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great. for the 1st. night here in moscow this august the 22nd welcome to our 2 international russian opposition figurehead. has been admitted to hospital for medical treatment he was airlifted earlier. he's. a flight to moscow on thursday our europe correspondent peter all of the latest for us from the german capital. alexina volley arrived here at charlotte's a in a emergency vehicle
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a intensive care transport vehicle that was flanked by police motorcycles as well as other police vehicles we've 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 has been in it comes after a lot of wrangling between russian doctors in the city of almost the novelli family he was transported here to germany on a medical plane that was paid for and charted by his supporters that plane contained. 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 family we are not in favor of him being taken anywhere from this hospital but considering the requests of his family
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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 that election of only was poisoned however doctors who trace him in say they carried out a talk screening and that they that 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 disruption. with the reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure
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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 spice and his daughter yulia suffered a nerve agent attack and russian defector alexander litvinenko died of radiation poisoning activist glad amir was poisoned twice and survived hooten the tory a spur allegedly using radioactive nerve agents to target double agents defectors and others who fall afoul of the kremlin claims of any poisoning it being deny by the kremlin glad to meet putin the russian president's press box person to meet the press corps saying that they wished missed in the valley all the best and
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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. medical staff in berlin say they are running extensive tests to establish what's wrong with nepali journalist martin somers sees 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 lex in the bounty it will be zone. his own entourage maybe eat looking with intelligence agencies in the west to create such an incident
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as we're now 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 the russian state did it and it's not even clear that this is a policing so i would think everybody needs to take a deep breath and think very carefully about the damage that can be done wild allegations. to another story where across today opponents of the balor russian leader are keeping up the pressure almost 2 weeks on from the disputed election rallies were health rights saturday condemning the brutal police tactics seen earlier on in the unrest crowds marched through the red and white flying not to become a symbol of the anti government movement many of the activists were carrying flowers and you can see a placard here with the message love is stronger than fear for the past few days people have been forming a human chain across the capital with passing cars honking their horns in support
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there was no noticeable security presence. in iraq the president's backers are also making their voices heard a large pro-government rally took place in on saturday alexander lukashenko was there and gave a speech he reiterated his belief elfie all going turmoil is being stirred up by external forces r.t. correspondent down off is there for a son managed to speak to the president. what you see behind me is a few 1000 people who showed up at a pro-government rally. 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 exceptionally large because it isn't but because it's the 1st one that we've seen alexander lukashenko the president of belarus make an appearance and he made a speech. for over a year and over. time over time 60 percent of people on the internet who showed
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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 insulting to the point that if an unfortunate policeman arrives to repay sait own car we have telephone conversations they say crush 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 but the post-election period has been quiet 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
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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 let other nations meddle 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 what the mood like is public celebration with some classic songs and local local hits so this is what's going on here. there are
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speaking to the belorussian leader meanwhile the opposition leader. 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 account of said her only goal now is to secure a new election she called on other countries to respect the sovereignty of belarus on to let its people decide the future of their country meanwhile i don't. feel he helped her leave the country. yeah you with us it was i who transported her truth when i just don't want to go into details but she was the one who requested it to me she was begging to be allowed to go to her children she loves them but she's been thrown under the bus help her and then foreign ministry and intelligence service has reached out to her and now she started making statements. well among
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the reaction we've been getting to develop months is from moscow based political scientist artur dam trip who told us how he thinks the question go will seek to end the crisis. in such case it's battle to i'm disappointed future demands of the opposition that dissipate crisis and to try to. set up some instruments for dialogue maybe like public dialogue a round table discussion about the future of developed belarus it 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 that maybe at the national level so that they can express the ideas and interests of those who are intending to do or the present well he doesn't
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want to maybe do our direct negotiations with the council because they are self-appointed people so all the legally they do not represent the present population so it's not clear who they are representing in this this court an inclusion council but i think that he is very large container agreed to have dialogue with labor unions. local local leaders legacy to me. local officials. well your opinion union has refused to recognize the results of the belorussian the election in the us called it not free or fur but despite the western pressure president lukashenko is adamant he's not going anywhere it's a situation that reminded him of another leader many are noticing the ways in which the unrest and valorous is similar to the ukraine uprising or political upheavals in other acts soviet states the latest example though is halfway across the world
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one leading dissident has 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 ruse 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
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the venezuelan people must stand at the most. unique that you'll 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 and if that is if the coordination council believes that the only way to overcome the political crisis is to immediately start negotiations and work out mechanisms to restore the rule of no and hold new elections it's not exactly clear
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what the function of these institutions are though in venezuela it's hard to tell what quite though has even gained from washington steer leading so apart from a little chain rattling and protest organizing what is quite as political maneuvering actually achieved as well people never supported in any numbers whatsoever you had rallies were very few people shouted not particularly the military going as well and it was only loyal to nicolas maduro i have 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 calm this off to the rest of the world that he was really good a president have him travel to washington to be said we're going with donald trump in speech he was there in the public gallery of the u.s. capitol i mean it just didn't fly because there was no support for him so as far as belarus 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 girl did never got that kind of support because he was in the
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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 and valorous though let's hope it stays that way foreign support for the balor roussel position has come from numerous quarters including a prominent french intellectual bernard already living is renowned as being no stranger to bucking revolt. the united nations was set up. for me it's the war that comes a is too late. the
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else will default see defensive operations targeted defense for permissions 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. one that you are not only europeans you are the best of the europeans. today in vilnius with the planets you cannot escape the face of the by the russian revolution and the opposition to the tyrant actual think that you know it was
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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 taken off wants to avoid involving the nation the guy. you know 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 had resort. to peaceful progress they're doing that today seeing horrible pictures of police mileage and the same on the government's side now more and more people are protesting and just because they want to say that we are against any change and you know we want to preserve peace so those people are protesting at audio in the seringe an hour an hour out of their own agenda and
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meeting at this meeting but you can also go with anyone who has no money no into war as you know lots of pro promoting some revolutionary ideas i don't think that may makes any any difference. to local authorities in the u.k. are urging people to ditch the don't know forget the fridays seeing the obesity crisis could bump up the health service not story more in a few moments. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race is very dramatic development only closely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down
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and talk. shows seem wrong. why don't we all just don't. let me. get to shape out these days because that's ok and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. start the program back in northern europe where sweden has recorded its highest death rate for the 1st half of a year over the past century and
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a half 20 twentieth's figure is a 15 percent increase on last year and has reignited criticism of the country's approach to the coronavirus unlike most european countries sweden did not go into lockdown the majority of public places remained open throughout it was also no official recommendation to cover your fate. it is very dangerous to belief east masks would change the game when it comes to 19 facemasks 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. well a swedish human rights expert we spoke to says economic considerations were behind the government's decision. to keep. the health services. at the certain level i mean not fully obeidi nor did. all of that. but
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of course they were are having. units not completely depleted big course they were were quickly not at the meeting in those health care units on the end to leave where. they had the meat and then you could join us then we have. by now we're doing it so we are means that we are yeah we are doing better but behind this is you know. again that this in a game there was a after different dynamics the economy of the countries will be. so we're going to. be the exception but define that the economy of this suffering as much as the economy. i'm out of countries so we're. not
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only like students also the economy will totally fail or is a complete failure. story getting a lot of people speaking in the u.k. leaders are calling on doctors to be more upfront with patients about obesity and help them get their weight under control the local government association says concerns about offending people are causing medics to dodge the issue of potentially disastrous consequences for the health service that those living with severe obesity cost consul funded social care twice as much as a person with a healthy weight according to the government's own figures spending basically on diabetes is greater the police the fire service the judiciary. local authorities say things need to change. unless we tackle the stigma and serious challenge of obesity the costly and debilitating major health conditions it causes could
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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 well let's go through some of the figures which are quite staggering nearly a quarter of adults in britain are classified as a base but that really expected to rise to a 3rd by 2024 since the mid 1990 s. the number of obese men has increased 7 fold it's triple for women now we spoke to columnist andree walker and human rights campaigner peter tatchell about how they think the issue should be tackled. obesity is a human rights issue because people are overweight often get dealt with a lot of stigma prejudice and discrimination that shany will not work we have
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a partnership between health authorities and people who wait so that together they tackle 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 you deprived areas there are not many it or any 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 suresh produces expense this it sound so bad you know 82 percent so it's these cheap at the back of chips now when 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
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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 product rule. that is in their 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 in the n.h.s. it's died from codeine see a doctor out of viruses you know very often it's up to white people and so i think it creates a real danger and i just think that we should be honest with people it states that a lot you know if you caught a white that is turns out that it's a cow the fact. the u.s.
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tire making giant. conservative this by allegedly bombing staff from wearing blue lives mater america great again caps but allowing support for liberal causes after audial was leaked from a staff training plus. the. recording along with company were obtained by w y b w news a t.v. channel and counts as the slides say black lives matter gear is acceptable in the workplace and so is anything promoting l g b t riots the apartment on pro trump here sparked a furious response from the president. i don't buy good year tires they announce to ban a mag that's get better tires for far less this is what the radical left democrats do to can play the same game and we have to start playing it now given the good is
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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 goodish is certainly no continue to count on any sizable revenue from the very profitable police and military divisions in the future good year hey check your house being quick to distance itself from the training session it said the slide was not approved or distributed by goodyear stress that employees are free to express their support for the police major customer for the firm but a commentator chadwick and ses company should stay 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 when conservatives by and large the ones i talk to don't like this boycott culture they don't like this cancel culture but
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at the left is going to keep doing this and try to cancel well the right can do it just as well prize month through the rainbow flag black eyes matters to the black lives matter whatever companies should care about these local 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 you know chase bank tweeting about l g b t rights just be a bank just be a tire company a fresh license the report is coming your way in moments with marks on stacy a live here again after that to keep you in the loop with this weekend's goings on in the news world hope to see you then. the world is driven by shaped by.
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