the norm makers clash over the country's response to the alleged poisoning of russian opposition activists alexina paul knee with some pointing the finger at mosco at a fiery debate in the foot in the stock. why does not only need such a level of protection from a security service political mud is part of the preaching system why would the russian government be so stupid and even less now when we fly out to germany instead of hiding him in russia from the courts almost 10000 coronavirus cases in a single day that's the highest because so far as testing is have to struggle to cope with to log. on microsoft accuses russia china and iran of trying to matalin the us election through cyber attacks on both the trial i'm fighting

campaign all 3 countries denied the allocation. making sure you never miss a story this is artsy international glad you could join up this. story for you the german parliament has held a session dedicated to the allowed to poisoning of alec's involve me the russian opposition activist has been in hospital in berlin for almost 3 weeks and recently a coma and several java politicians according to action to be taken against moscow while our europe correspondent peter all of us has been across this. fiery debate in the in the stack on friday night with the majority of lawmakers pointing a finger of blame firmly at russia and the russian government for what happened to alexa development there was some voices questioning the official german government

line but there weren't many and. if the kremlin really regrets the assassination attempt on alex in the valley and really wants to clear things up why does novell need such a level of protection from a security services political murder is part of the putin system. i'm not so not only are the russian supposed to have tried to poison an opponent of the regime with a military nerve agent but the put it in his t. why would the russian government be so stupid them and even let an avanti fly out to germany instead of hiding him in russia it's absurd. the north stream to gas pipeline project was a major factor in the debate the pipeline which would take russian gas under the baltic sea directly into germany well lawmakers fall into 3 camps when it comes to the multi national multi 1000000000 euro infrastructure project there are those that say it needs to be halted immediately and perhaps canceled altogether there

are those that want to wait and see how russia reacts and how this story develops and there are those saying that it's simply too important economically and it must remain purely an economic project no matter what else is going on we have though you see heated debate over north stream both on the streets here in germany and on friday night in the bundestag austrians why north stream has never been a purely private sector project and the german government has repeatedly argued this by the war in syria just by the use of a chemical weapon insult barry the federal government is sending a message to the kremlin no matter what you do economic goals a moral. than climate protection security policy and human rights. demanding the immediate term a nation of north stream 2 is in my view or has been misguided reaction but it pleases those who have always opposed the project especially the greens well as

germany continues to push russia for an explanation for what happened to alexei novelli the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has said russia still waiting for information it requested from germany but it's a good minute the german representative to the u.n. said the data is no longer a matter of by last will relations between germany and russia but amounts for multilateral proceedings what kind of proceedings the germans are talking about they were unable to say in the interests of our german colleagues we urged them to provide all necessary information which might in any way should lights on the absolutely unfounded accusations. investigators in russia are of also being on the search for more information police in the city of thompson which is where alexina valmy had been he was flying from tomsk to moscow before his plane had to make an emergency landing in the city of squid the lexan of only in extreme

distress well placed in tom skipping putting together a timeline of where he was in the lead up to him getting on that plane they've placements in the valley in a hotel in a restaurant in a flat and in a coffee shop what they have also been going about doing is trying to interview those that were in close contact with aleck's in the valley during his time in the city of tomsk police there say they've been able to interview 5 of the 6 people that spent a lot of time with mist in the valley they say the 6th person a woman is believed to have come here to germany my unit be a feature. of the marina picture one of those who was with me in permanently resides in the united kingdom on august 20 refused to give explanations according to the investigation on august 22nd of this year she flew to germany so it was not possible to get an explanation from her her location is currently being in stablished. there are still lots of facts to come to light in the case of what

happened to alexa in the valley but as we search for those facts the diplomatic route between germany and russia continues to heat up. germany says it's passed on all its informational malik's involving taste the global chemical weapons what stock called russia which is a member of course of the upset up and says nothing's been received yet meanwhile russia's and for it to the un has responded to western calls for a full investigation these cool incident cannot but race questions well some folk play being staged we hear what statements formal and what measures are being mentioned discussed or in will this lead us leads us to an unavoidable reply nicol question legion post in such situations we want you trash if we produced who is to benefit from this the one that one if you demand the

explanations will deflect from the table and will compare notes one should with trust ily geishas unkillable rated by evidence even this is as you see me your reasonable. and staying with that theme of who stands to gain from the diplomatic crisis while political analyst on northern believes the north stream to pipeline might provide an answer. it's immediately been joined with the north stream 2 gas pipeline project the germans who previously the german political class has previously supported the completion of the gas pipeline very strongly not least because germany doesn't have any other energy source and no major cracks are appearing in what was a consensus so the fact that the stream to gas pipeline has been immediately put into the equation into what should be a private police investigation shows who would benefit the answer is the american exporters of liquid natural gas and all those in europe who are determined and have been for many years and decades to drive

a wedge between europe and russia the not stream to gas pipeline is not just a symbol although it's a very powerful one it is also a reality of bridging the divide between russia and europe and that is what the russian people 'd in europe and in the united states do not want and that's why than a valley business is being immediately joined with not stream to. elsewhere in europe there has to be a partial easing of coronavirus restrictions in france the prime minister says the isolation time for people who test positive will be reduced from 14 days to 7 days that's despite a new spike in cases where the rock were 10000 frequent on thursday a solid 2000 school reports from paris. i mean the scramble to get ahead of the curve the french government promised 1000000 tests would take place weekly by september and by hook or by crook it has succeeded in doing just that

this is just one facility but people can get tested for coping 19 so much so you get 20 new testing centers for the virus to open here in the paris region but the clamor for covert testing has caused other problems testing centers are apparently struggling to deal with the volume of people wanting to find out if they happen it there are delays in getting access to the board treating choose the testing centers in paris and elsewhere right now is taking an average of 3 and a half days to get tested the french health minister hitting on quite a crucial point to kill you is like this which are not uncommon could contain some people who are infected and indeed contagious the person the symptoms and who may have been in contact with an infected individual has to be tested urgently they must not be turned away from a laboratory because there is no they'll ability we have to work for months because

it's not acceptable to options today to get tested wait 7 days for an appointment in a lab wait for hours and sensually on standing under the hot sun i tried the 2nd option but with a $39.00 degree fever i did not last long i called the labs of raw no places for 7 days plus 5 days to get the results or wait in line for 2 hours while sick and with no energy question is the test still relevant if done 7 days after symptoms start while standing in a queue for hours may be frustrating what's perhaps frustrating people even more are the delays in getting their results people are threatening to sue us because they missed their plane because of the delays in the tests we work like crazy. everyone is unhappy delays could also mean that even if you tested negative for 19 while waiting for the result you could have contract it but this is not just

a problem here in france across the english channel they are also struggling the health minister very though has pointed the finger of blame on people who are symptomatic. unless you. actually. get a test. on the flip side some are suggesting the volume of test taking place in countries like france even more than a 1000000 a week still isn't enough they are doing $1000000.00 per week that's not so much for a country of 67000000 people and also all they are doing it for personally so there's no logic there's no strategy and that's not good but if the abortion results already under the cosh wouldn't 10 times the number of tests cause even more of a headache there is a way around this though rapid testing delivered in less than half an hour which is

available at some pharmacies for a fee problem is these new tests a scene is being less reliable leaving some even more confused about what to do than ever so much even risky r.t. paris. another headline story microsoft is accusing russia china iran of trying to meddle in the upcoming us election a report from the tech giant says both the biden campaigns have been subjected to unsuccessful cyber attacks from those countries all 3 have repeatedly denied any such interference caleb maupin picks up the story. now the report from microsoft accuses russia china and iran of somehow interfering in the us elections via alleged computer hacks that are said to have taken place all 3 countries have emphasized that these allegations are simply false they are not engaging in cyber

hacking to try and hurt the u.s. elections now russia emphasized that they have actually offered to cooperate with the united states regarding cyber security and the need to stop hacking and other threats to the country this is the response of both russia and china to claims of interference with them a bit of my goodness on numerous occasions we propose the americans different ways of handling these unfounded assertions the american civil she has to work with us on these proposals but continue to just to end illegal interference in their internal affairs as well you meet with documents we don't have any interest in interfering in the united states elections microsoft should make such baseless accusations and direct china into this this has not stopped us media from were running wild with these allegations the election we're getting closer with hackers who were in harder now escalating their attacks tied to the presidential race according to a new warning from microsoft so here we go again right. except this time we're not

blindsided those hacks are believed to come from overseas russia china and iran it's not surprising because we've had intelligence briefings and this kind of thing is probably happening now microsoft did not say how these quote unsuccessful attacks were intended to actually hurt the us electoral process no information was really given about what these hacks would have done if they had somehow succeeded this is what was said by the d.h. yes we are aware that microsoft detected attempts to compromise email accounts of people and organizations associated with the upcoming election none are involved in maintaining or operating voting infrastructure and there was no identified impact on election systems 0 truth was offered to back up these allegations from microsoft and furthermore it is confirmed even by their own report that these alleged hacks have had 0 impact on the elections so far. 10 e.u.

countries have agreed to take in around 400 child refugees who were left without when the count down on the greek island of laos boss the facility held around 30000 migrants in greece is saying the adults will have to remain on not i don't want the greek prime minister has confirmed the marek how will be felt and not announcement was not by protest the former president they marched towards the islands main town to montana right to leave last lost and had to. many locals also want the michael to move on to best use trucks to block roads meeting tomorrow at camp saying they will prevent every building walk in u.s. officials have called for help for those refugees on. top priority has to be me ditch and collect if. there's to provide shelter to those who need it

and then to restore as soon as possible public order in the island. people in moria need help immediately the german civil protection service is traveling to greece the 1st delivery with aid will include tents and cam bets to attend to the neediest the foreign ministries initially allocating $3000000.00 euro the fi and moria has put the spotlight thought on europe's refugee influx more than 5 years since the start of the crisis the block has failed to agree on a common policy sounds an ease states have pushed for mandatory refugee quotas among european nations but that idea has been flatly rejected by members including both poland and hungary while you without scenes still ahead on the program the u.s. is drawing up sanctions against fellow russian officials in the wake of the contested election as we reported among all stories after a short break. in

this presidential election cycle both democrats and republicans claim to be tough

on china but does that actually need instead what does the american public really know about the china of day on this edition of the program the attempt to separate this. welcome by now bahrain as well have agreed to a stop in full diplomatic relations after a decades long boycott by the gulf want to the deal was announced on friday by u.s. president donald trump who brokered the talks. in the spirit of peace and cooperation both leaders also agreed the rain will fully normalize and diplomatic relations with israel they will exchange embassies and ambassadors begin direct flights between their countries and well into cooperation and issues across

a broad range of sectors including health business technology education security and agriculture and this is a truly historic day the u.s. bahrain an israel has released a joint statement confirming the new pact it follows a similar agreement between as ron the united arab emirates struck last month i mocks a dramatic change in the dynamics of middle east politics with arab nations that have historically sided with palestine shifting closer to israel now trumps role in the process has prompted one right wing norwegian politician to nominate him for the new about peace prize despite those offer it says no sawing off the let's help in the israeli palestinian conflict on friday clashes broke out in the west bank to protest against expansion of israeli settlements in the occupied territory protesters hold rocks at israeli soldiers last month israel suspended its plan to annex parts of the west bank although building work has continued on existing

settlements tensions have been aggravated by israeli demolitions of palestinian homes built without planning that's with almost $400.00 destroyed and according to the u.n. . united states has confirmed it will impose sanctions on russian officials in the coming days for legit election fraud and violence against protesters the state department says the measures will run in parallel with the e.u. sanctions and else earlier meanwhile lithuania is arjen world powers to recognize the opposition last month about a russian election as the rightful president the lithuanian parliament calls on the international community to support the demand from should learn a 2nd of the leader elected by the belorussian people and from the coordination council established at her invitation as the only legitimate representatives of the belorussian people for holding new transparent and democratic presidential and

parliamentary elections we call on the international community to consider any domestic or foreign policy action by the illegitimate leader of billy reese alexander lukashenko aimed at legitimizing his power and concluding new agreements with russia which restrict the sovereignty of the belarusian people to be a crime against his people the way to is the 1st country to recognize him on a ticket office as leader of us she fled to the 20 after the election she has since posted several videos in the international community to help force president lukashenko out and enable new elections to be held the e.u. foreign policy chief earlier compared the situation to one of venezuela one nicolas maduro continues to hold power despite a lack of recognition from the west. we do not recognize him as the legitimate president nor do we recognize nicolas maduro from this point of view. in exactly the same situation we do not recognize that they have been legitimately chosen

however whether we like it or not they control the government and we have to continue dealing with them despite not recognizing their democratic legitimacy maseratis broke out in belarus write offs. the election on the night and all still ongoing after $26.00 he has a power outage sound in the bush and co want to sic tom off for a landslide result was to clad now taken off because supporters claim the ballot was rigged and to mount a new election although initially modify clashes and police brutality the demonstrations are now largely peaceful political on this march mccourty believes washington will stop short of any drastic action against us. i think good point of view he explained you know the e.u. and the americans to. georgia musha here only saying i'm staying i'm not going anywhere because i regard most of his illegitimate president.

the americans if you go to google not to do it easy which will in turn. push them towards. because the americans would like to present situation to continue with delusion if you like she does so as a gateway or a house between moscow and the west they would like to continue but the present situation is very very difficult and the americans have been very careful in the leg and what they actually do. you wish to send position. find any if you've ever suspected amazon's and that voice assistant of listening into your conversations edward snowden says you might now have reason to be worried the n.s.a. whistleblower spoke out on wednesday off to his fullness spy paul skee thought it's odd i was appointed to alison's board of directors. it turns out hey alexy is

short for hey keith alexander yes the keith alexander personally responsible for the mass surveillance programs the caused global scandal and amazon web services has 6 percent of all websites on xander was n.s.a. director in 20131 snowden leaks thousands of documents exposing the agency's mass surveillance practice says human rights annoyed suspects sounds and once has not led on how to influence people's voting to says adds we should stress that these are his own opinions and amazon denies claims of snooping virus home assistant devices i would assume they picked him for his expertise and that is his ability to gather. intelligence from people in this case presumably through 1 you know amazon's. mechanism you know it's a lash up box if you have one of those alexa devices in your house that it

can and listen in to conversations this is a based on those conversations devise what types of products it believes you want and you will receive advertising for those products maybe amazon wants to gather information on people's political inclinations and what could move them to vote in a certain way sure sadly i don't see it provoking outrage amongst most people again i think most people in america are used to the idea that they're being spied on in different ways i think they're used to it and not particularly upset or rich which is troubling but that is my sense of things. thank you phonics opinion how things are shaping up at the moment if you want more details almost stories auto calm is the place to check it out as for me i'll see you say and.

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a low end well to me crosstalk are all things are considered in this presidential election cycle both democrats and republicans claim to be tough on china what does that actually need in fact what does the american public really know about the china of today on this edition of the program we attempt to separate mists from reality. processing china anymore i'm joined by my guest tom watkins in detroit she is

president and see. tew and associates as well as a regular contributor to china us focus dot com and we have james bradley in new zealand he is a new york times number one best selling author of china mirage as well as host of his own pod cast untold pacific right gentlemen cross uprose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok let's go to new zealand 1st james. china is mentioned over and over in this election cycle in the united states both parties like to differentiate themselves it seems like as the message is the same in following this election and how china is. objectified i would say what is the biggest misconception about china as it's reported by the media. too big of a question it would take too many hours if we're going to talk about misconceptions about china no i would make the case that with china's population number one country in.