breaking news this hour russian opposition figurehead alexina valley has tested negative for the presence of toxic substances as doctors rule out or use an ink for now. examined by the russian opposition leader citizens to maintain pressure on president lukashenko with more strikes and protests and as for the large rallies both for and against him are held across the country. and the u.s. request to reimpose sanctions against tehran has rejected to ponder remaining members of the iranian nuclear deal.

the day here in moscow thanks for joining us this is r.t. international. russian doctors treating alexina ruling gallops poisoning for now after the opposition figure had tested negative for the presence of toxic substances in the remains in intensive care in a hospital in the siberian city of homs where he's in a coma after falling ill during a flight to moscow doctors say they will carry out more tests. and she would you be so far no traces of toxins have been found in the new samples we've taken to do not suspect he was poisoned you. could be one. of the so-called has been the following this story for us good to have you back don we've had a couple of press conferences today as we sort of clip from the latest ruling out toxins it seems. well yes good morning neal yeah like like the press conference said basically the biggest takeaway is that there is no indication that there was

any poison or of any sort in of all the system this came shortly after a german medical aircraft arrived in 2 taken of all need to a facility in berlin for the treatment of what many of his supporters were considering to be almost definitely a poisoning family was also calling for an of all need to be moved to a facility and germany but all all the to all the while the russian doctors at the hospital where in of all me is right now were saying that might not be a good idea. but you know we knew what his condition improved over night but it is not completely stable it is too early to talk about lifting him a brute 1st we have to make sure his condition is completely stable we cannot transfer him in this state even if his family have consented to it. now on thursday nevaeh he was on a plane heading from siberia to moscow where when he suddenly fell ill of the pilot had to make an emergency landing in almost and the. that was after paramedics came

to the opposition leader's. aid because he was making some pretty startling sounds and a lot of pain. and the volley was immediately brought to an emergency care unit near the airport where he's since been in a coma and on a ventilator we heard from his press press secretary who was traveling with him on that plane she said that he was likely poisoned in his morning tea that day but like we heard at the press conference the doctors said that there was absolutely no indication of poisoning they say right now there's 5 working possible diagnoses and that they're going to need another 2 days for the final results to be made clear still this whole situation has gotten

a lot of international attention. in the veneer if you demo bows mist in the valley of course extremely preoccupied and saddened by the situation of alexina valmy we heard this morning what happened to him and i want to say here that we give all our support his family his loved ones for a problem for calvary and we stand by their side hopeful intervention or 3000 i hope and wish of course that he will recover as quickly as possible we will of course offer him all the medical help he needs and he can turn to german hospital and. haven't seen it yet we're lucky that advice going to be reporting to me. now let's not forget just last year another so-called suspected poisoning took place when the volley was hospitalized for having a swollen face he said he never had an allergic reaction before he suggested perhaps he was poisoned and his personal doctor said he could have been exposed to a toxic agents now in the end what is it turned out to be just an allergic reaction

but it seems like the western media hasn't really learned from this story because they're already jumping to conclusions about the kremlin's allegedly role in this whole situation in which the most outspoken critic of russian president vladimir putin has been rushed to a siberian hospital doesn't seem to really decide asking is the kremlin involved it's all true and if so asking that in there is you know the russians are going to have too many towers fall out of the steam is clearly put saying. the government's there saying this would not have been possible without hussein's approval so. there are. 6 like. we always. are but you are 6. that's all despite the fact that the kremlin spokes person dimitri pascoe of has already commented on the situation he said the government would be willing to allow me to go abroad for treatment despite the fact

that the country's borders are still closed due that due to the coronavirus pandemic so it seems like early finger pointing on in the western media wasn't really a good idea on quarter brings the very latest on the next in of on this case thinking . her russian exiled opposition leaders are learned to enough scar has addressed her fellow citizens in a new video message in which she urges them to maintain pressure on president lukashenko with more strikes or 2 weeks after the disputed election through the country into political turmoil. the bus tours get up so you can join some entirely legal and powerful weapon against the regime and they know it that's why they intimidate you leave the fear mongering to the dictatorship remember you are not alone in a mask you need to keep on strike you will make the coward hear our voices the voices he has stolen from us. the recently expressed his full support for the

brother is a position forcing concerns over meddling in domestic affairs moscow has reminded european colleagues of just what kind of impact their support had last time they decided to intervene in a political crisis on russia's doorstep biggest on the reports on the russian attitudes towards the e.u. from approach to rally in the city of vitebsk. how long has it been since you played spot the difference well you won't have many difficulties matching footage from the 2014 uprising in ukraine to what's happening now in another post soviet republic right next to it better us. military.

at face value the pitches are identical but beneath the record discrepancies because ukraine didn't exactly set an example of how to in the short term yes be good all it wanted in president electoral growth taishan a visa waiver for the e.u. but that was where the buck stopped because the newly elected president quickly lost all support the economy collapsed key industries sloped national debt hiked and so-called western partners until this day still aren't rushing to accept cave as one of their role so is it really a surprise that here in belarus people don't want a repetition of that thanks to us and stay if i and chanelle to knock on to the house are there and you can walk down the street in the evening and not be afraid

for safety and the safety of your life the last thing is that reason we stand for an independent billers only with beef and tranquility we'll be able to survive this there is no need to describe the country may seem small and watch the news and can see that sun food in as they didn't see a. iraq and ukraine i've seen how countries have been destroyed with people fleeing on boats to europe and living in migrant camps i believe who must not choose this path this is really a color revolution and even anti-government protesters weren't happy to see e.u. flags among their ranks would be easy because of this they see if there was. anybody who was factory workers across the country briefly boycotted production but that impulse quickly faded out labor has realized they have no friends in the evening only competitors eager to fill market gaps left by better is factories yes

if that gives it some credence about not having friends more yet just get them out it's us you know i view it negatively a couple of people from my team went to the strike stayed there for 10 minutes and came back. they were not interested in what was happening that they didn't like a schedule on you but i was and it was the government's fault but deals with those who support lucas franco should have shown that they are the majority by taking to the streets it would have been a different picture now if only they had shown up at the anti-government protests we should have started rolling earlier in support of the current president more was homosexual sure and you don't see my basically everyone has a negative view of the strikes because this is a key enterprise and the well being of the entire city depends on its stable operation therefore such actions of the plan itself are next up to another coup difference with ukraine the people of better seem more against losing russia as their ally and geopolitical friend even distorted just opposition aren't rushing

headlong into a breakup with moscow. to the last politician in belarus would be the one he seeks to build a wall or rescind russia it is in our interest to have good relations with both russia and the e.u. and russia and the european union both want by the russians to be the allies each of them needs to meet the expectations of our people pretty much everyone almost everyone who i've spoken to here and elsewhere in belarus they've said that they were appalled that they were disgusted and that they stood with those tortured by the police but then things changed and protests started to lose momentum and that's when politics kicked in and that was when all these thousands of people took to the streets with a different message with a message of unity i mean down of reporting from belarus. with both e.u. and russia being looked to as mediators in the belarus crisis we have people have been skewed they'd like to say play that role. as for me i prefer russia because

i'm a bit skeptical about the e.u. i would rather stay with russia but at the same time i want belorussians to be valid russian again and still despite having russian and bella russian roots i feel closer to the nearby lot of belarus to remain as valid and to have a brotherly relationship with all our neighbors bring up a senior. political analyst and their evil check believes that the and to government movement in belarus is losing the mentum due to the lack of a clear agenda bill i'll show you standing going to speed in the store is fired. some people obviously had little bitty an awful lot of this gone for. by this opposition this uprising as it is being called the are are aiming at something else which they really don't know what it is they are just being told and told by the opposition by european union that therefore they have to

demand change they have to change the system but people are thinking ok now for the 4 star or what is going to happen if you really. have this change or are we going to end up like ukraine are we going to. the former soviet republics which were pushed through this independence 'd. are we going to basically or not in the east. germany france the u.k. russia and china have all rejected a u.s. request to reimpose sanctions on iran so called snap back sanctions can be triggered as part of the nuclear deal but only by signatories killable picks up the story. so at this point we've got the united states essentially demanding that the united nations reimpose its crippling sanctions economic warfare against the islamic republic of iran this is mike pompei o laying out the demand just

a few minutes ago i delivered letters to both the un secretary general to terrorism to the president of the security council notified them that the united states is initiating the restoration of virtually all u.n. sanctions on iran lifted under u.n. security council resolution 2231 did i say it will never allow the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism to freely buy and sell planes tanks missiles and other kinds of conventional weapons now essentially the united states is hoping to invoke the snapback mechanism that was part of the j c p o a conclusion of the iran nuclear negotiations the iran nuclear deal now the snapback mechanism was put into the nuclear deal so that if iran did not fulfill the agreement and did not fulfill its obligations broke the agreement that there would be an immediate snap back and all the un sanctions would immediately be reimposed on iran so now the united states is trying to invoke the snapback

mechanism however it has virtually no support in the international community when it comes to this demand that we've got all the other cosigners of the deal the united kingdom germany france china russia all staying that basically the united states doesn't have the right to invoke the snapback mechanism because the united states pulled out of the deal not iran this has been the international reaction to the united states' call and this was my studio and i was aware different concerns that reckless acts by the united states could trigger a serious crisis from the security council our american colleagues do not seem to care about this connel countries to resist and i stress once again that the u.s. plans are and loehle that they will use in the united states has withdrawn. the comprehensive agreement on the iranian nuclear issue and he's not qualified to call for a rapid resumption of sanctions by the security council as i have repeatedly recalled the u.s. unilaterally seized participation in the j.c.b. away by presidential memorandum on the 8th of may 28th in and has subsequently not

participated in any j c p a way related activities he cannot have for be considered to be a participant state for the purposes of possible sanctions not by foreseen by the resolution the united states hold out of the iran nuclear deal in may of 28 scene and at this point we've got the trumpet ministration saying that they are open to renegotiating a new deal that would restrict iran's activities more harshly now at this point people are reacting to the recent effort by the united states to extend the arms embargo against the islamic republic of iran which was roundly defeated by the international community the u.n. security council the 15 member body that leads the u.n. the only other country to support the u.s. move was the dominican republic and it seems with the world basically opposing washington's moves against iran that iran actually has the upper hand this is what

we've heard from some iranian officials in was calm and on which i think today it's clear that the united states is size elated and american unilateralist is not supported by other countries with the reason reason lucian there was put before the security council the united states was defeated the slum a group public of iran has the upper hand about in the international community it seems like almost a consensus that the iran nuclear deal should remain intact however washington has pulled out of the deal and they seem to be almost standing alone at this point in their call to reimpose sanctions and to essentially escalate tensions with the islamic republic. russia's deputy envoy to the u.n. said thursday that the u.s. had to. klein to hold a security council session on the question of sanctions against iran jonas 3 said it says america's actions are more for domestic audience. the u.s. has no legal grounds whatsoever to pursue this very quite explicit in the terms of

the j c p o a that only participants in the accord could move to have the snap back and we've seen all kinds of procedure iranian oil on the high seas that was on its way to venezuela are perfectly legal but the u.s. claims the unilateral right to post its interpretation of sanctions anywhere in the world against anybody it wants. but frankly rather than a sign of straightening this is a sign of weakness because the u.s. is unable to get support any other country in the world for these. actions including britain france germany and staunch u.s. allies are completely reject the above the trump a news story on this issue and it's a sign of desperation frankly that they're hoping something will happen between now and november and turn things around and trump hopes to use these an effort to gain reelection i think frankly it's quite the opposite. that john topple has become

the 1st u.s. company to reach a value of 2 trillion dollars we'll have more on that story after the break. when almost seems wrong. just don't. let me. get to shape out. and engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. to report summer solutions theory with stacy harbor and today we're going to be

talking about the pending selves of money stop being so costly and stop the reliance joining us very quickly. of keys dot com to. take john topple this week became the 1st ever u.s. company to be worth 2 trillion dollars bills value puts it on a par with major economies. the likes of brazil canada russia and south korea in terms of g.d.p. its market capitalizations doubled over the past 2 years most of that growth happening since the start of the pandemic experts now estimated the world economy

it would be classified the 9th richest in the world my colleague you know neil last economist jeffrey took it for their thoughts on apple's 2 trillion dollar valuation . does it seem as if some things are quite right when millions are losing their jobs or close to it i'll a tiny number getting insanely rich. that is exactly right and i have to correct language you say because of the pandemic it's because of the lockdowns all across the world and especially the us governments have heard been bankrupt in small and be medium size businesses and forced closures and stay home orders and closing schools closing borders stopping travel it's been an outrage and of course who benefits it's the big companies especially the tech giants and the rich meanwhile in this country the the poor and the middle class are suffering and medium small businesses are going under because of the lockdowns not because of the pandemic

obviously there's an end plenty of encouragement for companies like apple which have received public funding and. from there very get go and we really need to see far more diversity at the grassroots of the economy to to channel that kind of innovation and it seems that the large companies like apple once they reach a threshold like this they need a lot of public scrutiny to keep up with that kind of responsibility of being so large company a leg that needs to be under public scrutiny and to perform at a higher level and providing innovation rather than at the monopolistic in their aims last month aapl along with google facebook amazon were questioned in the u.s. congress and were told they have quote too much power and are a danger to the american economy have they become too powerful i don't want to blame apple and google and amazon so much so i just think the rules should be applied fairly and evenly to everyone so everyone has

a chance to get to get big and wealthy and serve the community consumer to excellence i think that's most important thing and that's that's the essence of what we mean by free enterprise it's supposed to be equal rules for everyone and that is not the situation today people making the point that google facebook for instance have more influence than than most governments but is there anything wrong with that why should governments have a monopoly on power. that's such a silly question as governments become centralized in any fashion there is opportunities for collusion with with businesses that are succeeding at a certain level that's when we start having this stratified rule set the rule of law starts to break down in any country and once company can overtake him and work with the politician is supposed to be protecting the public then you can get some you know problematic behavior that's an accountable and then the rule of law

operates now. on congas joined beijing in denouncing washington's decision to suspend a series of bilateral treaties in what is the latest spot between the 2 countries comes just weeks after america also began targeting high ranking hong kong officials with sanctions including the city's chief executive the united states unilateral decision reflects its disrespect for bilateralism and multilateralism under the current administration and should be condemned by the international community the hong kong government strongly objects to and deplores the united states action which is widely seen as a move to create troubles in training u.s. relationship using hong kong as a pawn and wednesday the united states announced that it would be suspending 3 treaties with on kong they cover the surrender of fugitives as well as extradition a bilateral agreement on tax exemptions on income from shipping operations has also been scrapped hong kong or suspended its side of agreements in response to trump of

ministration cited china's new national security law which it claims is eroding the city's autonomy china expert professor benjamin chel says that america doesn't have the moral high ground on the issue. the u.s. says it is trying to protect freedom and human rights of the ongoing people but the us itself is a rowing it's much a lot worse then hong kong in many related measures and dearest no police kneeling on the neck of people to get people to their feel is that many hong kong veering angry with washington it's a plank that was then did come ignoring the fact that many people do not want themselves to be represented by a foreign entity we have dealt proper off remember 3 mm median the rest of the half of the population signed a petition to support the new measures a bill that has been set to spark a new round of action and that's. the brother of the manchester arena

bomber has been sentenced to at least 55 years for the murder of 22 people however a legal loophole could allow hashim a bady eventually to be considered for parole u.k. law prevents under 20 one's convicted of murder serving whole life terms without possibility of conditional release abate is now $23.00 but was only 20 at the time of the attack he was found guilty by a jury in march on counts of murder attempted murder and conspiring to cause explosions. his brother solomon abedi detonated a shrapnel laden bomb in the foyer of manchester arena after an area on the ground in a concert back in may 27th teen idol $22.00 people were killed in that attack as well as the bomber over 100 others were injured or brady was arrested in libya the day after the blast and later extradited to the u.k. in 2019 for trial our david langmore law says that despite the loophole the sentence is tough. i think the judge took count of the exceptional nature of face

by upping to be sentenced to a very soft 55 years which shows that an adamant in terms of the old punishment interior punishment of retribution and denunciation it's totally outrageous act where so many people suffered including children so the judge in effect within his powers struck him scribed by parliament and did give him a very severe sentence on something that was beyond at normal or any form of human comprehension in terms of the town attracts i would have hoped that within the constraints the judge judge baker was when they were imposed and the victims would hope that justice was done. ok that was you out of today thanks for staying with us to say a return after. ah

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action is a goal to be. in the wells dry no the presence of. points your thirst perhaps. hello and welcome to cross talk are all things we consider on peter labelle rage and description fear and despair how has the united states found itself in such a state of turmoil growing income inequality systemic racism or poison politics take your pick what is the difference between a protest and a riot and is it accurate to say the u.s.

is becoming a failed state. they discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest r. c. maxwell and being next is the arizona director of the block conservative better ration as well as a brand ambassador turning point usa and in mclean virginia we have the brown and he is the founder and national coordinator of the movement for a people's army or actually cross. in germany. ok nick let me go 1st oh you're you told one of my producers in preparing for this program that you believe that the united states is is a failed state. the recent events of the last week or so are is is evidence of that explain yourself please go ahead. the reason is that in the response to this crisis pandemic we have had a government.