and. join us in the. forum 8 in the shallows. this hour's headlines stories calls on germany it's information. targeted chemical agents. if there was any you know. there is no data there are only statements amounting to megaphone diplomacy. had on the program the u.s. the international effort to develop a vaccine that does not want to be constrained by the world health organization. and the u.s. courts rules that must harvesting of phone records national security agency

was 7 years after the practice was revealed by edward snowden. just a few moments into a brand new day here in moscow friday september the 4th my names you know you're welcome to r.t. international. the e.u. foreign policy chief condemn the alleged poisoning of. calling it an assassination attempt the russian opposition figure is in a medically induced coma on the ventilator in a berlin hospital 2 weeks after being are lifted from russia. being poisoned with a novacek nerve agent russia is calling for dialogue stating it's still receive no data from germany on the findings. the president of belarus weighed in alexandre the claims that his security forces have information which cast on

berlin's poisoning allegation. we have intercepted a call as we understand between warsaw and berlin that clearly sounds it's. didn't take place. they have done it quote to discourage putin from interfering in the internal affairs of belarus. the german government has responded to mr location because version of fencing not it's not true while the kremlin says it has no details on the ballot russian president's claims now reporting on the international fallout from the alleged poisoning and there's been a bit of election of ali here's our peter over. well i'm glad merkel speaking here in berlin alongside the swedish prime minister stefan loven briefly touching on alexina valmy and saying how germany would respond to russia depended on russia

right now and how it responds to those allegations that came out on wednesday as it stands moscow is far from happy with berlin at the moment in the way that that announcement on wednesday was made what we've heard from the head of the fact that a press conference was called before the russian ambassador had been summoned to the foreign office before. being told that this was going to be this announcement was going to be made. of the russian ambassador said that once he was summoned to the the foreign ministry he wasn't given any facts about the allegations being made now the kremlin spokesperson to me to the press golf has said on thursday essentially they can't comment on what they haven't seen in relation to the the evidence to back up the claims that alexei navalny was poisoned using a novacek nerve agent while the foreign ministry in moscow has accused berlin of what it called make a phone diplomacy. i would be very cautious when talking about any accusations

against russia in this case after all there is no valid reason to make any we hope that we will be able to determine what happened and why we are interested in that we want it and we need the information from germany for that. if there was any data we would work with that there is no data there are only statements amounting to megaphone diplomacy because there. by foreign ministry i think many were waiting to hear what the doctors had to see the russian doctors in syria their conclusions with the public employee guided fact indeed that's not something we see here the why of why would novell need the poison has been raising a lot of questions in russia we've heard from the heads of russia's foreign intelligence service who said that the situation regarding the family raises more questions than it does and says the statements coming out of lindh raising more

questions than they do answers he also said that the tests carried out in russia were there as far as he was gone and the kremlin spokesperson 3 to the press corps of also saying that he's far from sure who would benefit it all from poisoning alexina volley. i can't answer the question of who would benefit from the poisoning i don't think anybody would benefit from it the tool. the german foreign minister heiko must on wednesday said that they at demanding answers and they're looking to russia for those answers it's an informant soon it is obvious that one of the leading opposition figures in russia has been poisoned especially islip were 3 of the armed forces came to a clear conclusion that alex enough money was poisoned with a substance from the north which a group he's the victim for crime someone tried to shut him up the aisle for doing a book to sleep with him on an investigation into the poisoning of aleksey now while we condemn this boy's name and in the near future will hold consultations and

how europe can adequately respond to it it will also depend on russia's response to the case chancellor merkel has said that the eyes of the world are looking at the alexei navalny case right now alongside her on thursday speaking in the chancery was stefan levin the swedish prime minister he called for a full investigation into find they out what happened to mr volley that followed on from similar calls from british prime minister boris johnson. on the line the e.u. commission president also the french prime minister as well all saying that there needs to be a full investigation in condemning what's being alleged by germany as the poisoning of alexei in the valley we've also heard on thursday from the senior spokes person for the aid of e.u. foreign affairs go to cooperate have pleased the foreign office so far also said that an investigation should be conducted by moscow during that press

briefing he wrapped up was asked a question about spatial sanctions against russia from the european union over the election of on the case he said that any sanctions were down the line from now that there needed to be an investigation 1st it was up to moscow to carry out that investigation and then anything further would be discussed once they had those results over taking this through things where we are the people in berlin of course where mr of all he's being treated right now for their thoughts on the no but chalk poisoning story. it was good to bring him here but i don't know the details the suspicion is that he was poisoned and that he's political opponents who want to shut him down but on a diplomatic level of course it's complicated. we know what we read in the news but if it's like they're saying he was certainly poisoned the charity hospital has but who knows the background. i think they should apply pressure to clarify the case

that's for sure but i would say they need to open a look at the details rather than just decided on a culprit they should investigate who was really involved. just some more reaction the global chemical weapons watchdog your p c w has said the alleged poisoning of alexina folly is of grave concern and it's monitoring the situation that came after several western politicians call for sanctions against russia our senior correspondent steve digs deeper into the allegations. no we talk again they say the north korea's talks and that is heaped infamy on russia over talks a group of toxins by the way with slightly different variations of liquid gas powder one of the deadliest substances known to man rebel solves bre the huge operation launched there hundreds of people in full hazmat gear everyone afraid of exposure and here is apparently exposed to this movie variation which by the

way can evaporate and become airborne at room temperature and is flying on a jet where he feels sick scores of people crammed together and no one doubts reports feeling the thing including the people he was with. a laboratory examined alexina found these biological fluids the study was carried out with an american aspect trimeter which contains $240000.00 standard sets of substances that correspond to the electronic database of the u.s. national institute of standards and technology no liquids organic phosphorus compounds or drugs that inhibit colonist juries were detected and no traces of other unknown substances were found. organophosphates compounds are highly toxic substances and as a rule it is impossible to use them just to poison a single person if there had been any interaction with this substance on the eve of the flight or during the flight then any accompanying persons were certainly have

shown symptoms of poisoning that did not happen if the germans had got clear evidence of. something like perhaps being used they should give that information over to the russians and the russians. that didn't happen with scruples and were sold and i doubt whether or happen again and there's many questions like you know he was on the airplane and then he landed why isn't anybody else i mean again another echo of the scruple case as far as i can see we need some transparency here . before we start escalating this into any kind of sanctions trade war or god help any kind of military conflict there are a lot of questions now speculation and rumors and thinks this is a time to wait to let investigators collect the facts unless you want to use the moment the confusion the hysteria the anger to tear up russian german ties to stop a pipeline for example putin's regime is inhuman as the case of novell me and the

support for a game show what's required is a clear and tough response that putin understands north stream too must be put up for debate anything less would only be a confirmation for him. the obvious murder attempt by the mafia like structures of the kremlin can no longer just worry us it must have real consequences that is why a very clear answer is needed here north stream 2 is nothing that we can promote together with russia hope for the north stream to pipeline to hold the russians accountable germany says it will share its lab results and 5 dinners with e.u. nations and get this nato new response to russia's offer the vote legal assistance that medical corp russia will learn that the value they have been poisoned not from the german government but from the news if they miss to justify some previously

prepared response measures that have already been agreed on it becomes clear why they're deploying megaphone diplomacy substituting normal corporation with an information campaign public appeals to the e.u. and they too and reference to the c.w. whenever such a thing which started diplomatic reaching the hazards they always have to us. who is benefiting who does something was benefiting and we have as we have already heard this equation there. are heavy forces will go toward a closer relationship between russia and germany specially according to north korea to project but we are also the that you have to ask what could the russian government benefit of such a thing with this whole of politicians there was no danger for the russian government would be elections they're already talking about sanctions guilty by

default which is remarkable given the circumstances so the recent government out of the blue decides to poison an opposition politician who has been after the kremlin for years using one of the world's deadliest. substances which russia has said repeatedly it doesn't have so they do this improbable and highly stupid thing and these survives it he goes to a russian hospital where the doctors do everything to save his life get him stable and they succeed the russian government which just apparently tried to kill this fellow greenlights a private jet to said him to one of europe's best clinics to get help his body apparently the evidence locker treaty banned substances so far that it's their best version. more global news this hour the trump administration has

said the u.s. world redirect funds it previously old to the world health organization to other health programs it comes to months after washington pulled out of the w h o accusing it of being controlled by china meanwhile the u.s. has ruled by taking part in a global effort to develop a krone virus vaccine as killer and report. the united states will not be joining international efforts to produce a vaccine due to political concern so many see this as yet another blow to health diplomacy the united states will continue to engage our international partners to ensure we defeat this virus but we will not be constrained by multilateral organizations influenced by the corrupt while total can is ation and china the global vaccine initiative known as kovacs is co-lead by the world health organization 170 different countries are participating the goal is to get global distribution for several different vaccines after they've been licensed and

approved by the end of 2021 the world health organization has repeatedly warned about the dangers of global just unity and yet a pandemic warning about the need to oppose vaccine nationalism and above all national unity. and global solidarity tea party soon showed. this virus thrives when we are divided. when we are united we can defeat it when a successful new vaccine is found there will be greater demand then there is supply . excess the mind and competition for supplies already creating bucks in nationalism and risk of price gouging relations between the united states and the world health organization has been strained for quite some time by his praise for the organization at the beginning of the pandemic donald trump made. and pulled the

united states out of the global watch dark because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms we will be today terminating our relationship with the world health organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs latest decision united states should not participate in global efforts for a vaccine that raised a storm of criticism for ologists and politicians have spoken out saying that the united states is essentially shooting itself in the court. trumps go it alone strategy has already given us the highest death toll in the world at his inaugural he spoke of american carnage and now seems to term and to make it a reality. america 1st doesn't apply to condemn excess viruses don't observe national borders if anyone is at risk ri all are refusing to cooperate with other countries on vaccines will kill people this latest decision from the united states

local vaccine efforts may be seen as just the latest example of donald trump's ambitious america's 1st policies however i found a situation like this it might not be wise to ride in politics over your population it would mock them artsy new york. police video has been released all of a black man who died of asphyxiation after his arrest in the us the incident happened back in march in new york state the governor under cuomo initiated an investigation into the offers involved in a development this hour they have been suspended a warning the images are disturbing 41 year old daniel prude was detained by rochester police officer's brother called 911 saying he was behaving erratically due to mental illness mr put had run out on to the street naked he stopped

breathing after police covered his head with a spit meant to protect police from being spotted. on him while he was uncuffed daniel proved died after a week in a hospital when he was taken off life support after the value was released the rally was held in support of the deceased a wave of protests and violence has followed a number of fatal instance involving u.s. police largely triggered by the death of george floyd bach in. the head on the program government advisers in the u.k. are calling for tougher punishments for those who leak official secrets more to the break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest on

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20 minutes into the program welcome a u.s. court has ruled that the national security agency broke the law with its muffs harvesting of americans' phone records the scheme was exposed by n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden he's welcomed the ruling. 7 years ago as the news declared i was being charged as a criminal for speaking the truth i never imagined that i would live to see our courts condemned the national security agency's activities as unlawful and in the same ruling credit me for exposing them. you know the background to this back in june 23rd snowden who worked as a contractor for the intelligence agency released thousands of classified documents they shone a light on the n.s.a.'s dragnet surveillance practices targeting millions of

americans as well as foreign citizens so it was charged with espionage and fled to russia where he was granted asylum. well after the full surveillance cmos uncovered it continued to run until 2015 officials claimed it was helpful in intercepting terrorist communications they cited the case of 4 men who were caught funding extremists in somalia and convicted but the court of appeals for the 9th circuit ruled out the program played only a minor role in the case and that it was a violation of the foreign intelligence surveillance act former cia officer ray mcgovern believes that the spy the ruling it's likely that no officials will be held to account. it takes our courts several years often to to catch up with illegal activities and finally here after how many years now they've said oh yeah yeah it's illegal at least people and we're talking about big fish ok and

they proceeded with the feeling that they were immune to being held accountable for violating the law and the constitution and i hope they'll be proven wrong but i suspect that this will wither away and no one no one important will be held accountable for this grievous grievous violation of what in our country was the 4th amendment which prohibits explicitly this kind of thing. may relate to the theme the u.k. is looking to update its official secrets act a law commission that advises the government say's there needs to be tougher sentences for those who leak data and there are plenty of other turns as all name way to tailor breaks down. drops to create said double agents the cold war might be over but espionage is still lucky in the santo's and to keep that state secrets close to its chest do you think is looking into managing its official

secrets act partly because some of the language could do with being brought into the 21st century data not secrets for example but with the whiff of deja vu also to defend itself against the red menace the urgency of this reform was most recently and extensively articulated in the report on russia of the intelligence and security committee of parliament which was laid before parliament on the 21st of july 2020 the notoriously where a lot of us russian hackers and madness pushed london to increase the act which hasn't seen a single change since $989.00 despite the prime minister himself boasting just how vigilant he is to present bugs and saying that not getting what you want doesn't actually make russia guilty this is about pressure from the is going to remain who seized on this on this report i did try to give the impression that the russian the russian interference to somehow responsible for this is because that's what this is

this is about the people of this took this country didn't vote to leave the e.u. because of pressure from russia the russian interfered but it appears that nor commission disagreed and pushed forward with its proposed changes starting with the beginning of the very wide and me having identified deficiencies with the term enemy we suggested that the definition of foreign power as adopted by the united states espionage statutes modernization bill might provide a more suitable basis for a modern espionage offense so who or what qualifies as a foreign power well really anything any company any entity any past and directed controlled by a foreign government though how or how far they must be directed isn't specific. i according to this vague definition that charities even partially funded by foreign governments could be enemies who are way would be an enemy and if they want already

anyone who's ever been to russia or even worse walked along the credit walls but the law commission wants to widen the net even further the territorial and bits of the offenses should be expanded so that they can be committed irrespective of the individual's nationality the test should be whether there is a significant link between the individual's behavior and the interests of the united kingdom so one of the official secrets act as it exists now if you are not a british national and you do something hostile to the u.k. while out of the country it doesn't count but that's up for negotiation now and if that doesn't change by means that someone like julian assange mansion for example of a foreign national and its revelations according to the u.k. threaten the country's national security could find himself in the legally an enemy as would anyone who passes on classified information are brought even though many argue that such leaks remain interests of the public not hostile to them but

perhaps most sinister of all the u.k. parliament wouldn't even need to justify its decisions we recommend that the offenses that carney recross proof of damage should no longer do so this avoids the difficulties inherent in proving damage without disclosing further confidential information in other words the very thing that makes the government accountable to the public to the people who elected it is unnecessary or part of it has to do is so that the person was sufficiently culpable so if you are not to killed your brother someone still is up guilty you've done it no proof necessary just so long as it's highly likely with such changes on the table one could ask how much safer out what i'd really be. russia's far east as being marking. 75 years since the final chapter of world war 2 on weapons thing on abandon lighthouse was lit for the 1st time in 14 years the 31 metre high structure is on

the southern tip of cycling island just a short distance from japan and was built by the japanese military during the war it was lit by enthusiasts who climbed to the top of a lighthouse on the splayed the russian fly like the southern half of cycling was seeded by japan to the soviet union under the surrender agreement that ended the war in 1905. it's been 15 years since one of russia's most horrifying tragedies the beslan school terrorist attack next week chronicle how about terrible 3 day event on form and with survivors and special forces officers living for the angels begins in moments. that's kaiser. this is

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