those that you can. quite easily. keep in mind as if to place a. record. alexina valmy arrives at a hospital after being airlifted from russia to receive emergency treatment from an opponent has been in a coma since calling critically ill. the russian leader form a human chain through minsk as post-election on rest rolls on a large rally in support of alexander lukashenko has also taken place in western bellows managed to speak with the president. i knew this would happen i was afraid of skirmishes during the critical period they were preparing for that they were going to before i came out i was afraid that these people would have suffered. 6 months death rate in 150 years criticism of its approach to cope with 90.

6 am here in moscow. holkins were you ought to rights welcome to the program. now the russian opposition leader only has been admitted to a hospital for emergency medical treatment he was airlifted on saturday from the city of he's been in a coma since falling. a flight to moscow on thursday our europe correspondent 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'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 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 no valley was in some extreme distress. there have been claims that that election of only was poisoned however the doctors who traced 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 disrupt. with the reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure while the plane was taking off last year lex in the valley 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 of army is not the 1st to fall victim to poisoning blame for which is often a laid at the door of the kremlin foremost. on his daughter yulia suffered a nerve agent attack and russian defector alexander litvinenko died of radiation poisoning activist. was poisoned twice and survived 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 is being denied by the kremlin 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 haitian 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're running expensive tests to establish what's wrong with the volley so most modern sars 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 alexina but it will be zone entourage now is only maybe even working with intelligence agencies in the west to create such an incident as we're 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 poisoning so i would think everybody needs to take a deep breath and think very carefully about the damage that can be done wild allegations. opponents of the by the russian leader are keeping up the pressure almost 3 weeks on from the disputed election rallies were held throughout south a condemning the brutal police tactics seen earlier on in the unrest crowds marched through ments carrying the red and white flag that's become a symbol of the anti-government movement many of the activists are carrying flowers as well you can see a placard here with a message love is stronger than fear of the past few days people have been forming a human chain across the capital minsk with passing cars honking their horns in support there was no noticeable security presence. on meanwhile the president's backers are also making their voices heard a large pro-government rally took place in grodno in the west of the country on saturday an example of the shanker was there and gave

a speech he reiterated his claim that the ongoing turmoil is being stirred up by external forces already correspondent even as donna was in attendance and 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 we've seen alexander lukashenko the president of belarus make an appearance and he made a speech. over the end of it during these fixed time over time 60 percent of people on the internet who showed bruises 60 percent of their estates footage time will pass we will come and show you everything i've 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 repaste state owned car we have telephone

conversations they say cross the copes 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 when 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 it 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 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 us 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 here like a public celebration with some classic songs and local local hits so this is what's going on here meanwhile but a russian opposition leaders for the monitor going off square 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 taken off only goal now is to secure

a new election she called on other countries to respect the sovereignty of but our us and its people decide the future of their country in one example of the shango who said he helped her leave the country. yeah it was i who transported to the truth when you i just don't want to go into details but she was the one who requested she was begun to be allowed to go to her children she loves them but she was thrown under the bus. and then foreign ministry and intelligence services reached out to her and now she started making statements. we spoke to a moscow based political scientist who believes the protest movement lacks any clear agenda. lest the belorussian of dorothy's have managed to curb the strike movement and all the major enterprises a largely up and running the conveyor belts were never shut down and all the factories are producing their output the wave of strikes has died down so president

lukashenko is personally engaging with the workers and doing it quite effectively following the peak of the unrest last weekend i do expect we will see a spike again tomorrow but i don't think it will be large maybe 10 or 15000 people by and large bellerose has seen an outpouring of emotion rather than a revolution there is no clear agenda and there is unlikely to be one so i think everything will be under control soon and the government's domestic legitimacy will be restored when it comes to external digits mysie that will take time they need to learn from the many mistakes that have been made of the european union has refused to recognise the result of the better russian election in the us call it not free or fair despite the western pressure president lukashenko is adamant he's not going anywhere it's a situation that's or might at some of another level. 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 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 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

the venezuelan people must and must and soon unique that you do these are dictatorship trying to survive for the coast of unprecedented humanitarian distress of flooring 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 to 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

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 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 had no interest in following this guy was a pretender and the whole thing was just of course if you ask the united states that 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 president have him travel to washington to be said we are 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 belize goes we don't know what the real support is for the opposition because the election results were probably tainted really know and how much support he has but we know the guy girl 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 valorous though let's hope it stays that way foreign support for the but a russian opposition has come from numerous quarters including a prominent french intellectual and i don't really levees were known as being no stranger to revolt. the united nations was set up. for me it's the war that comes a is too late. almost

all default defense of operations targeted defense for parishioners to protect the civilian population at the request of the interim governing council i had the impression france could have envisaged that and it would have submitted it as part of a political plan that 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 europeans. today in vilnius with the planet's economics going to the face of the blue russian revolution and the opposition to the tyrant actually 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 sayings wait probably even taken off 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 at resort. peaceful brought us there do that city seeing horrible pictures of police mylan and the same on the government 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 protesting in the seringe an hour out of their own agenda and meeting at this meeting but taken out with anyone who is no one in the in the war as you know lots

of pro promoting some revolutionary ideas i don't think that may makes any any difference. thousands of people have gathered in central jerusalem calling on these voting prime minister to resign of our negations of corruption i was i was. protesters march to benjamin netanyahu is residents defying police attempt to stop the procession israeli media reporting several clashes in at least 33 arrests as anyone who is currently on trial for bribery and fraud and has been the target of demonstrations throughout the summer the latest rally comes ahead of tuesday's deadline for the coalition government to agree on a budget plan or trigger a new election. sweden has recorded its highest death rate for a 6 month period over the past 150 years 20 twentieth's figure is

a 15 percent increase over last year and has reignited criticism of the country's approach to the coronavirus now unlike most european states sweden did not go into lockdown the majority of public places remained open throughout and there was no official ruination for face coverings to be worn. it is very dangerous to belief masks would change the game when it comes to 19 feast masks can be complement to other things when other things are safely in place but to start with having feast masks and then think you can crowd your buses or your shopping malls that is definitely a mistake. one swedish human rights expert we spoke to says economic considerations are behind the government's decision. goal was to keep. the health services. at the certain level i mean not fully overbite in order to take care of all of that more. but of course they were having.

units not completely depleted big course they were. not at the meeting in those health care units on the adélie that where. they had the meat over the. years then we have. now we're doing it so. it means that we are yeah we are doing better but behind this is you know. again that the syndicate on the gate it was a after. the economy of the countries will be some i see so we're going to. be the exception but define that the economy of this suffering as much as the economy and i'm not a country so we're. not only like students also the economy is totally

failure is a complete failure. of us call making joint goodyear has angered conservatives by allegedly buying stuff. to make america great again caps but allowing out would support for liberal causes is some of the order supposedly leaked from a soft training class. while you're. worried about recording along with an accompanying slide were obtained by w i b w news. this line says black lives acceptable in the workplace was anything promoting. the battle gear sparked a few of us response from the president. don't buy good year tires they announce to ban a mag hats get better tires for far less this is what the radical left democrats to 2 can play the same game and we have to start playing it now given the good remark

is that 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 idea h.q. has been quick to distance itself from the training session it's the slide was not approved or distributed by good here and stressed that employees are free to express their support for the police a major customer for the firm because it will come a day to charge it more says companies should focus more on business and less on 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

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 black sides matter tweet 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. u.k. council leaders are calling on doctors to be more upfront with patients about obesity and help them get their weight under control of the local government association says concerns about offending people are causing medics to dodge the issue with potentially disastrous consequences for the health service and as that those living with severe obesity cost council funded social care twice as much as a person with a healthy way according to the government's own figures burning obesity and diabetes is greater than on police the fire service and the judicial recombined

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 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. when you're quarter of adults in britain are classified as obese with that weight expected to rise by a 3rd in 2024 is the mid ninety's the number of obese men has increased 7 fold one has tripled to women we spoke to columnist andrew walker and human rights campaign a 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 cheney will not work we need to

have 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 culture thoughts freak out that late you know what if you want to lose weight that's a bit more tricks you obvious are going to do its biggest gains in overweight people seem to be in economically 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 fresh produce is expensive this it's not so bad you know 8 to protect so it is cheap at the back of chips that i walk around university kept assessed and every girl i see is because of course

you know we've got to change that by saying look i'm sorry you eat too hot 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 out in a normal. the person so we need to understand this song people genuinely cannot help but be overweight all the serious not basics an incredibly dangerous situation at every time i say pictures of people in the n.h.s. has died suppose he died so you don't corrupt the forests you know very often that some white folks i saw secrets i 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 talk that

itself the facts worlds apart anyway in just a few bob it's time to see what at 7 am moscow time to bring you the latest updates will see you back then.

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hello and welcome to worlds apart as is often sad that beauty is in the eye of the beholder but hundreds of studies across decades show that most beholders view beauty in pretty similar ways and that's leaps into all facets of a person's life from the way a kid is treated in school to he's or her success in the labor or marriage markets it's pretty clear that beauty is an advantage but is it really an unfair or superficial one well to discuss that i'm now joined by daniel hamermesh imagist.