alex in the only arrives at a berlin hospital after being airlifted from russia to receive a merge into treatment the kremlin opponent has been in a coma since falling critically ill on thursday. also this hour opponents of the belorussian leader form a human chain through the country's capital on day 14 of post-election on the rest of their large rally in support of alexander look shango took place in western belarus r.t. managed to speak with the president himself. i knew this would happen i was afraid of skirmishes during the critical period they were preparing for that they were going to fight came out i was afraid that these people would have softened that he's one of the great and amid criticism of its approach to the pandemic sweden

registers a significant spike in deaths in the 1st half of 2020. very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q and moscow let's get started with your live news update. russian opposition figure had a husband admitted to a berlin hospital for medical treatment he was airlifted earlier on saturday from the siberian city of he's been in a coma since falling ill during a flight to moscow on thursday over has the latest from the german capital. alexina volley arrived here at charlotte's a in a emergency vehicle a intensive care transport vehicle that was flanked by police motorcycles as well as other police vehicles we had a statement from the shallots a hospital asking for patience saying that they are going to be carrying out

extensive diagnostic tests on him to try and determine what was the cause of the coma that he is being in it comes after a lot of wrangling between russian doctors in the city of almost. any family he was transported here to germany on a medical plane that was paid for and charted by his supporters that plane. specialists in dealing with coma patients however doctors in school weren't sure that he was in a fit in of state they felt he was too weak in order to make the journey however they eventually relented at the request of the new file the family we are not in favor of him being taken anywhere from this hospital but considering the requests of his family we will help organize the transportation alexina valley took ill on a flight from on thursday from siberia to moscow he's been in a coma since then paramedics arriving on the sit when paramedics arrived on the

scene of the plane which had to make an emergency landing in it was clear that in the valley it was in some extreme distress. there have been claims that election of and he was poisoned however the doctors who trace him in say they carried out a talk screening and that they came back negative for any toxins in his system they say that they were treating him based on a different diagnosis the team of doctors concluded that since we did not find any toxic materials in his blood he had suffered a metabolic disrupt. with the reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure while the plane was taking off last year alexina vialli was admitted to hospital from prison his team at the time suggested he'd been poisoned however it later turned out he'd had an extreme allergic reaction what we have seen though is

conspiracy theories and allegations of bound to that end vonnie is not the 1st to fall victim to poisoning blame for which is often a laid at the door of the kremlin former spies on his daughter yulia suffered a nerve agent attack and russian defector alexander litvinenko died of radiation poisoning activist glad amir khan was poisoned twice and survived the jury is for allegedly using radioactive nerve agents to target double agents defectors and others who fall afoul of the kremlin claims of any poisoning is being denied by the kremlin plenty of putin the russian president's press spokesperson to meet the press corps saying that they wished missed in the valley all the best and a swift recovery saying that any delays in his transport taishan from russia to germany had been due to the concerns from the medical staff in fact the kremlin had rushed through documentation to allow him to make this trip what we are hearing is

that the european union wanting to see a full investigation into what happened so missed in the valley in a case that is becoming increasingly politicized. as peter mentioned in his report medical staff in berlin say they're running extensive tests to establish what's wrong with their lives martin sommer says it's too early to jump to conclusions. well obviously if it's a case of poisoning there's going to be an awful lot of press placing boy western politicians and others but of course it's not clear who would have done the poisoning who has access to the alexina boundary it will be zone. he's an entourage may be looking with intelligence agencies in the west to create such an incident as we're not seeing now that sounds farfetched but it isn't really if you know the history of nato special operations going back many decades that doesn't mean that they did it and it doesn't mean that the russian state did it and it's not even

clear that this is a poisoning so i would think everybody needs to take a deep breath and think very carefully about the damage that can be done while the allegations. opponents of the belorussian leader are keeping up the pressure almost 2 weeks on from the disputed election large peaceful rallies are now being held calling on president alexander lukashenko to quit crowds march through minsk earlier on saturday carrying the red and white flag that's become a symbol of the anti-government movement the past few days they formed a human chain stretching to the outskirts of the capital as you can see many of the activists were carrying flowers and there was no noticeable security presence. meanwhile those in favor of the president are also making their voices heard and large pro-government rally took place and grow a few hours ago i was there i'm give a speech he told supporters that the ongoing turmoil is being stirred up by the

west are to his correspondent was there for us and even managed to speak to the president. what you see behind me is a few 1000 people who showed up at a pro-government rally and indeed this this meeting is very special compared to others that we have that we have covered in the past couple of days not because it's it's exceptionally large because it isn't but because it's the 1st one either . we've seen alexander lukashenko the president of belarus make an appearance and he made a speech. short medium and over these fixed time over time 60 percent of people on the internet who showed bruises 60 percent of that is stage footage time will pass we will come and show you everything i have received information that there are private enterprises all over the country that are pushing people to strike some have become insolent to the point that if an unfortunate policeman arrives to repay sait own car we have telephone conversations

they say cross the corpse but why why will you do if crime returns to the streets who you call do not attack policeman these are your own people if they made some mistakes forgive them the post-election period as being quite rocky for alexander lukashenko for instance a couple of times one factory workers boycotted production and he showed up there to try and calm them down he was essentially had killed and booed off stage so they didn't give him any any any any time they didn't really give him any slack if i may say so well here is a different mood here because here people are supporting him so that's what he's thanked them for and essentially his message has been. it doesn't matter who's in power it doesn't matter the only thing that matters is that belarus should stay independent that it should lead other nations medal i had a chance to ask him a question it wasn't like a media briefing or anything will literally caught him as he was leaving the stage

. i knew this would happen i was afraid of skirmishes during that critical period they were preparing for that they were going to wait for i came out i was afraid that these people would have suffered that is why we took a break look at that there is a sea of people outside i did not expect to see that here on the western border where being are being pressured to attack russia they see as a springboard and we have to wipe it out. it was really happy to see us journalists from russia as well he's already left but people while the crowd the numbers are dwindling the crowd is slowly dissipating and as they as they are leaving but still a few a good few 100 people are still behind me there's a concert going on so i don't think of a celebration this is sort of a what the mood like is here like a public celebration with some classic songs and some local local hits so this is what's going on here. the belorussian opposition leader. has said she will not run

for president again if the government agrees to a rerun of the election during her 1st media conference since fleeing to lithuania to set her only goal now is to secure a new election she called on other countries to respect the sovereignty of belarus and to let its people decide the future of their own country president alexander lukashenko has revealed that he helped her leave the country. yeah you see it was i who transported her truth when i just don't want to go into details but she was the one who requested she was begging to be allowed to go to her children she loves them but she's been thrown under the bus i helped her and then foreign ministry and intelligence services reached out to us and now she started making statements. moscow based political scientists are toward him chuck told us how he things look shango will seek to end the crisis. in such case it's battle to i'm dissipate future demands of the opposition that dissipate crisis and get dry to.

setup some instruments for dialogue maybe like public dialogue roundtable discussion about the future of the developed world a recent biology cannot development about social and political development and somehow to incorporate. moderate opposition into political process try to maybe not sharing power but drive to allow them to participate in decision making at the local level of regional level or maybe at the national level so that they can express the ideas and interests of those who are intending to do or presenting well he doesn't want to maybe too are here for direct negotiations with the council because they are self-appointed people so all the legally they do not represent to represent the population so it's not clear who they are representing in this and this court in

a good nutrition council but i think that he is a very large container agreed to have dialogue with the labor unions with local local leaders legacy to me. local officials their opinion has refused to recognize the results of the belorussian election and the us called it not free or fair but despite the western pressure look i shan't go as adamant he's not going anywhere it's a situation that's run at some of another leader as artist on one quarter explains . many are noticing the ways in which the unrest and valorous a similar to the ukraine uprising or political upheavals in other acts soviet states the latest example though is halfway across the world one leading dissident is now citing the venezuelan scenario calling on the west to recognize the opposition leader as the legitimate president. we are trying to convince the global community that he can all sky has to be recognized for example in venezuela there

are 2 centers of power of course in better use so just know it will be different but it can be done and there are clearly a few parallels like bella reuss the situation in venezuela started with massive protests following contested elections and a defeated opposition claiming the results were rigged. western leaders didn't recognize the election results in either case and of course they decided to throw their support behind the protests the brutal repression of the venezuelan people must and must soon unique that you do these a dictatorship trying to survive for the coast of unprecedented humanitarian distress of warring ideological radicalization when the resources of the country

remain considerable to those who continue to oppress the good people of venezuela know this. all options are on the table so what is moral support from foreign powers done for the opposition in both countries well in venezuela they were confident enough to form their own so-called interim government and there's still essentially a system of dual power 2 parliaments one promo doro the other program things are heading that way in belarus where an opposition coordination council has been formed this is it's called the nation council believes that the only way to overcome the political crisis is to meet the stark negotiations and work out mechanisms to restore the rule of no and hold new elections it's not exactly clear what the function of these institutions are though in venezuela it's hard to tell what has even gained from washington's cheerleading so apart from a little chain rattling and protest organizing what is quite those political maneuvering actually achieved as well people never supported in any numbers

whatsoever you had rallies were very few people showed up you could leave military one as well and it was totally loyal to nicolas maduro and i had no interest in following this guy was a pretender and the whole thing was just of course if you ask the united states to back someone who had no support really to begin with and then to try to palm this off to the rest of the world that he will give them a president have him travel to washington to be seated where we're going with donald trump his speech was there in the public gallery in the u.s. capitol i mean it just didn't fly because there was no support for him so as far as belize goes we don't know what the real support is for the opposition because the election results were probably tainted on really no i mean how much support he has but we know the guy did never got that kind of support because he was in the country and trying to make speeches and have around him and they found. a laughable figure there no doubt some key differences between the 2 countries after all venezuela has been suffering from hyper inflation widespread crime and

a tanking economy all intensified by u.s. sanctions that's not the case in bellerose though let's hope it stays that way foreign support for the belarus opposition has come from numerous quarters including from a prominent french intellectual bernard levy is no stranger to backing revolt. the united nations was set up. for me it's the war that comes a is too late. the almost all default defense of operations targets a defense for prey sions to protect the civilian population at the request of the interim governing council i have the impression france could have envisaged that and it would have submitted it as part of a political plan the you will discover in the next few days.

how can we put rice who failed to act with regard to syria well by trying to imagine and perhaps to provoke a configuration such as that which has prevailed in libya. mind. you not so many europeans you want the best of the europeans. today in vilnius with the planet's economics going to the face of the blue russian revolution and the opposition to the tyrant actual think that you know it was a definite mistake on the part of the. team because given that it does have this reputation of someone who is behind things way probably even to and also wants to avoid involving the nation the guy. given the fact

that it became known to the media and it was right at least in some media it is sort of counterproductive for the image chichi to produce quite honestly most people who are now protesting resort. to peaceful progress there do that today seeing horrible pictures of only smiling and the same on the government's side now more and more people are protesting just because they want to say that we are against any change and you know we want to preserve peace so those people are the past and their road construction our out of their own agenda and meeting at this meeting but you can also go with anyone who is no winning no in the war as you know lots of pro promoting some revolutionary ideas i don't think that may makes any any difference but councils in the u.k. warn that a fear of offending obese people could bankrupt the country's health service

details on that story and more after this. one else seems wrong. why don't we all just don't call. me. yet to see how just the county council. and in detroit equals betrayal. when something find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy foundation let it be an arms race in his own very dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time

time to sit down and talk. welcome back sweden has seen a surge and deaths in the 1st half of 2020 government stat suggest 15 percent more people died compared with the same period in the previous year the revelation has reignited criticism of stockholm's approach to the pandemic a like most of european countries sweden did not go into lockdown the majority of public places remained open throughout and there was no official recommendation to wear face masks. it is very dangerous to believe feast masks would change the game

when it comes to 19 face masks can be complement to other things when other things are safely in place but to start with having face masks and then think you can crowd your buses or your shopping malls that's definitely a mistake we talked to human rights expert marcela fraud at denali he says economic considerations were behind the government's decision. goal was to keep. the health services. at the certain levels i mean not fully obeid in order to take care of all of them or even exceed their shit but of course they were are having. to get units not completely depleted because they were were quickly not at the meeting in those health care units the as a league that were having the disease belief that they had the neat over this huge guaranteed you could join us then we have their lists. by bates now we're doing it

so where we are means that we are. we are doing better than it countries but behind this is study you know data used in this then it's big decision again that this in a can only change game there was a after different dynamics the economy of the countries will be some i see the year so we're going to be unit better position to compete exceptionally but the 5 east that the economy of stood in is suffering as much as the economy. on the right amount of countries so. not only lives you know it's also the economy so totally failure is a complete failure. you co-counsel leaders are calling on doctors to be more upfront with patients about obesity they say concerns about offending people will bankrupt the health service the local government association says those living with severe obesity cost council funded social care twice as much as a person with

a healthy weight they're also far more likely to require long term care over a 2 year period according to the government's own figures obesity is costing society billions of pounds annual spending on obesity and diabetes is greater that on police the fire service and the judiciary can bind local government association says things need to change. unless we tackle the stigma and serious challenge of obesity the costly and debilitating major health conditions it causes could bankrupt adult social care and n.h.s. services health professionals need to start having frank conversations about people's weight if it could be an underlying cause of their condition and routinely record it individuals need to take responsibility for their own decisions and the government needs to support them to do so nearly a quarter of adults in britain are classified as obese with that rate expected to rise to a 3rd by 2024 since the mid 1990 s. the number of obese man has increased 7 fold while it's tripled for women we spoke

to human rights campaigner peter tatchell and calmness under walker about the right approach to the issue. obesity is a human rights issue because people who are overweight often get dealt with a lot of stigma prejudice and discrimination that cheney will not work we have a partnership between health authorities and people who wait till it together they tackled this problem i don't think that we should be forcing people to do anything thought i do believe that these arguments that we hear all the time which is so people college of thoughts freak out like you know what if you want to lose weight that's a very small base trix you obvious i mean do its biggest gains in overweight people seem to be in economic a deprived area there are not many or any even fresh fruit and vegetable shops and if there are they're very expensive so we need

a whole whole whole approach to this issue the idea that fresh produce is expensive this it sounds so bad you know 82 percent so it's these cheap at the back of chips now i walk around university kept assessed and every girl i see is because of course you know we've got to change start by saying look i'm sorry you eat too much and we need to stop doing it we also have to separate different people that there are some people are overweight because of both and a projectile. that is in the constitution it's not that they can help it it's not that they're overeating it's that their body metabolism and ended crimes are not working correctly in a normal healthy person so we need to understand that some people genuinely cannot help but be overweight on a serious note space is an incredibly dangerous situation and every time i say

pictures of people internet access it's died from codeine see a doctor out of our wrists you know very often it's up to white people. i saw a real danger i don't i just think we should be always with people it states that if you close all white doctors don't tell. us tar making john i'm good dear has angered conservatives in the country by allegedly bailing staff from wearing blue lives matter and make america great again baseball hats that's after audio was leaked from a staff training class. where we. were . this is also reportedly a slide from that same session that says black lives matter here is acceptable in the workplace and so is anything promoting l g b t rights the apparent ban on approach gear sparked a furious response from the president don't buy good year tires they announce to

ban a mag at get better tires for far less this is what the radical left democrats do to complete the same game and we have to start playing it now given the markets the ties to federal state and local police departments across the nation i find the newfound distaste for law enforcement to be insulting at best she said leno continued to count on any sizable revenue from the very profitable police and military divisions in the future. here has been quick to distance itself from the training session it said the slide was not approved or distributed by the company and it stressed that employees are free to express their support for the police major customer for the firm political commentator chadwick moore says companies should steer clear of politics. what's interesting here is this might be the 1st time i'm aware of that a. left wing company got smacked very very hard by by their actions against conservatives and conservatives by and large the ones i

talk to don't like this boycott culture they don't like this cancel culture but at the left is going to keep doing this and try to cancel well the right can do it just as well prize month to the rainbow flag black eyes matters to the blacks eyes matter tweet whatever companies should care about these political issues i mean lots of people would rather live in a world where our companies and our celebrities stay out of the political game you know we don't want mcdonalds tweeting about black lives matter we don't want to you know chase bank tweeting about l g b t rights just be a bank just be a tire company that's been around up on the day's top news for now i feel looking for more had an avatar web site r.t. dot com. thanks. an entire village in alaska has had to move if another country trying to wipe out an american town. we do everything in

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