really truly. mean. we have already commented on this and said we have nothing to hide russia's foreign minister says moscow needs information from germany on the other hand the only case after nato called for an international probe into the alleged poisoning of the russian opposition figurehead. also this hour russian scientists prepared to start a 3rd phase clinical trials of the country's 1st coronavirus vaccine after the lancet medical journal concluded that the drug game sputnik beat produced an antibody response in all participants during early stage trials. and coded 1000 and factions reach and daily record in france while spain and other countries across europe a new spike in cases. you're

watching our 2 international coming to you straight from the russian capital 247 welcome to the program this hour. the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has said moscow has nothing to hide in the arctic sea and not on the case as well as a conclusion by germany that the russian opposition figurehead was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent. we have already commented on this and said we have nothing to hide says the soon as alex in the valley fell ill the plane was grounded and necessary measures roomie julie taken this soon as he was transported to germany those who were demanding information from russia went silent and did not demand anything from berlin this is all following the same old scenario we hear public accusations against russia and the official requests to berlin from

a prosecutor's office have so far gone unanswered we were promised today that we would soon receive response as soon as we get the facts we will react accordingly this is all reminiscent of what happened with this group pals. i said not only is currently in a medically induced coma and on a ventilator and a berlin hospital 2 weeks after being airlifted from russia the kremlin has that it needs more facts on the case from berlin and nato has called for an international response as peter albert reports. well we heard from you in stoltenberg the nato secretary general on friday morning he said that it's been presented to the alliance had been presented with proof beyond down to the lake say no volley had been poisoned using a novacek military grade with agent he said that they would have to be a international reaction to this however he wouldn't elaborate on what that would be it's a use of chemical of but when the use of overunity chemical nerve agent which is

violating the brutish and over in use over chemical weapons and matters for a nato we strongly believe that this is blatant violation of international law and so it requires i mean national response. but i will not speculate about exactly what kind of international response has been a lot of talk not only from germany but around the world about transparency coming from the russian side but on friday the german government confirmed that they have received a request from the russian prosecutors general prosecutor general's office for the sharing of test data from alexei navalny tests that were carried out on him for that medical data to be shared with doctors and investigate is in russia now reading between the lines from the statement it might not be as simple a procedure as that makes it sound if the system is something yes teeth and the

justice ministry in the foreign ministry of germany usually consider each case on its own merit to see if there are any obstacles to the agreement while russian doctors have asked for this information to be shared with them as part of the investigation because when they carried out tests on alexa in the valley it was tried of course 1st in russia or in the city of homs they found no trace of toxins and in fact they say that poisoning was the 1st thing they looked for and found no traces and that they need these results from the german tests in order to proceed with their investing. ation we've also heard from the kremlin spokes person to me to the press corps who said that the russian doctors had been far more forthcoming when it came to sharing information than their german counterparts he also said that statements and acetate sions should be limited to the facts that are provided this fact to investigative measure assure being carried out and if the information about the presence of

a poisonous substance in the patients biological samples is confirmed then of course we will open a day jury investigation of the german federal president. has been speaking as well he said the case has the potential to cause problems in the relationship between lin and moscow but if we look at the foreign minister of austria alexandre schellenberg he said that it would be impossible for the e.u. to put in place sanctions on russia over this before there was any proof before there was any investigation being carried out he was also asked questions about the north stream to gas pipeline which the austrian foreign minister said shouldn't be put in any risk that that should be completed and that the nikkei shouldn't have an impact on that business enterprise. i mean 3 media are trying to dig deeper into what happened to the russian opposition leader though they are focused on only one version of events as my guest explains 48 hours since germany declared the valley

poisoned with military grade talks in a humorous crime she said that must be dealt with alternate doesn't condemn this in the strongest possible terms on behalf of the entire german government there are very serious questions now that only the russian government can answer and must. note that she didn't accuse russia of anything but within 24 hours everyone with a keyboard had somehow become a. an investigative journalist slash toxicologist slash foreign policy expert take build for example a german tabloid that specializes in yellow journalism and bashing russia build out did everyone they managed to mistranslate a russian official make up a conspiracy theory that russia was blaming germany for poor reasoning the volley

and based on everything that they got wrong they demanded sanctions and then to the divisive german russian nord stream to pipeline there are there is a very strong and the west which typically specifically wants to sabotage the gas pipeline to prevent it or between russia and the e.u. a particularly close association with russia and germany there isn't a change of course america wants to sell its natural gas to europe instead of the russians so there's a lot of money going on a lot of money is what at stake spiegel another german magazine has proposed tearing up german russian relations big student well apparently they have irrefutable proof that putin was behind this insane poisoning they won't show it though to their readers so we'll just have to trust them now is the time to hurt the man in the kremlin the german or thora g.'s of showing the alexina found he was

not drunk or diabetic as the kremlin cynical spin doctors wanted the world to believe he was supposed to be killed with an insidious neurotoxin cynical spin doctors insidious neurotoxin and obviously aggravated by us. all going to force 1st 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 the substance on the eve of the flight or during the flight then any accompanying persons would certainly have shown symptoms of poisoning that. did not happen passions are high a lot of confusion about this is the best time to take advantage of people if you're a billed pundit and you have no idea how a new or talks and works or what happened to the volley and you still want clicks well now is the time to write righteous and warlike articles to try and appear knowledgeable while view of the professionals and experts

a busy and quiet trying to figure out what's happened there is another version that you might like one popular theory is that the kremlin spooked by the protests in the west embarrassed into the east. wanted mr nirvana out of the way to prevent him from mobilizing discontent closer to mr putin and upsetting his plans for parliamentary elections next year after years of not winning elections after years of stagnant support somehow now nirvana has become a danger i was in the kremlin spooked after the revolution in ukraine why didn't they try to remove him then and it doesn't explain using new woodchuck which is the nuclear option even in the world of nerve agents sending the volleys to germany where he could get tested for a new truck and russia would get sanction what's happened is that they just fall or short of saying well he. did say you know russian authorities must

answer questions about this etc so it seems that they've already discounted the idea that there could be other explanations for fault for what happened if the line is being pushed into being heard in all of the western media that of course it was the kremlin response or then why if he had been. shot why then was the consent given for him to go to germany because he had all the trouble and of course the killers would find that out so something doesn't quite add up does it really but you know many fantastic versions go in the round you can pick whichever suits you best. puts his reluctance to say the word cloud has led to comparisons to lord voldemort the villain in the harry potter sirius whom other characters do not name and i think has also been bad for appearances on state television and is mentioned there only rarely and in negative light so putin's apparent reluctance to talk about a fellow who isn't a politician wasn't elected to anything is somehow in direct proof that putin

wanted him dead. hell i don't remember putin ever talking about me could putin really want me dead as well by the way and of all they being bad and state television as a lie he refuses to appear on state television has even declined appearing on r.t. when we asked him we've got out a video so we have video evidence of the guardian live at the end of the day what's the point there is a jar and if you've changed that these people existed it's full of profit oriented journalism intended to surprise and to upset and they will say anything to you into clicking on an ad filled article they freed on your attention. russian scientists producing the country's 1st corona virus vaccine say they are ready to start 3rd phase clinical trials and after an international medical journal

concluded that the drug name sputnik reproduce an antibody response and 100 percent of participants in early straight stage trials with no major side effects are just ask a teller has the latest at the start of trench 20 good news it was hard to come by but as we move it also seems that bind us not. to report on as many will now about russia what last great virus but all the results are now on friday it was announced that the notice. has a strong immune response i am to point out that $100.00 some of those images of agent in trials now this comes just after eating out one of the oldest one of the most respected in the land. of the mind of the child's because it is a part of the clinical trial results of the sputnik vaccine published in lancet the world's leading medical journal shows that russia is leading the way in developing

in corona virus vaccine and it answers a lot of questions from western critics specifically the. burnell report concluded that there were no serious adverse consequences among volunteers that took the vaccine and there was a very strong in time moon response due to the development of ranty bodies it found that a vaccinated person produces $1.00 times more antibodies than an average person infected with corona virus so no serious side to backs desired antibodies and of course a good safety profile it's also work. ahead of the last a clinic which developed independently said he thought that those heightened place would actually protect a fascinating individual for at least 2 yes so that announcement from what he direct investment fund there was this article in the lancet really bulls direct their arguments. expected next now this news one doubted that with those who decided to take the plunge to leave the vanguard to get themselves vaccinated and

we today these include the minister of defense against like who the leader of the liberal democrat party who by the way actually appeared on a t.v. show makes wrong in the day the last american south. told president putin about this via video conference he said you know what i'm feeling why knows that i will say i did have a slight headache for a few hours so these latest announcements i'm down reassuring but also maybe a way to counter the one of the better were those suspicions psychical initially you said that maybe russia has this process in order to declare itself winner of that race for so what now well in our sights and if not of what actually bases for russian citizens will start in september. that process could be done within 7 to 12 months in fact. we can explain it in the capital muscovites of us where the hotspots have been given a bit of

a head start that can already go. up to date so doses possible mistakes. people at home but that there will be ready for war and it seems there is demand all right to carry more than $24.00 governments have already seen hundreds of millions of doses so in a. spreadsheet. we discussed the russian vaccine and the findings in the lancet journal with lawrence young a professor of molecular oncology in the u.k. i think it's a very important step in the way to develop an effective vaccine it's a very interesting study like many vaccine studies it's still relatively early days but it does demonstrate that the vaccine is safe and it doesn't juice a very good immune response this study published in along by light some very important developments particularly in the ability to what we call crime boosts the

response to give 2 doses of slightly different vaccines that give you an even better response and that is something that this article reports on which i think is a very important development but again we have to be slightly cautious because it's relatively small numbers and we look forward obviously to seeing more data particularly as this vaccine goes into phase 3 where i understand there are going to be something like 40000 volunteers vaccinated but we're working together as an international group of the middle of a symbologist to fight this vaccine and this is a very important step in that part. you know our corona virus as flaring up in and around europe france has clocked up $7000.00 new infections for the 2nd day running on neighboring spain the daily rate is now almost $9000.00 and just outside the e.u. turkish authorities are now admitting that things are getting bad once again our correspondent charlotte reports. well e.u.

officials are warning that the rate of transmission the test so positive cases of 19 is now at a level that is almost equivalent to what it was back in march that was when many countries started imposing those severe restrictions which led to lock downs across europe in france this week we saw more than $7000.00 cases being registered in just 24 hours now much of that of course could be put down to the fact that there is widespread testing taking place across france and we've been told that some 50 percent of those who are testing positive for 19 are showing little to no symptoms but what health authorities are concerned about here is the fact that in recent days there has been an increase in the number of people who tested positive for the dine who have been taken to hospital and those who need intensive care i asked has that been sleeping or were just summer vacation. is something that we see now

we're all halls back to the number actually have seen in march where lots of measures have been put in place to try in this rate of transmission including here in paris where we now have to wear masks in all streets across the capital and there's been talk that there could be closures of bars and localized lockdown and it seems nothing is essentially being ruled out at the moment although the measures in terms of mass don't yet seem to be producing any concrete results now spain and germany have also seen some of the highest cases they have recorded since the spring time and that's also been significant numbers of cases appearing in parts of the u.k. in the north of england for example where there are already tighter restrictions in place with household still not able to mix in certain parts of the north they're seeing a very large rate of transmission of. 19 meanwhile in turkey the health

minister there has been talking about this 2nd wave he's been saying that the case is it going up and up every day and he says he knows who's to blame. we're experiencing this 2nd peak of the 1st wave or mobility in. the holidays which are important parts of our customs and traditions have brought us to this point well the turkish health minister also outlined the impact that 19 years had on health workers saying that now more than 50 health workers said to have died after contract ing the virus some countries are turning back again to quarantine measures to try and stem the rates of transmission for example in the u.k. quarantine sort of causing a little bit of a headache for holiday makers and for travel industry experts and that's because the 4 nations of the u.k.

don't seem to have a consensus on where they want to impose quarantine measures so for example if you live in england or in northern ireland you can still holiday to countries such as portugal greece but if you will. and if you go to those countries you will now have to quarantine on your return there's so much criticism of this saying that it's causing a complete nightmare for holiday workers for holiday makers as well and it's confusing and causing anxiety consumers are totally confused by the different approaches and it's impossible to understand the government's own criteria anymore on when to add or remove a country meanwhile other countries are talking about shutting their borders hungary is already done that to anybody who's not a normal resident the reality is though the economic issues stem form the 1st lockdown still impacting countries across europe so any further measures to tighten movement to add quarantines all lockdowns is only going to add to the very already

very deep of these european countries. we spoke to mohammad linear a viral just at lancaster university he says spotting new outbreaks and a timely manner is the best way to fight the virus i think the real test human at this moment with the increased number of cases is that we could believe we could have it defied these small 'd clusters that autumn urging mainly indoors in top restaurants and indoor gathering and quickly we have defied these one batter we were all 'd to not allowing them to motivate into i don't control it outbreak 95 percent people do follow all the regulations put in place and 5 percent don't swallow and those 5 percent. the effort made by the rest of 95 i think the emphasis should be and has to be around controlling this interaction before it's a proud 'd level of the community spread is common and the number of instructional

to go significantly higher and the capacity in the ospital would start to bulk up again. hundreds of black lives matter protesters gathered in new york city's times square on thursday they were demanding justice for dental prude a 41 year old black man who died from a 60 after being arrested in rochester new york back in march the demonstrators were met by counter protesting at trump supporters. that. was. done no prude was detained after his brother called 911 saying he was behaving

erratically due to mental illness and separate had run out onto the street naked he stopped breathing after police used a special hood to prevent him from spitting and knelt on his back while he was handcuffed prude was taken off life support after a week in the hospital and his daughter thinks that the death was avoidable i'm glad there is video and those painful to watch because it is a piece of it of the devastation my father posed for it to nobody he was told to get on the ground he got on the ground he was told but as he has he put his hands behind his back he comply with orders my father should not be there right now the people who are put on the streets to a protect and serve did not protect and serve. this this as he did a cure my father should have been would have mental health specialist and i have big children street he did not deserve a huge treated like an animal local media have shared an internal police report in which the officer's actions were described as appropriate and consistent with their

training however rochester mera lovely one on now nst on thursday that the policeman involved in the death of daniel pearl had been suspended. i am suspending the officers in question today what i saw in that video. was a man who needed help. a man who needed compassion a man who needed humanity. a man who we should have respected. a man who was in crisis. our response to him. was wrong. the search for possible survivors has been renewed in a district of beirut one month after was wrecked by the massive blast and the city's port special audio equipment has detected a signal from under the rubble of a collapsed building sparking hopes someone may still be alive lebanese journalist

madra ports from the scene of the rescue operation. this district is one of the main this strike which will rob a month of leave by about august or black with nearly 109. dad around 50 or more others missing and 6000 more than that actually answered and i we are out the i was aware rescue workers are still trying. if there are survivors under the rubble of the building with the it would talk a lot on top of the phone vibrant city as the building therefore it is the bare facts on the process of the process the rescue workers or the operation i've been taking more time than you lose all mainly because of this issue because the building is they've found jobs they're worried that it could collapse on top of the rescue workers talking to the rescue workers on the ground they are signing up that there are vital signs of their machinery their banners and we suspect there are

indeed add that sexting as a sign of life under the rubble today 30 days after the explosion they are saying that there are places and 19 heartbeats recorded for minutes and for the person who is under the rubble they don't know if this person is a child or an elderly person but as they are trying to do it there was an awful awful because the longer this process takes or the operation safe the less chances this person actually costs of coming out of this alive i just told psychologically it doesn't trickle false hope. this if this works which i pray to god it does this is a one and not how many 1000000 cases the machines. the chilean teams equipment detectors heat and vital signs from under the rubble we're searching the locations so far has found nothing we will continue our search for as long as it takes the equipment has not krissy level of 90 percent into tech 2 human beings. everyone here

on the ground. whether it's rescue workers or activists or just plain people who are just fending for the ice i hit with a lot of hope and prayer as they are praying for a metaphor that today even though i'm one tough we can maybe have the full realigning in lebannon especially arm of the country is facing the way they can on the crisis in its history was made with michael with 19 and by the aug 4th beatles or ross. it's election season in america and on cue russian meddling claims are running wild in the us media. and he was learning that a warning about russian dirty tricks was polled 2 days before it was set to go out to law enforcement dirty tricks oh no what is russia doing this time russian malign influence sachs is likely to continue denigrating presidential candidates through allegations of poor mental or physical health to influence the outcome of the 2020

election gee doesn't that sound an awful lot like what american media has been doing for the past several months there are some questions this morning about president trump's health the question of biden's mental health well will continue to be analyzed by the media frankly it is even hard to watch the confusion the inability to finish thoughts the never ending daily gas these speculations come out of thin air or perhaps out of biden's mouth we tried it in iraq is not working for an hour to try to meet in iran and here's my we try to ukraine covert is taken this year just said the outbreak has taken more than 100 year look here's the lives it's just it's if we think about it i am very willing to lead to american public judge my physical mental fell my physical as well as my mental fitness some american media outlets have even suggested joe biden may not be able to finish out

his 4 year term the main advocate of the idea that joe biden may be quote not all there seems to be us president donald trump he has suggested that biden take cognitive tests on multiple occasions i think he's the weakest mentally i like running to get people that are weak badly i think joe is the weakest up here and certainly way joe biden has an obligation to take a test now donald trump self has also been in the media spotlight with rumors circulating that trunk had a mini stroke now his doctor denies this as does the president now one has to admit that the president of the united states does not always sound like the most stay. genius i hope they now go and take a look at the oranges on the arms as of the. investigation of the beginnings 1870000 test today so that's 1000000 870000 1000000 tests think of that 1000000 870000 tests now trump and biden have both set records trump is the

oldest person to have ever been elected president and if joe biden defeats sam this november biden will beat that record as well now it doesn't exactly take a vast russian conspiracy to speculate that perhaps old age is taking its toll on the other guy it with mom and artsy new york that's been our breakdown of the day's top headlines for now thanks for tuning in y.p. maybe.