yes and that is why. russia's foreign minister a. figurehead. repeats. also ahead on the program saddam or putin calls for internal dialogue. we want to handle the situation with. the united kingdom gatherings of more than 6 people to slow the spread of coronavirus just before. clubs on the streets.

don't tell. the world this is our international from the team and myself you know me and hello and welcome to the program. russia's foreign minister said moscow has no legal grounds to open a criminal probe into the case due to a complete lack of data from germany. also responded to the threats of sanctions against russia over the alleged poisoning of the opposition figure. you're billable no one will if there was no novell me they would have come up with another reason to impose additional sanctions our western partners have gone beyond all limits of decency in reasoning in fact they are now demanding that we confess it's such

a mysterious story given that on the 27th of august we sent a request for legal assistance from the russian general prosecutor's office and still there is no answer we don't have legal grounds for launching a criminal case yet and that is why we are asked for legal assistance from the german side and the diplomatic standoff between moscow and berlin is intensifying russian prosecutors have said they've sent a 2nd request for legal assistance to berlin they're looking for explanations from doctors who've been involved with the treatment of alexina found information and copies of documents they've sent the 2nd request because their 1st request has gone unheeded according to the russian side they said that over 2 weeks ago what we've heard though regarding the competition of alexei in the family his his health prognosis is that he has improved the shot at a hospital here in berlin where he's being treated has said that he's now able to leave his bed for

a short period of time because of the russian foreign minister has been giving an interview on russian t.v. in which he talked extensively about this case we heard him just a few moments ago giving one point he also said that western partners had cast doubt over the professionalism and skill of russian medical professionals who 1st came to the aid of the lexan of ali. some of our western colleagues route in the valley was saved by a miracle allegedly it was this new tourist nova chalk with the russian citizen managed to survive thanks to a happy coincidence what is this happy coincidence so the impeccable work for pilots doctors and paramedics is presented as a lucky coincidence they don't even admit that we acted in a proper way of western partners look at us with our guidance because we dare to doubt their correctness. that's why the dow the professionals move our doctors and investigator says. well mr lavrov hard being set to make a trip to berlin on the 15th of september that is cancelled in the wake of this

ongoing dispute over the election of ali and what happened to him the german government were giving their side of vents on monday we heard from stephens i bet the government's official spokesperson saying that the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the o.p.c. w. based in the hague had started their process of verifying germany's claims that nova chalk a novacek nerve agent it being used to poison alexina valmy is desired but went on to say that those findings it being backed up by 2 separate laboratories one in sweden and one in france is. the board's reason france and sweden have carried out their investigations and confirmed the german evidence that means we now have 3 laborious reis working independently from each other which of all reached the conclusion that the substance that caused the poisoning of mr know miley was a nerve agent from the not betrayal group. russian president vladimir putin and his

french counterpart emmanuel micron held a phone conversation to talk about the ongoing alexei navalny case in not conversation the russian president said that unfounded claims against russia were inappropriate and that the information the data the evidence that russia requested must be shared with moscow also he said that russian doctors and experts have to be part of a joint investigation into what happened to mr novelli something they've been excluded from so far on choose day there is a session of the european parliament where the e.u. response to germany's claims that alexei navalny was poisoned will be discussed sanctions have been talked about as a potential outcome from that parliamentary session however russia has said should sanctions be placed on them over this then there would be a response. just to follow on from what peter was saying russian investigators have been interviewing people who came into contact with alexina but only just before he

fell sick police say they wanted to speak to 6 people to reach 5 of them but the 6 the partly fled to germany correspondent raised a government news conference in berlin. not by any. the russian foreign ministry said the regarding the incident with novotny they were able to interview all the people accompanying him except for one the 6th marine a pitcher who avoided giving evidence by flying to germany but she went on her own not with novotny does the federal government know marina pitcher is in germany and how do you view her decision to avoid being interviewed by the russian investigators. are there in mind that i cannot tell you anything about this we must not forget that there was a murder attempt against mr involving with the use of a poisonous substance but i can't tell you anything about the location of an individual cinema focus off of. the 6 the russian

investigators did interview the people accompanying the son of only despite claims that they are not investigating 5 out of 6 of them assisted in the investigation and one avoided questioning and fled to germany shouldn't germany say yes we know marina pet chick is in germany and assess why this person actively avoided questioning after all the other 5 allowed themselves to be questioned and the question to the interior ministry at the moment it is not easy for russian citizens to simply fly to germany was there any special permission that allows you to enter germany. and i am not familiar with this case and i will not speak about it that is an absolute bombshell revelation that this mysterious 6 person miss passé is apparently in europe in germany possibly right now and that even though it is virtually very

difficult virtually impossible without certain measures to enter germany right now because of the 19. for a russian citizen without a visa. she apparently had no probable and we're hearing some reports that she actually flew on the same plane that transported mr nonviolently back when so this is a very interesting revelation that is coming out as a result of the preliminary investigation that russian prosecutors are doing and we suddenly have to look into this case that of course if she is sure in germany then it is the responsibility of the german government as the state of. international respectful of international law to provide russian prosecutors with full access to . russia's president and his call for

a dialogue between the bella russian leadership and opposition to end the only going crisis in the country following the august disputed election lover putin president alexander lukashenko spent some 4 hours speaking together in the black sea resort of sorts or to correspondent trying to recap developments for us earlier . before this trip to tsotsi the official line from both sides was that the 2 leaders were about to meet to discuss cooperation but after more than a month of mass protests and the republic of belarus the obvious assumption was that alexander lukashenko was heading to tsotsi to seek support from his elder brother that's what he literally called vladimir putin a few weeks ago well we can at least say that the actual fact that alexander lukashenko was received by president putin as the head of the bell russian state and that they were discussing minsk moscow ties in the future is some kind of

support clearly in the form of a confidence boost however unlike some of the scenarios predicted by the western media in the buildup to this the head of the russian government didn't say a thing about specifically providing some kind of help to end the protests and bell reuss by the way when early in the morning i was reading some of the forecasts for the summit by western media outlets i came across theories in which even the word addicks ation was used some were saying that the kremlin could use this meeting to even topple alexander look as schenkel or use the current weakness of the bell russian president to reach its own goals in belarus however contrast to that president vladimir putin made it clear when he was speaking just ahead of the meeting that moscow does not accept any outside interference especially from the

west. we want to build the russians to handle their situation without any external assistance or pressure and co manner through dialogue with each other and come to a joint decision on how to move forward despite this we did hear from the bell russian leader that he does want to bring the. to an international level but only if it comes to moving on to some of the internet gratian blocks which bell routes as part of for example the eurasian customs union or the so-called agreement on collective security these are some of the blogs that are made part of post soviet republics but the move which we will talk about what's happening in belarus meetings of the aeration economic community and collective security treaty organization and there are also things that's what about within the commonwealth of independent states now despite mr lucas sankoh being able to avoid the worst case scenario for him a complete nationwide strike and

a full scale revolution protesters keep gathering in various cities across bellary every week and sunday saw massive marches all across the country and which hundreds of people were detained. here. for. if we take a step back how are the overall relations between valorous and russia well we do have to put all of this and context and used to go without saying that minsk is a top ally for moscow we remember that after the fall of the soviet union a number of agreements were signed between moscow and meant to form

a so-called union state and moscow for all these years has been supporting deeper integration deeper ties however when it comes to president alexander look at banco judging by his rhetoric before the election in august especially we were able to. understand that he's unhappy with how it was going in many ways and at some point he even called some russian official traitors but it seems now that he's seeking the russian government's support everything is going back on track and one of the latest steps that moscow made towards minsk was that it and now it's a $1500000000.00 loan for bella ruse while sitting right next to his bell russian counterpart the russian leader made it clear that moscow will remain committed to all its agreements and promises. russia remains committed to all

our agreements including those that arise from the treaty on the union street and the collective security treaty organization we see belarus as are closest allies and will of course fulfill all our responsibilities western countries have kept a close eye on what's happening and belarus what kind of reaction have we been thing to the crisis from there are closest neighbors like poland to the waning a lobby and a stone up that have made some aggressive statements against mr lucas shan't go in fact with you a neo went as far as to recognize with. those rival in that vote as the legitimate leader of bella ruse but so far we have not seen any joint action by the european union but on monday we heard from german diplomats that they're looking forward to some kind of set of sanctions jointly agreed on by the european union they want this to be announced within the next few days and that set

of measures according to german officials should be against the people responsible for what they are calling election fraud and also repression. still to come partying like there's no tomorrow just before the u.k. bombs gatherings of more than half a dozen people to slow this. head of carrillo virus more about offering. blame. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by phone personal those words. no dares thinks. we dare to ask.

anyone else child small seemed wrong all right old quotes just don't hold. any old belief yet to shape our disdain to come out ahead and in gain strength because betrayal all the once and many find themselves worlds apart when choose to look for common ground. social gatherings in england scotland and wields are now limited to 6 people

starting from monday the u.k. is tightening restrictions amid a sharp increase in covert infections the so-called rule of 6 larger gatherings both indoors and outdoors however there are exceptions with larger gathering still permitted at work school gym places of worship police being given powers to crackdown on offenders with potential fines of more than 3000 pounds on sunday 3300 people in the u.k. tested positive for covert $1000.00 a sharp increase compared with last month but the recent spike in cases failed to deter some revelers seeking to enjoy themselves ahead of the ban as r t xabi edwards dashti on cover. well you would think it was new year's eve ok prior to the final of the football world cup to come monday the new rule of 6 for st tng meet ups of more than half a dozen people will be implemented meaning scenes like this will once again be afraid of the not sure if that's the kind of begins i mean it's

a gate crashers brits a living up the last of freedom. the public was just about getting back to normal or a syllable is coming they were told to eat out to help out the stuffing was the talking sector leading to a very busy month of wining and dining told the travelers rules were locked and encouraged to get back into the office to kick start the economy when suddenly the u.k. decided to clamp down again but not irenaeus the timing of it and says the exemptions causing confusion many brits upon seeing like it's the last orders oh wait it's sort of this yeah everyone's here tonight to to celebrate. all of us at the last night everything is don't tell us young people to go out and up on i don't be like no you can't go out anymore it's that except i don't believe what i just stated on

the day when you really feel not oh i will use a couple days after i think is a good trick however i don't have to train so it does not implement it doesn't mean if you do i'm just going to take a bunch of until monday and then i'll just make sure to stick to the rule wrist decided to include the 6 day 6 covering band just to stop birthdays from happening but i'll try to get only the full guru sits and it out here accordingly to the government when it's widely known that brits are house a 3rd party and so instead of consing teacher gatherings many are just bringing them forward to this weekend for the covert infection rates growing again the heights of knock down illegal raves are going ahead as reckless for his local. to compete to be the high status with the most us.

is a real risk a member of the public will take advantage of the current situation this weekend as a party we. used to organize graves. graves. well brits will seize any opportunity to pay the town brat but this really is the final farewell to a party well making an appearance for. british formula one driver lewis hamilton is facing an investigation from world motor sports governing body for wearing an anti racism t. shirt while collecting a trophy for winning the tuscan g.p.

on sunday. accused him of breaking the rules of the sport by making a political gesture after winning the race and stood on the podium wearing a t. shirt with the message arrest the cops who killed briona taylor that's a reference to the 26 year old black medical worker who was shot dead by police in march in the u.s. state of kentucky police said they returned fire after one officer was shot and wounded the case triggered a wave of public anger with calls for the officers who shot her to face justice over no criminal charges have been filed against them to date. meanwhile n.f.l. players in the u.s. also been speaking out against racism and police brutality the american football league started its new season last week while the national anthem played several teams took the knee locked arms and solidarity with the black lives matter movements some players even stayed in their locker rooms until the anthem had finished the gesture angered many football fans with boos ringing its.

n.f.l. players all over the league annealing during the national anthem we simply aren't allowed to enjoy sports anymore without politics being shoved down our throats i try to give my better judgment to which the n.f.l. today i saw a needling fists in the year police kneel in the middle of the field instead of defending a kickoff and was subjected to the black national anthem i'm done for the more that the points and contribute to society versus throwing a ball around and making millions for it meanwhile not doing a thing besides me you're going great national anthem. or let's not bring in ellis cashmore onery professor of sociology at austin university in the u.k. and lead just burley's a social activist and former policy adviser inequality to the mayor of london welcome to you both we kick off with you where do you think this ends doesn't end

at all because at times not just f one i've seen it suggested that it's beginning to look like a party political broadcast than that the majority of people many paying customers just want to watch sport. well i think that sport has got a long history other than it being involved in politics ever since jesse owens in 1936 at hitler's white supremacists the olympics there had mohammed ali and his objects into being drafted in 67 john carlos into black power salute in 68 the south african apartheid regime prisoners are brought to its knees as a consequence of an international sporting boycott and mostly recently what lies matter but there are times in the world where the acuteness of injustice the harshness of injustice and the unfairness of injustice see through into sport

rightly should do so when those injustices can find no legitimate response from democratic nations. whether it's women's equality whether it's race equality or indeed any other issue for as are a long history of what you need to protest a place where injustice can't be found in more democratic societies eles to the issue of racism police brutality it really has taken on a global the mention this year and therefore it is there any reason for it to be kept out of sport. it depends i'm not going to disagree fiercely with everything that louis says but i do believe that there has to be some kind of consistency between the organization the governing organization of sport its ideals its credo it its worldview if you like and the opinions and views and perspectives expressed by individual competitors i don't want to say

a free for all i do believe that any kind of entertain any kind of person in a position of influence or north already has a kind of an implicit responsibility to try to influence the world in a good way but of course people differ around the world in what means good or bad way so i think for example if we cart blanche to everyone and said ok lewis hamilton is completely cool expressing his opinion so is any premier league footballer so is any boxer so and so forth then we are in troubled waters if someone like israel folau comes along and starts expressing homophobic views which are clearly not consistent with that of the rest of the wall of sports certainly is not certainly is own governing organisation in rugby would not could and daws those views and have condemned them. so the problem is in

a kind of pandora's box and say ok. tell us what you think that injustice is in the world and we'll listen to you ok i don't want that i want them to remain calm grew and with the ideals the guiding ideas of good thing organizations is but which to me seem as if they've all got the heart in the right place so i well i want to talk about that just to leah not very very aspect because lee when nothing speak out against racism with gestures like this. they do get plenty of media coverage it doesn't seem to do their careers any harm do you think in some cases they're actually being encouraged to do it by perhaps p.r. advisors sponsors if they're suffering in their position or cetera this is a quick way to get a little bit more coverage. was a white perspective i have to say because most black people professional where

there's 14 or in the workplace you raise issues of racism and welcome with you know laurels of media attention and lauded for their success usually comes at some great cost to them look at mohammed ali look at john carlos look at collin copernic more recently a small protest but taking me over the death of trayvon martin and others it in america i just think that look you know this idea that we're living in a meritocracy that the world is a meritocracy that the sporting burra anybody's retired merit socratic. that would be good and i don't know what it'll go i would or i would it i would agree that you could take up position but in her world where the vast moral consensus of the entirety of humanity is against racism and recognizes racism then he's perfectly suited for that view to be that moral consensus that global consensus to

be reflected by sports people around the league whilst you're in that south africa partake in a no doubt will be again on all the other issues but right now are bigger issue is what her like you know my rock what happens when there is an individual competitor in some sport who doesn't agree with a moral consensus who does hold racist or homophobic or sexist views are you going to let him or her express those views. well the freedom free society that you have free to say what they like you to do express and your ahead without it there well they will face the moral condemnation of the 1st majority of people a new day to making a career decision in trying to secure the whole and so. on section and so he looks you know we don't you're not snow so this is not the way we think it was told in a station there is no sanction in sporting bodies that says you know if you if

you're taking if you're promoting anti bases or you're guilty of something it does now but let's just so hard it's the reverse of that. there is a concern well you know again it's a white privilege that talks about just that alice when you respond to a plea or a letter let's let's get away from the hypotheticals lee let's take the case of israel folau who express comma phobic views are you going to say your comfortable with an individual exercising his freedom of speech to pronounce these kind of views and let's face it the guy he's employed until he's got a certain type of or car to that's conferred on him by his participation in sport are you going to say that we just wait for the world to condemn him i think that the his organization was quite right to step in and say we don't want you saying this kind of stuff in fact we're not going to wait for the world to condemn you we're going to say we're going to punish you here and now you don't think that was

the correct procedure ok we only have a few seconds left just for both of you just to sum up what you're saying at least just start with you 20 seconds by the situation louis hamdan and shouldn't have happened and will it happen in the future is what is absolutely right and this focus on the exceptional and the moral equivalence between racism which is a global human consensus and these are the issues these you know doesn't doesn't stand up to most of the guys should. being condemned should be thrown out not simply right same as anybody who would alter racist comments or should face exactly the same kind of. punishment and sanction so sport will always play a part in politics and politics in small ls we have 20 seconds on this occasion lewis hamilton sentiments i think were.