it's that 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 case that's after nato called for an international probe into the alleged poisoning of the russian opposition figure. also this hour russian scientists prepared to start the 3rd phase clinical trials of the country's 1st coronavirus vaccine for the lancet medical journal concluded that the drug names but nikki produced an antibody response and all participants during early stage trials. meanwhile kogan 1000 and factions reach a daily record in france while spain and other countries across europe see

a new spike in cases. this is art international bring you your global news update straight from the russian capital this friday thanks for joining us. there russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has said moscow has nothing to hide in the in the moment case this follows 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 as soon as alex in a valley fell ill the plane was grounded and necessary measures roomy 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. alexina while there is currently in a medically induced coma and on a ventilator and they brought one hospital 2 weeks after being airlifted from russia to cologne has said it needs more facts on the case from berlin and nato has called for an international response as bitter all reports. well we heard from u.n. stoltenberg the nato secretary general on friday morning he said that being presented to the alliance it being presented with proof beyond down that alexei no volley had been poisoned using a novacek military grade with agent he said that there would have to be a international reaction to this however he wouldn't elaborate on what that would be it's the use of chemical of but when the use of overunity chemical nerve agent

which is violating the brew bishan over any use over chemical weapons and the matters for nato we strongly believe that this is a blatant violation of international law and so it requires an international response. but i will not now speculate about exactly what kind of international response there's 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 that's the honest and to yes teeth of 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 on election the volley was tried of course 1st in russia or in the city of. 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 of who said that the russian doctors have 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 measures are being carried out and if the information about the presence of a poisonous substance from the patients biological samples is confirmed then of

course we will open at the jewelry investigation of the german federal president frank. 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 nord 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. we're now joined live by foreign affairs columnist married to jeff ski for further analysis on this story now in a recent article that you wrote about claims that putin poisoned not only you wrote

that this is not an open and shut case do you think that the western media are being overly simplistic in the way they're viewing the alleged crime. well i think that they've jumped to an obvious and very simple conclusion which is that they see this in a line of british call a pattern of behavior. and they draw the conclusion from this that with somebody as significant in russia as never and with as it appears evident that he was actually attacked that somebody of his significance could only be attacked on the say so and at the at the orders or at least with the knowledge of the kremlin and so you know that is the conclusion which has been assumed pretty much from the beginning. why latch on to that conclusion. because

it's so simple and it's so easy and it seems to fit as i said what's called this pattern of behavior. i think that to talk about a pattern of behavior is actually far far too simple and also to jump to the conclusion that there is one obvious arts' to what happened to divine it i think is as i say it's very simplistic because if you look at the balance of advantage say you know who takes an advantage out of what's happened. some people would say well it takes him out of russian politics at least temporarily if not permanently and that could be an advantage to the kremlin and to bludgeon reports and. i would see it slightly differently because i

think it's a huge liability for the kremlin and for russia to be seen to have launched an attack on one of the most colorful and influential members of the opposition that it reinforces as we've seen the very negative image of russia in the past and it also of course and question a lot of things that were happening. i think the relations between the west and specifically europe and russia were starting to warm up after the freeze over ukraine after 2014. we've seen i would say a slightly different approach to diplomacy from russia over the last few months and we're looking at possibly a summit that was being planned between donald trump and president putin we are

also looking. the near completion of the north stream pipeline connecting russia to germany for gas exports now all those things are suddenly at risk because of what's happened and because of the way it's interpreted which is why i think maybe it's much more complicated why would the kremlin do this at this point well exactly and whatever the truth of the case turns out to be we're already seeing a diplomatic fall out and threats of sanctions do you think this will go as far as a did with the case 2 years ago. i think it's i think this there's 2 ways you can look at this and one of them would be to say well this is seen by the west as the 2nd such case in 2 years or so and that therefore there might be a very strong reaction on the other hand i think it's quite difficult it's much more difficult in this case. because i think your previous report referred to the

statement from the nato secretary general when he was asked a question saying. that from a threat from a reporter who said she was receiving a lot of questions. from members of the public in germany saying what mandate does nato or anybody outside russia have for taking measures against russia because this is something that originated in russia it's something that happened in russia. with the scriptures it was different because that happened in solve spree in the u.k. in a nato country in a country that was then a member of the european union so it was entirely possible to roam to gather together all those resources this is something which it's only become an international issue because you never knew was airlifted out to germany and the

german doctors made the findings that they did. notice said well it's an international issue because whenever you were such an important figure that this was an attack with a chemical weapon and therefore it's subject to international conventions and that it was also an attack on the democratic rights now i think the only valid argument there could possibly relate to the the use of a chemical substance that is banned. i'm not sure that. or monday did anybody really outside russia runs just saying what should. independent columnist on foreign affairs marriage ask you thank you for your time and your comments thank you. russian scientists producing the country's 1st corona

virus vaccine say they're ready to start a 3rd phase clinical trials that's after an international medical journal concluded that the drug name sputnik we produce an antibody response in 100 percent of participants and early states trials with no major side effects artist ask it taylor has the latest. at the start of trench 28 good news it was hard to come by but as we move that autumn it seems that find us all in pleasanter to report on as many will now but russia practices the what fast track to give great advice but all the results are now on friday it was announced that you notice that nicotine has indeed a strong immune response i am to point out that in 100 some of those images a page in trials now this comes just after 8 leaving just about one of the oldest one of the most respected in the lancet. with its assessment of the findings of the trials because it is a part of the clinical trial results of the sputnik the vaccine published in lancet

the world's leading medical journal shows that russia is leading the way in developing a corona virus vaccine and it answers a lot of questions from western critics specifically the journal 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 antibodies it found that a vaccinated person produces $1.00 times more empty bodies than an average person infected with corona virus so no serious side to the desired antibodies and of course a good safety profile it's also worth noting that the head of the musket clinic which developed independently said he thought that those heightened place would actually protect individuals for at least 2 yes so that i'm not for what he did right in basketball and there was this obstacle in an answer really bill's direct the arguments for the effect of nest now this unusual undoubtedly with those who

decided to take the plunge to leave the band got to get themselves back in it and we today's youth include the minister of defense against psycho who the leader of the liberal democrat party who by the way actually appeared on a t.v. show makes wrong in the day that the last i met. so now we're now told president putin about this via video conference he said you know what i'm feeling fine only thing i will say i did have a slight headache for a few hours so these latest now can sound out reassuring but also maybe a way to counter the want to better word those suspicions like people initially you said that meet russia has this process in order to declare itself a winner of the race for so what now well in our sights and if not of what actually basis for russian citizens will start in september and that process could be done within 7 to 12 months in fact. sent to 3 clinics here

in the capital muscovites offices where the hot start have been given a bit of a head start and can already go to work from saturday so doses possibly most people at home but that there will be ready for export and it seems there is demand from. parenting more than 20 requests from foreign governments have already been received hundreds of millions of doses so immersed like sputnik the spread. 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 on the way to developing 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 see it highlights 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 $34.00 i understand there are going to be something like $40000.00 volunteers vaccinated but we're working together as an international group of immunology a symbologist to fight this vaccine and this is a very important step in that fight. coronavirus is firing 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 show devinsky has the details. 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 cocaine 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 codeine who have been taken to hospital and those who need intensive care i

asked has that been sleeping or were just summer vacation. and there 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 and curb 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 lock downs 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 housel 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 and curiosity as a wedding send 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 now some countries are turning back again to quarantine measures to try and stem the rates of transmissions for example in the u.k. though 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 those quarantine measures so for example if you live in england or northern ireland you can still holiday to countries such as portugal greece but if you will live in wales or scotland 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 or lock down. it's only going to aren't to the very already very deep wounds of these european countries. the u.s. threat to defund the world anti-doping agency could force salt and american athletes being barred from global sporting events according to officials from wada across lives who are to kill in new york for more on the scale and they tell us more about what has been saying sure now the trumpet ministration has a longstanding tendency to be critical of international organizations such as the international criminal court the un human rights council the world health organization and others and it seems however that some of these international organizations that the trumpet ministration has been critical of and taken measures against are capable of retaliation and one of those organizations would be the world anti-doping association or the world anti-doping agency wada take

a listen we've been approached by a number of governments of the world that were shocked with the threats from the u.s. government these governments want us to consider an amendment to the compliance standards meaning that nonpayment by a government to fix what a contribution could lead to regulate to being declared non compliant with the world anti doping code inevitably this could have serious repercussions for athletes including their participation in major international sporting events now this comes after a report from the white house drug drug control policy report was issued that show that the usa had targeted water and had essentially works to not fund it take a listen. for years the united states has provided the world and adoption agency with me as have taxpayers' dollars in annual dues far more than any other nation in the world we do so with an expectation that father will operate in

a transparent accountable and independent manner that is above all else fair to athletes they deserve the things shake and the vod a commitment to govern team competition on level playing field now although these threats were not made publicly we've already heard criticism from the u.s. anti-doping agency as well as the u.s. olympic committee take a listen threatening us and please over this is one of the most terrible things i've ever seen from whether apparently nonpayment is a serious a systemic doping where's the rule that says this and is it to pull to everyone to threaten one country's athletes over what has failed governance model is pretty remarkable and disappointing what is very threatened and rattled by to illegally threaten u.s. athletes is shamefully this move would be illegal that the united states cannot be excluded then this simply will not go on so it appears that the policy of the trump

administration not funding international organizations that don't seem to suit the united states will continue without the retaliation that some might like to scale up and thank you for bringing us that report. and to dig deeper into this story we're joined live by journalist who you know run the agency could lead to american athletes being barred from the a lympics do you think that's really going to happen. i certainly hope not i mean i think it's on for 34 years this year it's going to be on the 5th year because of the corona virus pandemic but they start training from the time that they can walk and their innocence by standards in all of this kind of you know international anti-doping stuff you know these are are good hardworking athletes are just one opportunity to show that they're the best in the world amateur athletes are completely different than despoiled in title attitudes that we're seeing in the professional athletics ratings the king u.s. demand is that they want more representation and want out because they say they've

been paying more money than other countries do they have a strong case there i think they absolutely do i mean listen the united states under trump has taken this you know we don't want the taxation without representation the sort of thing that was a precursor to the revolution 250 years ago sort of thing you know as far as their of associations with these international bodies you know and listen if they're paying the lion's share of you know 2700000 out of $31000000.00 in 15 are about half of that 50 percent of that comes from the i.o.c. but as far as any the individual countries is paying the most by far is the united states of america and they just want some commonsense reforms and some more transparency if you're if you're paying if you're fitting footing the bill rather and you're paying the most you have a right to ask for that just like trump's take in the attitude with nato and these other international organizations like the u.n. and the world health organization. right now we're just at the level of threats but

the international olympic committee does say that the countries need to be in compliance with water in order to compete in the games how far do you see this escalating. my view will see i mean what does what does a compliance officer only mean the athletes are still going to you know i go ahead in be tested if test or requested i'm sure that there is a lot of poor 3rd world countries did don't contribute nearly as much money as the united states of america yet they'll be allowed to compete the point of the olympics is to determine who are the best athletes in the world it doesn't matter who pays more into a certain organization or not i think that that's ridiculous i think it's we've got to move forward hopefully the anti-doping agency will go ahead and put you know put this stuff behind them by going ahead and installing those reforms and will have a normal olympics albeit

a year only now the top administration as you were saying earlier does have a track record of defining or threatening to define an international organization sometimes they go through on that is this just a continuation of that policy and will that track record actually force wada to take those reforms that you're mentioning. i hope that they do and i think that they will i mean you know the united states has not been shy about going ahead and stopping funding these organizations that they feel that they're not you know complying with what we would like to see you know we just want an equal voice at the table from what i gather and what i've been reading about this is seems that the united states of america just wants to have a proportionate voice a voice disproportionate to the amount of money that they're spending and their voice has not been being heard in the you know what is not been acting on what they've been requesting so yeah i think that they probably will follow through on it journalists who are you know rivera thank you for your time and your comments thank you so much. hundreds of black lives matter protesters gathered in new york

city's times square on thursday they were demanding justice for daniel prude a 41 year old black man who died from asphyxiation after being arrested in rochester new york back in march the demonstrators were met by counter protesting trump supporters. 10 no prude was detained after his brother called 911 saying he was behaving erratically due to mental illness disappeared had run out onto the street naked he stopped breathing after police used a special hood to prevent him from spitting and knelt on him while he was

handcuffed on the ground pruett was taken off life support after a week and the hospital. media have shared an internal police report in which the officer's actions were described as appropriate and consistent with their training rochester mayor lovely warren announced on thursday that the policeman and vault and the death of daniel pearl have 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. that's been a wrap up of the day's biggest headline stories for now and that's all for me as well but we're not you know neil will be here with another live global news update

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