not

only team has been claiming for weeks that the the ball edition was poisoned now they have an official confirmation that comes from their leader so that's not surprising from the violence people. spokeswoman for the cure i got a mission had to be it's one that's about the official directions from russia above all from the kremlin which obviously doesn't want to know anything as she writes and she is appalled by the reaction of the foreign ministry which sees the poisoning not as such as a dependent of human on human life but as an affirmation campaign against russia yuri thanks very much for that from moscow today and enough thanks for your comments through an analysis from berlin let's get you up to date now and so the other stories making the news at this hour germany has added the canary islands to its list of coronavirus hotspots i mean all of spain is now considered a high risk area for german travelers infection rates have been surging across spain since locked down measures were lifted injured. japan's coast guard

has rescued a man during a search for a missing ship carrying livestock the rescue crew members say the vessel capsized and sank amid strong winds and rains from typhoon may sack the ship was carrying dozens of crew members and thousands of cattle. the trial of 14 suspects accused of eating the 2015 islam as the attack on the satirical magazine charlie hebdo is into its 2nd day powers 3 assailants murdered 17 people before being shot dead by police the magazine was targeted because of published cartoons of mohammed now it's a case that brought thousands and slovakia out on to the streets in revealed corruption in very high places a slovak businessman will face a court verdict in the coming hours for allegedly masterminding the murder of a journalist prosecutors say the multi millionaire marion kushner ordered the

killing of investigative journalist. who'd written about his ties to government officials the 2018 murder sparked demonstrations that led to the prime minister's resignation. it happened on the dark day in february 2018 a hired killer shocked 2 young people dead in their own home in small village on the outskirts of the slovak capital. victims were investigated for reporter young and his fiancee. there were immediate suspicions that the murder motive lay in could sex work he was one of the best investigative journalists in slovakia you're in his young age he was 27 he was always a very cheerful and modest guy always when he found some interesting story he would just smile and tell us about it you could see it had been on the trail of mafia connections mess of fraud and didn't demick corruption reaching into the highest circles of slovakia's government and he had come too close to this man maher and.

the business tycoon built his empire using threats bribery intimidation and political connections that's how the prosecution outlines his past to wealth and influence and now the oregon is on trial for murder he stands accused of ordering the hit personally orchestrating the contre killing of a young man who knew too much. the murder shocked and angered the whole country thousands of protesters demanding an end to cronyism and corruption. this was the main main is bargain to really light up the whole whole uprising of the of the nation and government of their like. father figure even also and so we don't want to accept it anymore i mean. the protests forced then prime minister robert fields who to step down in more change followed the last slovak elections brought in

a new liberal president told rock shake up off the government but the feeling is there is still much more to be uncovered in slovakia and doubts remain about the process itself. i would happily turn everything back 2 years if you can and martina was still alive their lives were not worth the changes that were happening here we should be the ones or change things through democratic means. like elections we should be changing the system it should not take the murder of 2 young people are going to be anybody who would you know nice having justice served for the murder of young could see it would be a defining moment for the country. that report by did abuse barbara vessel who joins us now from the courthouse in the slovak capital brother slava the dates you barbara in your report you say that doubts remain how strong is the prosecution's case against mari and touch him. the case is relatively strong but it

is all circumstantial evidence and that is the problem here rumor has it that among the 3 judges in the jury here sitting in this trial there is some amount of to scream and about how strong really the case is can they really indict him for the murder can they give him the penalty that the prosecution asked for of 25 years in prison and so they're still searching for more evidence even though the press accused has presented thousands off coming to cations off males off tax off mari and cucina which really show how he ruled his empire how he ordered people to do this or that and there's also one amongst them where he indicates that young could see i would have to go what what does it mean is that enough to indict somebody to have ordered a murder and that is really what this case is about it is strong in

a way because nobody here in brussels of a has any doubt that consciousness was the men behind this grisly murder but to prove it in the in the law court that is another matter and that is what is creating delays here a lot is riding on this case on on this trial and locking up barbara thousands took to the streets a new government was formed as a result and since the killings so hawkins have a government that it hopes is introducing strong reforms is the government coming through without. the government just came into office before corona struck and there problem is this is a populist movement that sort of assembled on the back off the could see a case of people from different walks of life and different strains of politics see it slovakia that sort of came together and said we need to change this country but it is not a coherent party and so they are slow in moving there is some sort of success i

mean for instance the cleanup of the judiciary is really going ahead more than 13 judges already lost their jobs a prosecutor general was thrown out and more are to follow suit that is going ahead but to really sort of drain the swamp of slovakia's corruption which is so deeply ingrained that you could also almost speak of a captured state is going to take more time and it's going to take a lot of political determination and we should know in about an hour the verdict in this trial is all right. we hope so because it's not quite clear whether the judges who have been in chambers and who is still talking about how to sort of formulate the dict how to sort of presented whether they are still yet have have come together there's some rumor that it might take a while to get however everybody here hopes that the case can be closed and this verdict that has such

a high symbolic value to show the country that it can move on from the murder of young that justice will have to be so it will be served that the case can be closed and particularly for the families some sort of closure can be had barbara thanks very much for your reporting we'll have more. from barbara as this moves forward. well the german government is looking into racism and discrimination in the country a cabinet level committee has been formed to tackle the issue it has invited antidiscrimination organizations to take part but they say politicians are moving too slowly. the future as soraya go most would like to see it black scientists and astronauts on the covers of news magazines she says such images are long overdue but many barriers still must be broken down some help and assistance for germany has

a racism problem in germany like many other societies has structural racism and discrimination. we see that throughout many institutions. in institutes. each one teach one is among several anti discrimination organizations that have drawn up a list of demands for change more than 100 points including a call for a new ministry and doesn't mean the stay on. the ministry would be responsible for combat ing various forms of racism and discrimination as well as coordinating efforts across society and indeed but i didn't exactly have tonight a ministry charged with creating a more open society the alliance claim tackles islamophobia in germany they say every day racism is on the rise. and but i think it does and to muslims with us as we see a lot of anti muslim racism in areas like flat hunting and in the job market the

only support many people have is from specialist advice centers which can help them demand their rights to equal treatment. to do it so that's not of class but. judy corner of the violence protection network says racism exists in many areas of society but is particularly prevalent in rightwing ideologies there are programs designed to help extremists change their ways but colm feels they need to do more and women can talk to an elephant you need to actively enter into a dialogue with extremists is the only option it can happen if for example someone in their social circles contacts us famine. the friends schools or whoever or we can get involved once a person has committed a crime. some praised the government for tackling the problem but others remain critical is fear. many important topics have not been touched on a tour of. things like development aid or health issues for example.

the cabinet committee aims to publish its 1st results by the end of october sariah gomez says these will show if the government is all talk already for real change. it's in the united states now where democratic presidential candidate joe biden is due to visit konoha wisconsin the city troubled by unrest in the wake of a police shooting president trump visited there on tuesday biden has criticized his response to the shooting of a black man by a white police officer the president is now focusing his campaign on law and order and he continues to push for economic revival as the u.s. struggles to deal with the pandemic job losses have had a domino effect on those who've seen their earnings either drop or disappear completely did obvious stuff and simon's reports from phoenix arizona. this of himself is

a lucky guy the 35 year old stonecutter resident of phoenix arizona just knew full time work after several months of unemployment. was right around the beginning of the pandemic the hours went from 40 to 20 within 2 weeks i went from 20 down to. almost 0 at that point i did have to file the unemployment rate for that stuff to come through 1st time i ever applied for. unemployment payments from washington and from the state government kept them somewhat afloat but then he fell behind on his rent and that had consequences despite and there is only a governess executive order to postpone evictions just to rekey go thomas most of the get his new home now the del rio launch motel where he now pace around $300.00 per week. it's going to be very hard to get a new apartment. for president does an organization called tenants advocates thomas

case is just one of many he's dealing with every day the pandemic puts people out of work then many can't pay rent anymore they get thrown out of their homes and onto the streets and that in return fuels the pandemic again it's a no win situation it's a lose lose situation there's there's no. proper. solution here until we get a handle on this virus and you know especially if you've got people out on the street you know conveying the virus from person to person to social group to social group there's no one that's going to be safe safe something julie brewer hasn't felt in months she says her husband chef was for a load early on independent make and then got sick with copd it she and her son were also hit by the virus this summer was the worst since all of us catching. and now we're everything that could go over on our own julie has

a rare never logic condition called stiff person syndrome she can't work and receive social security and disability payments it pays the rent but that's it i have $53.00 left out of my social security disability after paying her rent and. you know crying trying to figure out which bills going to be paid are we going to have enough food left over my going to have to go to the food bank. julie is afraid things could even get worse for her to have family she has a message for washington and the 3 branches of government need to come together and make a legitimate plan for the people this is serious and they need to be able to come together on a good plan and right now. right now can't come soon enough here in the shadows of arizona's capitol building in downtown phoenix this tent city for

the homeless is growing every day. and other news a hollywood actor dwayne johnson says in his family have all made a full recovery from the start known as the rock says everyone is now healthy after testing positive more than 2 weeks ago but he says beating the virus was tough. that's the chief executive ilan moscow has met with german ministers in berlin to discuss the carmaker's collaboration with a german biotech company providing chair back with some of the technology it needs to produce a potential vaccine must also briefed politicians about progress on the giant tesla factory being built near berlin. we have some football now on the brazilian star name ours likely to be missing from the start of the new french league season after catching cove it seems to be linked to a holiday trip to the spanish island of the beach several p.s.u. players took following the champions league final defeat by. teammates and tell

them arya and the andro outrageous also now self isolating in paris both were with him on holiday last week. and the sports organizations around the world work out how to keep the show on the road in the midst of a pandemic organizers of diamond league athletics have taken their show to the streets literally streets of the song switzerland and i was the makeshift venue for the world's best pole vaulters on wednesday angelina benson won the women's event after clearing 4.72 meters fellow swede mondo duplantis coming out on top in a thrilling duel with american world champion sam kendricks on the men's side during a personal best of 6.07 meters. let's give you reminder now of our top story the german government says it has unequivocal proof that the kremlin critic flexing of all me was poisoned with an over talk nerve agent tells of michael's

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