aurum even the shallows. in the headlines this monday morning moscow and berlin trade accusations over the condition of prominent russian opposition activist alexina valmy russia questions why the german side is yet to reveal key information amid poisoning claims. protests against police brutality in the u.s. show no signs of easing coming up we'll look at how the unrest is helping bring in huge profits then some american gun manufacturers. dozens of social media accounts from a washington lobbying firm a suspended for attempting to manipulate elections in venezuela bolivia mexico. and $22.00 french schools already shut down again just one week into the new

academic year as the country suffers another coronavirus. just 10 10 am the 7th of september here in moscow live from artie's world news h.q. it's kevin 0 in welcome to the program to stay with me for the next half hour or so there's a take you through those stories and a lot more detail 1st germany's foreign minister sanctions on russia if it fails to clarify what's behind the sudden and so far still unexplained illness of a prominent opposition activist alexina valmy artie's burling correspondent peter all of those more. the german foreign minister has demanded answers from russia over alexei navalny wants those answers in the coming days or you says talk of sanctions is back on the table he's also hinted at the 1st time certainly the 1st

time we've heard from a senior member of the german cabinet talking about this about the future of the nord stream 2 gas pipeline previously started being put to one side even anglo-american the german chancellor saying that wasn't at risk it does seem like that may be changing now ultimatums do not help anyone move forward but it's never explanations follow from russia in the coming days we will have to discuss the response without partners we have high hopes for the russian government to solve the serious crime well the russian foreign ministry say any delays in an investigation down to berlin not giving the information that moscow has been requesting if the german government is few minutes to respond to the question the russian generals prosecutor's office as soon as possible that was passed along on august 27th it is the german side that really lacks regency we're not sending response really slowing down to being just a gate of process it is clearly is that on purpose alexei navalny took ill on

a flight from siberia to moscow on august the 22nd his plane how to make an emergency landing in the city of 1st received medical treatment doctors there found no traces of any talks ins in his system and they shared that information with physicians here in berlin where he's been receiving treatment for just over 2 weeks however the german doctors and officials here in the german capital haven't being as forthcoming when it comes to sharing information as their russian colleagues we understand numerous requests for information to be shared have gone unanswered and we now know that a russian world health organization expert and renowned pediatrician has got involved appealing to berlin to share this information. with russia said no no no the russian national medical chamber has addressed the german medical chamber a similar organization that unites german doctors with the request to create a joint commission to find out whether novell me was poisoned or not if it turns

out he was poisoned spain will initiate a criminal case today russia does not have such evidence alexina vali remains in hospital here in berlin doctors say there's no acute risk to his life right now but there is the potential for a long term illness so we keeping an eye on any more information coming out regarding the the status of alexei navalny but also surrounding the diplomatic route that erupting between perlin and moscow over his illness. truck in this next this morning more than a 1000 people gathered in rochester new york overnight to mothering accountability for the police killing of a black man their young rest began after video emerged showing police placing a spitz hood on daniel proved one officer placed his hands on probes and head while another put his knee on proves back leading to suffocation the death which happened in march will now be investigated by a grand jury meantime on saturday the city of portland oregon marked

a 100 consecutive days of black lives matter rallies now triggered by the death of another black man george floyd. i. was. 59 arrests made in that city over the weekend but the protests show no sign of relenting journalist and author daniel as are told us he believes the unrest hood could continue to into election day and beyond. but that's breaking down we're seeing our street fighting in our street fighting going on growing levels valving

both the leftists and rightists. as a kind of a slow wolfing civil war that probably will continue until election day and then no one knows what will happen with the election because american electoral process these are so broken down that it may very well and up in fighting and list lawsuits of indeterminate out no one knows. mean time in the state of kentucky hundreds of ahmed protesters from rival groups of march through louisville lives matter campaign is converged on the city demanding saturday's kentucky derby horse race be counseled it was and it still went ahead the activists were denouncing police violence and demanding justice for the police killing of briona taylor in louisville. police militia also marched through the city and were confronted by b.l.m. protesters and one american company seems to be cashing in on all the some rest

would telling about his leading firearms make a smith and wesson is seen sales jump a 140 percent this year so around $134000000.00 in extra sales done. just now believes the gun boom is symptomatic of the country's political stalemate. both sides are arming i mean there are guns everywhere what if you go to one of these protests and in places like that midwest or the west you'll see guns on both sides and that's very dangerous. because people tend to use these weapons and so but the but there's no force capable of stopping this fighting because i'm that seems to have taken a life of its own and it's just part of the whole political structure which is in and like celebrating break down what i mean or america is a is a failed state and it's failing ever more rapidly and these these demonstrations these these this. fighting is a symptom. but with nationwide unrest against racial injustice likely stretching

well into the vendor's election day one side's warning only a biden victory can stop all the violence democratic party think tanks insist anything other than a win for their man is going to bring chaos we'll tell you more but later in this program. covered now the news people were expecting we didn't want to hear france is returning covert restrictions after another surge of cases it's 7 regions to its red zone list then and 22 schools have been closed just a week after reopening leaving parents frightened r.t. charlotte dube and skis got the latest for you. this is the 2nd we cope school in france and already some of those schools have had to be closed down because of covert 19 within the institutional last week more than 12000000 peoples went back to the classrooms and that was with some parents and teachers expressing concern

about the transmission rates of the virus because they have been really creeping up here in france last week several days there were more than 7000 cases wedged in a 24 hour period 22 schools have been shut in the last week but hundreds and hundreds of classes have also being closed down the education secretary here in france has been outlining when such a decision should be taken. 12 establishments colleges and schools were closed the main line france considering there are $60000.00 establishment in the country these numbers remain relatively low in the overseas reunion region we close down that makes $22.00 in total no function function well there are now 7 zones in france that have been declared a red zones this means that they are areas with a high active transmission rate of 19 it means $28.00 regions in

total are considered rent in the french area and this allows authorities to impose extra controls to try to cool the transmission of the virus one of the measures that authorities can take when they're in a red zone is to impose something such as the obligation to wear a face mask in public such as we have in paris which means every street you're in you have to wear a face mask but there is a backlash against such measures like that anti mask sentiment also being shown elsewhere across europe with protests over the weekend from places such as the u.k. and spain to italy. 3. and it was and. it.

was. meanwhile here in france there are some calls for people to wear face masks specifically from the riders of the tour de france which is making its way through the country at the moment it's begged its fans who are coming out to the streets to wave them as they passed by to be responsible and to wear masks so it seems there is a huge divide still over the measures that are being used to try and curb 1000 whether that's wearing a mask whether that's a quarantine or whether that's imposing lockdowns local restrictions the methods being used to remain highly contentious. 2 months before the u.s. presidential election even already democratic party think tanks are predicting the consequences if the opponent whims apparently they know that anything other than a joe biden win is going to lead to violence caleb maupin examines the claims. in

november the us public will get to vote on who becomes president for the next 4 years and figures from the media and political establishment are now preparing the public for possible outcomes something called the transition integrity project created in 2019 is planning for things that could go wrong during the upcoming vote and subsequent transition of power they've been playing out war games and some rather interesting scenarios have been dreamed up with the exception of the big biden win scenario each fire exercises reach the brink of catastrophe with massive disinform ation campaigns violence in the streets and a constitutional impasse the transition integrity project is not the only outfits thinking along these lines hark fish an outfit funded by michael bloomberg does work for the democratic national committee as well as pro biden super pacs is

planning for hypothetical situations that involve mail and voting confusion when every legitimate vote is tallied and we get to that final day which will be some day after election day you will in fact show that what happened on election night was exactly that and the rush it lou played donald trump was in the lead and he fundamentally was not when every ballot gets counted hot fish predicts that such a situation could lead to donald trump refusing to step down and that's rather similar to the transition integrity project are you seeing a pattern here well the new york times certainly has if trump claims a victory that is not rightly his a few marches in the streets will not be an adequate response that may have to be a sustained campaign of civic action as in hong kong and bella reuss to rally the majority that wants to preserve democracy that isolates those who would undo it trump is equated with civil unrest so naturally only biden's. victory can save the

country from chaos don't buy it and let's not forget another factor being thrown ian allegations of russian interference the allegation is that russia favors trump and denigrates biden so russia must be preemptively punished before the elections even happen to prevent meddling with us to draw upon the conclusion of the intelligence community to identify and target for sanctions all those determined to be responsible for ongoing election interference including any actives within the government of the russian federation and the russian act is determined to be directly responsible and those acting on their behalf providing material financial support for their efforts russia is also accused of spreading rumors about mail in vote in order to undermine the us elections but it's not really russia that's doing that unless of course the kremlin controls american t.v. networks there are cases from just this last spring or were ballots have gone

missing and turned up after the election so what happens when the post office is doing its absolute best as are humans fraud violence mail and voting already happening. not speculating now the election is still 2 months away but they are already pairing for how to handle the results. will be the hero and how they will tell you to react they're already setting a climate where there's going to be massive speculation about which it in a sea of this election they said the exact same thing in 2016 that shrum were is not going to do you could see the election if you loses and then what happened oh the democrats didn't concede hillary didn't concede we don't want russia gate bridge few years if the democrats lose if joe biden loses in fact i think any supporter be smart to not be in there if they learn a liberal city it's not be there on election night they are going to burn the place to the ground they know they're going to lose and so they're already setting up the game to further damage his presidency and to damage his 2nd term should he win so

it'll be another scandal it'll be another local i'm absolutely conspiracy theory like russia gate maybe russia gay part 2 who knows 16 past monday morning i'm kevin i was very glad to have your company if you can stay around to tell me about they stood along the way today with all jr songes actually addition to the us starting in london later today after a decade now of legal wrangling. over all this is driven by a drunk. in

a day or so thinks. we dare to ask. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing dramatic development the only thing i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. hello again the crucial extradition hearing of wiki leaks founder julian assange

job was later monday it had been postponed for months because of the coronavirus locked out leaving a sounds all the time waiting in jail last year assad was sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching the bail terms back in 2012 but despite having already served that sentence see stay behind bars because prosecutors say they worry that he's a flight risk the u.s. is indicted the wiki leaks founder 18 counts the most on espionage charges he faces up 275 years in prison if he is eventually extradited to america but according to human rights activists the sun just lawyers this crucial 52 weeks in jails already done a lot of damage serious damage to his health a son just legal team is officially complained to the u.k. government on the u.k. prolongation of his imprisonment during the pandemic and they say he suffers from respiratory problems and mental health issues that follow psychological torture american political activist and author no chance to keep told r.t.

is going underground show that it would be deemed illegal if the u.k. sends him to the u.s. at the end of all this. it would be able. to see the u.s. there. is no ready real. ok now if he had good reasons not to because he would have been extradited if he had but not paying bill requires a tap on the wrist not torture in a high security prison ok up to the point where he's not even a leader is allowed to receive books i'm in mass murderers or being treated like in a way beyond the worst issues criminal ok and if he's extradited it comes up for trial on the us espionage laws which even carry a potential death sentence it's trial is being tried in committed the crime of

letting the general population know things that they have a right to know and the powerful states don't want them to know. artie's redfish project looks at the development of the assads case in more detail. you think i want to see the free press as a real threat to. their son jason is really the biggest act of investigative journalism that we've seen certainly this and. it did the police and how it can be used like that against journalists i think is horrifying despite boris johnson's claims about the u.k.'s respect for journalists and media freedom many disagree the u.k. ranks 35th out of 180 countries in the 2020 world press freedom index released by

reporters without borders the job of 2 places since 2019 i think the u.k. government likes the idea of media freedom as long as it doesn't impinge on the power so it likes to give the give the course about freedom and democracy and press freedom but in fact in reality if there's any journalism that impacts on their ability to project power at home and abroad then there's a problem passed in 26 days in the investigatory powers act or snoopers charter as it's known by its critics that's the state monitor everybody's web history e-mail text and phone records and hack computers phones and tablets it prevents journalists it prevents n.g.o.s use it for bents anybody who is actually investigating state power from doing their job these are all acts designed to clamp down on anybody trying to expose corruption and wrongdoing at the state there are an estimated 420000 c.c.t.v.

cameras in london because of our 48 cameras 1000 people this is more than any other city in the world according to a 2017 report by the brookings institution i worry about the use of surveillance. also with life facial recognition which is almost entirely unregulated but is now being rolled out live by the metropolitan police again that could be used to track down journalistic sources and there are no safeguard whatsoever. facebook has suspended the accounts of a washington based lobbying firm linked to attempted manipulation of elections in venezuela bolivia and mexico the u.s. government linked company had gained more than half a 1000000 online followers saskia taylor is on the story. the misused to be the supreme the streets of russia but nowadays it's trolls the russian internet trolls prussian trolls and u.s.

investigators believe it was directed from the so-called troll factory a suspected russian internet troll of russian trolls that misinformation effort on the part of russian trolls you look through the trash there what did you find part of styrene. wrappers for something. electronic stuff a new report by facebook there reveals the c.n.n. didn't need to send its employees half way across the world to dig for the secrets turns out there are plenty of those right under its nose we removed 55 facebook accounts 42 pages and 33 instagram accounts for violating our policy against foreign interference this network originated in the us and focus primarily on venezuela and also on mexico and bolivia the digital footprint that back to c.e.o.'s strategies of washington based p.r. for this unmasked den of trolls splashed out over 3 and a half $1000000.00 on facebook ads a figure the network says stood out for its generosity altogether their accounts

amassed over half a 1000000 followers so what exactly was c.n.n.'s telling them. it's january 2019 no president or has begun his 2nd presidential term critics are calling it actually bullshit and an opposition you don't want why do has declared himself the legitimate president and who is chairing him on from the sidelines of stay with you mr president the time is now to support the venezuelan people to recognize the new democratic government led by interim president gore though joining us in the gallery is the true and illegitimate president of venezuela one. for backup those c.l.r. strategies posing as vocal political parties sit organizations and media outlets to . runs out contant praising up why joe and co painting him as the savior leading a furnace way to freedom this kind of content came especially easy to those in our

staff who as a stanford university report into patent your field of veterans of venezuelan politics having previously worked on political campaigns for the opposition by the way excellent senior adviser mark face dean was part of a d.c. think tank which last april gathered you as a latin american army man to discuss a military assault on venezuela. a bit further south see it as is recycling its strategy it's december 29th t. a western back to what it finds out it's a ford in the bolivian elections which saw evo morales as we elected the alter is later found to be misleading slash false but never mind it does its job but rather the resigned frees the country in the south to janine and yes proclaims herself president and cheering her on from the sidelines with pledge our support to the believe b.n. people and to the transitional government led by president janine and yes as they prepare for these elections we support you need 9 years in bolivia as she works to

ensure a peaceful democratic transition through free elections as in venezuela so too in bolivia c.l.s. strategy is doing its thing one of its pages for cardio poses as a fact checking operation and at least once smears a true story as fake news on other pages moreover this is denounced as a mobster a coward not like the st jean and yes but according to c.l.s. all this is very different to foreign interference. importantly our past current work in latin america including opposition to oppressive regimes was not conducted on behalf of foreign entities the work was funded and directed by clients inside each country this makes c.l.s. his work very different from the foreign influence activities reported by facebook and any characterization of c.l.s. his work in the 3 countries it's you as foreign is wrong ok fair enough the client

didn't come from inside the country but it was not other than the outside act i mean us government who coughed up big bucks to ensure that next elections are on the right way foreign interference a tom up for interpretation when you're the one shuffling the cards from falzon zones miles away so you could tell the rough out of this bulletin that said for now have a great monday and thank you for watching. what else show him wrong. why don't we all just don't call. any world yet to ship out disdain become educated and it gets written because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we just are the for common ground.

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this is going underground from a country the politicians are telling us is getting back to normal as it like the rest of the world braces for a potentially devastating 2nd wave of coronavirus this november it's a pandemic that will disproportionately kill the west off in society once called for cost to global food like pandemic it's $1.00 of the causes and it's profound effects as mike davis known for his devastating critique of capitalist urban development city of cortes excavating the future of los angeles here he is 15 years ago and why should be we be so worried about it is easy which is infected under 200 people killed less than one how did we live in a world where millions of people die every year from the laryea tuberculosis hiv and the answer of course is the experience of humanity in 24 weeks and in 18 when between 40 and i didn't know young people died of a pandemic influenza this is the greatest mortality about and human history there

have been 2 subsequent pandemics of 19571968 neither were. anywhere as steadily as 1918 and then suddenly in 1907 this new flu emerged in hong kong and scientists discovered to their horror that rather than being incubated in a pig or a human being and been caught in fact it was several strands of the flu it jumped directly from birds to humans that's mike davis speaking in 25 on the threat of a flu type pandemic a thing in the own abreu world his warnings are arguably not taken seriously by policymakers think tanks and politicians is 25 book the monster and door is now called the monster and with a brand new preface and he joins me now from los angeles mike welcome to going on the ground you've been on well i understand just take us through how you came to write to the new preface as the full horror of the pandemic we came up aaron's.