world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you there. in the top stories of the last 7 days from us germany agrees to cooperate with moscow on a probe into the alleged poisoning of the opposition figure alexina valmy as the issue riles german lawmakers in parliament there. are the stories the big guns of the british political scene split down the middle over prime minister boris johnson's plan to discipline the brics bill. and so it was of women rally in the belorussian capital calling on the president to resign over contested elections it comes as a high profile opposition leader is arrested. good

morning from russia this is the weekly around the pole of the big headlines of the last 7 days here in r.t. international with me kevin. first and germany's accepted moscow's request for legal cooperation on a probe into the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy however state prosecutors warn some information will only be shared with the activists consent it says russian police asked to interview him in berlin where he's in hospital still germany adds it still expects russia to be held accountable for the incident. the relations with russia are influenced by the fact that russia is 1st of all an important global actor and also by the fact that in the past and in present time we have had some problematic topics between each other and we should express ourselves carefully this time there was an attempted murder on mr novelli performed with a very specific and internationally banned nerve agent of the novacek group and our demand is. that russia urgently explain what happened at this. hour authorities are

investigating this incident we don't like it when other countries dictate to us when and at what point to start our processes we cannot legally call this a criminal case based on the analysis of the journal aboard 3 moreover the board to receive the b.r.d. army just as in the b. or d. it is probably impossible to initiate a criminal case on the basis of tests that were taken in our military hospital this is legally nonsense there are acts of furphy cation our investigative bodies are working they have questions new questions appear we hold that we will receive information from our german colleagues it will help to move forward germany previously announced it would be sharing of these test results for the global chemical weapons watchdog although russia which is a member of the o p c w of course says nothing has yet been received the volley emerged from an in juice to cope with this week with german doctors saying he now reacts to speech the long

term effects are still unclear he was airlifted to berlin for treatment last month after falling element flight from siberia the russian hospital that initially treated him notes no evidence of poison was uncovered meantime russia's envoy to the un responded to western pressure on his country over the incident. these cooling system can look at these questions well both lead being we hear what statements formal and what measures are being mentioned discussed or and will. this lead us leads us to an unavoidable reply nicol question legions borst in search situations we want you to trash it erk we promised who is to benefit from this the one that won it if you demand the explanations will defect on the table and we'll compare notes why should would drastically geisha ins and collaborate and by evidence even this is as you see he your uncle reasonable but. the german

parliament is debated the poisoning of a special session with lawmakers already demanding action against moscow our europe correspondent peter all of the reports. it was a fiery session on friday afternoon into early evening here in berlin in the german bund the stock the majority of those who spoke or pointing a finger of blame directly at russia and the russian government for what they say was the poisoning of alexei folly there were some voices that question the official government line not many i have to say but there were some. really 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 our security services political murder is part of the putin system. now 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 tea 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 that north stream too was a big issue on the debate as well basically the german politicians splitting into 3 camps there are those that say it needs to be halted immediately and perhaps cancelled altogether there are those that want to wait and see how russia reacts and how this story develops and there are those who are 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 friday night in the bundestag north stream has never been a purely private sector project as the german government has repeatedly argued despite the war in syria despite the use of a chemical weapon in cells bury the federal government. it's sending the masses to

the kremlin no matter what you do economic goals are more important to us than climate protection security policy and human rights. demanding the immediate term a nation of north stream 2 is in my view and hasty in 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 sergei lavrov has said russia still waiting for information it requested from germany but it's the use of your mind who put you on to the german representative to the u.n. said the data is no longer a matter for bilateral relations between germany and russia but a matter for multilateral procedure 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 absolutely unfounded accusations investigators in russia of also being on

the search for more information police in the city of thompson which is where alexina valley had been he was flying from tomsk to moscow before his plane had to make an emergency landing in the city of the lex in a valley in extreme distress while police in town scoping putting together a timeline of where he was in the lead up to him getting on that plane they've placed mr 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 mr novelli they say the 6th person a woman is believed to have come here to germany there are still lots of facts to come to light in the case of what happened to alexa in the funny hours. we search

for those facts that diplomatic route between germany and russia continues to excel . as we heard the senior politicians in berlin have been piling pressure on the government there to pull out of the north street to project over the developing case in the week we spoke exclusively with the head of the german parliament energy committee about that very issue. of north stream 2 is not putin's projects it involves a large number of european companies and is designed to ensure the security if europe's gas supply to question this project now is to shoot ourselves in the foot it is certainly not in the interests of germany or europe if there is a decision to end the project companies will be able to sue those who made the decision in this case the german government and of course it will affect gas prices it must be clearly understood that this is not a game the pressure coming from the us is already enough in my view so we are

strongly resisting the american sanctions that have been imposed on companies and individuals involved in the pipeline construction this is against international law and we don't accept it i can see the many people who might not have fully understood the story thinking now will show them but i think it's completely wrong 1st of all we need to establish what really happened because i don't think germany no use i think we should respond appropriately to the russians request for legal assistance we obviously received such a request but according to the russians it is so far gone unanswered. another big story in the week was britain's much criticized internal market bell it's going to face another big test tomorrow monday too when the house of commons debates it it's proving hugely controversial in the week just gone then prime minister boris johnson tried to convince his ruling party to back the draft act but former party leaders john major as well as ex-pro minister tony blair both urged parliament to

reject it. irresponsible wrong in principle and dangerous in practice it raises questions that go far beyond the impact on ireland the peace process and negotiations for a trade deal crucial though they are it questions the very integrity of our nation as the world looks all the girls that the u.k. this government's action is shaming itself and embarrassing our nation the dealer been designed to stop a hard border between the north and south of ireland johnson wants to return controls on the movement of goods there or that sparked a harsh warning from brussels just get in you need to respect the expect the u.k. to of the commitments that negotiated and signed up to last year who got a citizen strides in northern ireland any attempt by the u.k. to undermine the agreement would have serious consequences. against his hostile backdrop then said talks will continue saskia taylor assesses their chances of

success. how i long for the breck set days even stability that you know of removals one part permanently outside number 10 braxton's president today after delay after delay is a passive but something reassuring in not so comforting that in these tumultuous times one can turn to breaks it and like the good friend that it is but still that in fact nothing's changed we have now been talking for 6 months and can no longer afford to go over well trodden ground we need to see more realism from the e.u. about our status as an independent country the needs to be in agreement with our european friends by the time of the european council and the 15 that's going to be in force by the end of the year but perhaps someone would be bracks if it wasn't full of the satisfaction in empty promises by the u.k. having 2nd thoughts about withdrawal agreement signed back in january so it might override key parts of the last brussels basically says we got soup to

a free trade deal by mid october and the media thought of the u.k. renee taking on its words elicited cries of moans you're from those bureaucrats in brussels do you. own freaks ability and grit. to work with the u.k.'s red lines it's time to do you good to great i trust the british government to implement their withdrawal a criminal and obligation under international law and prerequisite for any future partnership protocol in ireland northern ireland is essential to protect peace and stability on the island and integrity of the single market the one room of the got people especially worried is that tucked away in voters' pocket is something called the entire market belt and this contest could jeopardize peace and security along the irish border but downing street tonight this same that it's only proposing my alterations which would provide clarity on such

a big us part of the deal but even at home not everyone is. apparently the head of the u.k.'s legal department quit over the whole thing and then there is this one minute minor detail proving to be just a little contentious. in a very specific and limited boy oh well as long as it's just specific but is all this proves to be the straw that breaks the camel's back and the u.k. and e.u. don't shake hands the u.k. will be left popping up out in the north sea with no deal and no tariff gets classic bracks set everyone happy and moving to outline the threat of no deal and now the prime minister losing trust some things never change. mergers professor at the london school of economics alan scared believes brussels is still refusing they're willing to accept that britain is actually left the block . think both sides would like some kind of deal however. the e.u. insists on treating britain like

a kind of going to get province that we can really be truly independent and the best could be we should still be part of the e.u. . and it believes that the common fish and fisheries policy should still apply to british territorial waters. believes that when it comes to rules and regulations the british shouldn't be able to make their own they should be forced to. rely on any new regulations passed the e.u. to get their approval for us and of course. impossible for the british to except. weekends going good thank you for taking time out of it to watch us coming up and i and those headlines of most british state health workers we had in the week but considering quitting over the government's handling of the pandemic to talk about that in just a minute don't. the

world is driven by a dream shaped by the person. who dares 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 is often very dramatic developments only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

thank you and good morning opposition supporters impellor keeping up the pressure then on president lukashenko thousands of activists almost all women gathered in multiple locations across minsk calling on the president to resign you can see that there were tens confrontations at times in security forces it's the latest in a month long wave of unrest since the contested election of the president which opposition supporters say was break our senior correspondent at work as to reports from it's. just like the police the demonstrators and protesters there you've adapted this well they realize that gathering in one place at the same time he's

bound to you know get them all arrested so what they've done is they've got you guys in. columns different marches down the streets of means in order to avoid being arrested all at once and live chanting against the president they're saying they're just out for a walk they're calling as well for a criminal tribunal into the president there are now apparently thousands tens of thousands of people marching down the streets of minsk in this all women's march and they came out of nowhere little groups organizing down little streets all converging to march down means nevertheless we haven't seen police or state security agents in a while and there really is safety in numbers because it would be completely impossible to detain sue many people thousands of people on a peaceful march down the streets of millions. also this week a high profile member of the opposition and brother as was arrested on the border with ukraine on monday request make over disappear she couldn't be reached by phone

and for a while whereabouts remained unknown there were claims that she had been kidnapped by better russian security officials choose day officials said kolesnik over was detained as she broke the law or trying to cross the border into ukraine oleksandr the shank herself more details in an interview that he was giving to russian journalists. but that only could you give us more detail about marie kolesnikov where is she. i probably cannot give you much detail gigia the fact that i was only told that she and her 2 friends who were drivers or close ones or distant ones they fled to ukraine today and they had documents and everything prepared in advance they showed their passports and customs officers border guards let them through further on is the state border and the ukrainian post between these posts there are 8 to 9 kilometers and that our border is heavily guarded so we deployed more guards naturally they were stopped they froze the gas pedal she was even thrown out of the

car on the move on the run. so they'd. self's did it yes well there were 3 of them who could have thrown her out border guards of course detained her hands would have been expected i say this is an old border guard and she was sent to the border office and the car went across the ukrainian border through the ukrainian post and then as far as i'm now informed they were detained and we negotiating with them so that they return them to us. and what for they left they relatively speaking of were released from. you know they could not be detained they travelled legally with documents but they violated the state border they checked in at the checkpoint the border guards and customs officers did their jobs and the border itself is another 8 or 10 kilometers away and they drove right through this reinforced post in here to ukraine allegedly this woman sister lives in ukraine allegedly i don't know for sure they told me this today i ask why is it ukrainian not lithuania not hungry as

they usually go to someone's relatives the said to live them i cannot claim so i don't know everything yet therefore she was detained and we asked the ukrainian border guards to return the others to our country we will investigate what happened but got a different version that she was abducted by officers and taken to the ukraine border to be kicked out of the country to avoid the. quest to cover their tear up her passport she is now being held in midst the enraged detention branding it a violation of domestic and international law meantime if you ania's passed a bill urging world powers to recognize the opposition candidate in last month's by the russian election as the rightful president through a there was the 1st country than to recognize for atlanta taken off sky as leader of better rose she fled to live in or after the election she sends posted several videos asking the international community to help force out and enable new

elections to a political analyst when iraq 1st snopes lithuania would not come out for taken up without the backing of law. it's a signal that is being shown to look i shan't go and it shall show that there of force is major forces political forces behind because little you know wouldn't take such a measure which is illegitimate according to international law if there was no support by the european union or who knows. and i see this as. not too intelligent step by lithuania it's too blunt because it shows clearly that the situation in. belarus is not only divided one side is also in danger of being taken over by external interests therefore i see it in political terms and not in terms of elections in minsk. a

poll found that a majority of british state health service doctors are considering quitting of the government's handling of the covert pandemic the president of the country's association of doctors says the issue's been building for a long time. i think what you have 0 is our n.h.s. colleagues have been feeling and how in broke in short many years now prior to them how. this is a profession who have suffered through some of the worst crisis crises in history within our workforce including absolutely we're in s.g. in year tops of contracts changes to our training that mean doctors need every 6 months to leave here around hospitals around the way and indeed the pensions tatts crisis which has forced many of our most senior and experience experience starts its interest high and all of this was prior to us going into the air national

crisis you know what a tough time of of late more than 1700 medics took part of the survey than 2 in 3 say they're more likely to leave the national health service now because of poor treatment from the government during the code response most so they plan to get out within 3 years some so they're going to go abroad other so they're going to take a pause in their career or maybe in the end then go work for private hospitals while among the main reasons cited for considering quitting were a lack of pay rises in protective equipment others say they've been gagged from speaking publicly about what they've been through in their concerns but it's also a war they promised benefits revoked and further more generally working on the covert front line during these really hard times as a major impact on mental health. since we've had him a different demi and we've had these incredible time with living dying and struggling we've been separate from our families we just want some recognition for what we actually did and what we feel like we deserve over the last 1015 years let

alone months it wasn't too long ago that we were talking about our national surviving on charitable donations and figured out how to stop just because crave it came and just pretty crap we deserve back a profession and home and it just is there better and that was what stayed really me the government insists is 3 percent pay rise offer is good enough prime minister boris johnson's pledged more funding for speed limits the structure over the difficult winter period coming up the head of the doctors association again says its workers must feel valued. we know that the n.h.s. was very much understaffed and under resourced going into this pandemic and i have no doubt that that impacted on our ability to combat this fire it's we had 10000 vacancies for doctors across the frontlines 100000 vacancies for the front line and it's for stuff including nurses so we were we were already struggling with our

workforce now if so many doctors leave and we have to remember this was a survey of just 1700 doctors with 2 thirds of them saying actually they were making plans for the so who knows how how big that number truly is but this this really is a worry and i think it is even more of a worry given that many doctors feel that a 2nd said may be coming within the u.k. so what we're asking is that the government considers the hard work of those true key kids within the n.h.s. that they show them how much they're there and they really are carted them to retain them in the n.h.s. especially if there is to be a 2nd spike in the. this was apocalyptic signals in the wake from the us and those terrible wildfires i had and several districts have declared a state of emergency.

you know we seem to be seeing more of it every year around the world to the way well that's the way things look in so far thanks for watching our weekly the roundup of the big stories of the last 7 days with me kevin knowing what have you do for the rest you we can't have it goes great for you.

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