german clinic traducing the gravely ill russian opposition activist alexei navalny says it's found traces of a substance that affects the nervous system squat russian doctor saying they couldn't find any toxins in his blood. the weekend of huge rallies peacefully in 2 weeks after the disputed election based on tens of thousands calling for him to quit president lukashenko facts of iraq police for their support . of. the austrian someone to the russian foreign ministry must go off to vienna says expelling a russian official breaking the rules of democracy. live

from moscow thanks for joining us tonight all to international i'm daniel. a german medical clinic says it's found traces of a substance that affects the body's nervous system and alexina the russian opposition activist who fell seriously ill on a flight to moscow last week. the clinical findings indicate intoxication by substance from the group of active substances called to raise inhibitors the outcome of the disease remains uncertain and long term effects especially in the area of the nervous system cannot be ruled out at this point in time while the statement that was put out by shouting hospital here in berlin is said that they have found a toxic substance in alexy in the system that this substance is being verified

by several different laboratories they couldn't identify exactly what it was but if the long to a family of toxins that could attack the nervous system now this is very different to the news we had coming out of the russian city of homs where lex in the valley was 1st treated after his flight from siberia to moscow was forced to make an emergency landing with him in great distress they said that they're willing to share all of the details from the tests that were carried out in almost with the medical staff here. that say that they carried out numerous tests and found no such toxins a test on the well known for a wide spectrum of synthetic substances including inhibitors were negative also on admission to the hospital there was no clinical picture specific to the colon mystery's inhibitor group following the release of the statement we also heard from german chancellor angela merkel and the foreign minister heiko must they issued

a joint statement in which they wished alexina vilely a swift recovery but also called for a full investigation to find out what happened to him in view of mr numberless prominent role in the political opposition in russia where it is we call upon the authorities there to investigate every single detail of this incident and do so in full transparency those responsible must be damed to fight and how to countable while the german chancellor the foreign minister were calling for investigations to determine the facts it does seem that trial by media. has already pointed the finger of blame directly at the kremlin so. does a lot of chewing. particularly likes you don't need a security clearance to know that the kremlin has a track record of poisoning its critics alexei mithali remains in a serious but stable condition here in central. while the the statement that was released says that there is no acute risk to his life at the moment it does say

that there could be long term health effects for him. in question is found in the family of colonist or is inhabited is there a group of chemicals that affect the nervous system used in drugs for treating illnesses such as alzheimer's and other forms of dementia are no live now to join the c.e.o. of the washington pain center and certified board certified theologist thanks for joining us so good to have in the program today. what did average an average viewer probably would have heard about these sorts of chemicals before what can you tell us about these inhibitors a german clinic says it's found in the valley system what exactly is this substance and what does it do to the body sure well these medications are used all the time in operating rooms every day east reversed most relaxed what happens with some ph and says what it does this create this large amount of this you know coli this you know call it is a normal. medication that we haven't recruits mitter aware of it's too high

everything in balance in life it can cause death to patients and this is actually the agents that we have a nerve gas like serum dxed or as you call new streets and bitters. cause this great uptake of this you know coli causing respiratory depression and death. in terms of the last thing effects of this substance in the body can there be any sort of last thing that might show any sort of long term effects on the organism. we usually patients don't survive this i mean that's why the military uses this as you know as it is a neuro toxic agent and obviously if you slip into a coma which is generally in did you there's going to be neurologic injury from that as long as the patient receives you know supportive care such as you know respiratory implant purchase support we should make it but obviously you know things are very nice right now we just don't have enough information in terms of a long term effect just yet you mention a substance is quite specific a can be used in the military in the medical field what in what way could this

a possible he ended up in the system of often of only i can answer that i just know that these agents are used all the time in an operating room you know through 1st normal patient care they're also used for military functions such as v.x. and sarin gas for you know for lethal combat and obviously if this is a cloistering you know it's very specific that's why the russian government may not be looking for it maybe the germans were looking for this that's where they found the coaling was exceptionally high and this patient meaning it there was a cloisonne involved. can this poisoning if it is obviously confirmed this poison is going to be treated in any way is there any way to mitigate the long term consequences of damage to the nervous system into the human organism sure if so for the 1st thing you have to do is recognize that in the way that you would recognize this by the symptoms so lowered your salivation lacker which asserts a cry you can't you're muscle start to twitch use always for with the mouth and the really the treatment is quick intervention with the medication to payment after

pain which is it if you're muscular injections however if the patient received a sub lethal dose and you would get sick you know we you know days 2 weeks that they would never know to use an anecdote agents that's probably what happened here and obviously you've got the support of care and i hope it will survive presumably this substance is so specific it wouldn't be found in any sort of regular day to day medication prescription medications that live alli could be taking it couldn't afford in the system in that way is that correct i don't believe so i've never heard of that you know to taking it in that way and obviously there are sure been a paper trail in terms of medications being taken so most likely does point to 000 other sources of of the stocks. that the clinic in but they're saying there are more tests that are needed do you think they'll be able to give any sort of clearer picture about how this go to a system about the identity of any other chemicals perhaps that are in his organism

i'm not a toxicologist i don't know that per se obviously in the war time that passes for when the intervention happened to this point the heart is going to treat specter what substances were used clearly they have identified it not that they have identified it they can give support of care for this patient agreeable long and then after that it becomes more of a forensic you know purpose. ok john dombrowski c.e.o. of the washington pain center and board certified is the oldest thanks for joining us good to have in the program today if you're getting. the better of is now in a 3rd week of on rest of the process both for and against the president showing no sign of the climbing these are pictures from earlier on monday from independence square in the capital minsk where a small but colorful crowd of anti-government protesters gathered and see people waving their phones with the torches a little singing and dancing. on sunday it was

a very different picture of course when the capital saw tens of thousands taking part in an anti-government march waving red and white flags demonstrators demanded the president resign over what they say was a rigged election. despite the heavy military presence there was no arrests and mr instruction passed off peacefully and exotica shango thanked riot police at the scene. but the thing. is a. good

thing for simple. well ahead of sunday's running to government advised crowds to stay home to avoid any confrontation and saturday thousands took part in a show of support for the president. we don't want a group that coordinates opposition protests in belarus has been found posting question of all news on social media and post claim the man found hanged after doing missing was a protester who'd been beaten up the post was later amended with their identities changed from protester to just a month and also said claims about injuries were not proven but the 1st such case of false information coming from the protests against their spent taking a closer look it is difficult for human beings to be neutral just the way it is biology our psychology makes us want to pick

a side to root for someone even if it isn't off fight so it isn't better or us a huge divide neighbor against neighbor brother against brother journalist against journalist there are t.v. personalities of kuwait national networks and improve that's the gets the president against the elections against the other side i have decided that my broadcast today in belarus one was the last one nobody influenced this decision i took it myself there are not man no vice but we exist. vera correct me cover hoost of good morning belarus sergei because lo which presenter to tiana brought kidda hanka and vladimir bercow who snuck in and try to claim the credit. until recently i presented the os to military program in paris was i no longer a presenter of this t.v.

project i resigned myself and it wasn't easy to people want justice the people don't want lazy people want freedom and you may have come away with a sense that he resigned over the elections like like others who sacrificed their livelihoods their income as an act of protest vladimir didn't know no that's just him trying to claim their credit. it is absolutely unclear from the message when the prison to have the program and in my opinion this was done on purpose the t.v. company said goodbye to the dimmer a month ago and i followed as a showman successfully gotten on the act bottom feeders are nothing new they swamp everything in times of hardship of desperation you'll find them on television trying to wiggle their way into the spotlight when things are tough to play and profit in people's misery you'll find them on live and blogs in social media shouting the loudest pointing and screaming lying and misleading we live

in an era of fakes of think heroes fake opinions and think news she walked around spread men's legs and purposefully sadistically struck at their groupies she would heated their testicles and called them scum one man who looked about 50 she beat in the group and while standing on his legs he later told me his hips were all blue kareena about 30 is blonde and not that 2 she was dressed in uniform and had a mask on her face remember what i said about take. sides you likely aren't from belarus yet hearing this story one can't help but feel revolted and many belorussians were upon hearing this the the witch hunt began soon they found this alleged corrina all christina and people went after her threatening to kill her to murder her family

a reward was posted for her address they got the wrong woman. i have been 1st to record this video because of harrison and threats and insults towards me and my family as a result of false information on the internet please help me share this so that lies don't spread further and done to her me and my family christina is a gym instructor at the interior ministry not a guard at the jail where the alleged torture happened oh they apologized afterwards after terrified and traumatized and threatening to kill her and her family they said sorry they said sorry and then posted another picture of another christina who might have been the woman from the story and went after her and let's not forget about the bear that's coming for better or worse for a while now into that users have been sharing videos of military convoys allegedly russian that are moving towards belarus there are 2 plausible explanations why they

still haven't arrived russian military trucks are just really slow like incredibly slow like walking speed you could walk from moscow to better us in about a week the other explanation is that there aren't any russian armies moving towards belarus. they recorded these videos without realizing that they were below russian armored personnel carriers not russian and they were moving towards the west because we decided that we needed to take additional measures to protect the sovereignty and independence we could go on and on thinks about preparing to free the country thinks about the opposition leader's i.q. been very low thanks me device stupidity reinforced with hysteria and decorated with the. diplomatic row has broken out in russia in austria after vienna said it was expelling russian diplomats media

reports claim it's linked to spy integrations war that next from the quarter. this was a marriage decision by russia to declare this austrian diplomat persona non-grata it came not long after the austrian foreign ministry declared a russian diplomat persona non grata on monday and gave him an ultimatum to leave the country before september 1st the austrian ambassador to russia was just summoned to the russian foreign ministry to discuss the issue the decisive protests was expressed to the. unfounded decision to withdraw a critic taishan from russian diplomats and over the demand for the diplomat to leave the territory of the republic of austria acting in line with the principle of reciprocity the diplomats at the embassy of the republic of the street in russia has been declared persona non grata cording to media reports the authorities believe that this russian diplomat was engaged in espionage activities collaborating with an austrian national in breach of the vienna convention on

diplomatic relations but we have no evidence of any of these alleged spy activities his name wasn't disclosed and we have no official confirmation from the authorities so while this story has gotten a lot of attention very little can be verified at this point. thanks for staying with us it's bad news for one of the main parties in the 3rd in the u.s. election as the greens see red and end up feeling blue getting caught between a big policies and a botched bonnet story when we come back. we talk about problems all here in the summertime we come up with all solutions. being joined by banker turned point from your. bank. long

term friend of. the world. thinks. we. ask. the program the greens have been dropped off the ballots in the u.s.

state of montana this comes off the democrats claim the petition to get the green party on the bought it was fun it's the republicans to split the left wing folks the state could a state court took the greens off the ballot based on a lawsuit by the montana democratic party green party members claim they were left short of the signatures needed to register to supporters are pressured by the democrats the green party says the petition should still stands. this was a valid petition that was filed people were asked if they wanted to sign a petition to have green party candidates on the ballot in the general election in november now we are not naive about republican motives for wanting to circulate a petition for a 3rd party or an independent candidate however. the logic of those republican operatives is that a candidate can take votes away from another candidate and the greens reject that argument it's impossible to take away a vote from a candidate until that vote has been cast until the vote has been cast the vote

belongs to the voter and so if these voters signed a valid petition of their own free will but they want to see green party candidates on the ballot in november that petition should stand and if we want to get dark money or misleading financing out of politics great let's have fully public financed campaigns the way the greens have been fighting for for decades and the democrats and republicans as a cartel have fought against tooth and nail. in the continuing fallout from the devastating blast and by rote west african workers left have taken to sleeping rough outside their country's embassies and consulates of to fight in themselves stranded in lebanon and many all women abandoned by employers who can no longer pay them when the country's economic crisis local activists are trying to raise funds to buy them plane tickets home we heard from some of the women. i'm pregnant and i'm in this shit because i want to go home. like right now i don't have

a place to stay only in the streets and my aim is to go home i came to lebanon. because i was coming. to look for i was come to out so that i can be able to take over my family my own kids and my siblings as well. but what i came and saw it was not what i was speaking to see when i came here it was different thing i came to have been known to law to look for good. custer's due to unemployment in my country so that take him to read then on to to support my family when they came here concerts he asked me my needs. met i seem to be asked this don't you asked me $200.00 folks with general info how did for their lack of dollar in the $400.00 that is $1100.00 i thought he was able to have money and make a must. have indeed be there for me i was working for they took me back to the office in their fees they keep on changing me their houses and i was not getting

myself ready for like 6 months. or the massive chemical lost ripped through the capital earlier this month leaving economic devastation and growing reports of people are able to feed themselves human rights activists told us that the west african women are essentially part of a modern day slavery system. i've been under street for a week now hoping the kenyan women in baghdad who are facing their consulate. they've been here actually for 2 weeks but we didn't know about it earlier their problem they are facing in lebanon is due to the kafala system which is modern day slavery they are working with no salary has. no overworking sometimes they are abused and at the end of they did they were thrown on the street by their employers facing the consulate. fashion designers in west africa calling for a boycott of

a colorful clothing called work sprint which is close closely associated with the region the problem is much of the textile is actually made in europe with locals calling it a legacy of colonialism. different versions depending on the countries and not different but the me the muslims when who is the ankara what's fabric people it's just a lot of it is not actually offered gotten something that is made in all it's. coming from indonesia in the region of the bible so basically it has been adopted into likely not pick up every day like for parents like maybe or newborns.

it's very common in traditional sort of on one hand you get a bit of a bump of of the life of west african people who have those that will probably be on the other hand who look people who know the story behind it to leak implication belong to take a distance yet some people don't want to buy this but we can you know it was and still made it all and so it's maybe going to be for a company. 'd 'd can sometimes loom 5 get the ball regional just for the principle of pay for the right ability but it was

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for. join me every thursday simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics. i'm sure i'll see you then. for years i had treated patients with heroin addiction with high dose methadone which is the appropriate treatment and so i was thinking well i see how well that works for all these people and they don't tend to overdose on it or have a lot of side effects or have any problems so why wouldn't that be fine for pain patients i do recall individual young man who had

a rough go early in life had some problem with alcoholism was in alcohol recovery had a number of back surgeries and i was in the middle of a tapering course switched him over to methadone for his other drug to ease his taper and using misguided conversion tables. 3 days after i converted him i got a call from his wife that he a doctor. was flabbergasted it's not safe for people who just have chronic pain to give them opioids because they don't have the years of tolerance built up that people with heroin addiction have to really understand the complexity of doing that drug is a reflection on. guys much training this was the published data i said there's something wrong here. and that left a. hole in my heart i still remember him very very clearly he had opened up

a shop that small business and was really getting on conceit and he even gave me his a. 100 day took me accomplish that information was dribbling in that the opioid miracle pain relievers were killing people is produce pharma and the other drug companies would have acknowledged the potentially lethal effects of opioids when these problems were 1st discovered hundreds of thousands of lives could have been saved instead they took steps to suppress negative information within a month received a 3 page letter from produce pharma. basically saying why are you bothering the doctors this is not a prescribing problem this is a patient misuse problem this is a drug abuse problem patients need to be able to get what they need and then we got a year later got sued in federal court we were all of the medical directors were served in our homes current efforts to stop this overprescribing have been met with

much pushback from the pharmaceutical industry they rationalized that the billions of dollars they were making were helping more people than they were harming they insisted and still insists today that only those who are diverting and misusing the drugs to get high are responsible for the epidemic and not those who are prescribe the drug produced distributed a follow up video to i got my life back to double down on their claims that oxycontin was a safe non-addictive long term chronic pain relief returning to these patients off to 2 years shows that when pain treatment is successful and stay successful over the last 3 years i've gotten much much stronger it's just absolutely a god thing it's just such a different i've been away awaiting. and able to it's wonderful however in time even produce own video poster children were succumbing to oxycontin speed lethal effect of the 6 featured patients spotlighted in the videos 3 maintain they

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