we don't have legal grounds. and that is why we are. from the. foreign minister. repeats the. calls for an internal dialogue. so we want the belorussians to handle the situation with. more than 6 people to. just before.

don't tell us. one minute past 11 at night. right here in moscow welcome to our to international my names you know. russia's foreign minister has said moscow has no legal grounds to open a criminal probe into the. complete lack of data from germany. responded to the threats of sanctions against russia over the alleged poisoning of the opposition. you're billable no one will if there was no navarro only 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 still legal assistance from the german side of 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 wrote the valley was saved by a miracle you know allegedly it was this new tourist no which i took with the russian citizen managed to survive thanks to a happy coincidence what is this happy coincidence that 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 the western partners look at us with our guidance because we dare to doubt their correctness afresh. that's why the dow the professionals move are doctors and investigators he. will miss the lever of 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 work 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. the board's reason france and sweden have carried out their investigations and confirmed the german evidence that means we now have 3 laborious research 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 knob 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 that dated 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 cheese 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 stay with this story russian investigators have been

interviewing people who came into contact with alexa in the valley just before he fell sick police say they wanted to speak to 6 people they managed to reach 5 of them but this 6 the partly fled to germany l r t correspondent raised valid issues other government news conference and berlin. not by any on the russian foreign ministry said the regarding the incident with no vonnie 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 she went on her own not with novotny does the federal government know that marina pitcher is in germany and how do you view her decision to avoid being interviewed by the russian investigators. bear 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 just as you know a focus off of. the 6 the russian investigators did interview the people accompanying miss nevada 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 have 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 allowed. 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 person miss patch

is apparently in europe in germany possibly right now and that even though it is virtually very difficult virtually impossible without. measure to enter germany right not 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 the transporter the sick 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 and of course if she is still in germany then it is the responsibility of the german government as the state of you know all international respectful of international law to provide russian prosecutors with

full access to. russia's president call for internal dialogue and bella roosts to end the ongoing crisis lottery or put in health 4 hours of talks with president alexander lukashenko in the black sea resort of sorts you know among other issues the president agreed that a contingent of russian soldiers deployed near the border with will be pulled back those forces were there at the request for a per for potential collapse of law and order in belarus likely about did not happen. discuss the meeting with my colleague. so tell us more about what's been said so far 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 roofs 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 in 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 the belorussians 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 this issue to an international level but only if it comes to moving on to some of the integration 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 the meetings of the aeration economic community and collective security treaty organization and there are also things it's all 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 bellerive every week and sunday saw massive marches all across the country and which hundreds of people were detained.

but if you take a step back how are the overall relations between valorous and russia well we do have to put all of this and contacts and it used to go without saying that men's 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 lukashenko 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 'd 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 them there are closest neighbors like poland to the waning a lobby and is still many out 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 belo roofs 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. is that of the party like there's no tomorrow just be. for the u.k. palms gatherings of more than half a dozen people to slow the spread of coronavirus more and that's after the break.

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17 minutes into the program welcome back social gatherings in england scotland and wales are not limited to 6 people starting from monday the u.k. is tightening restrictions and a sharp increase in infections the so-called. larger gatherings both indoors and outdoors however there are exceptions with larger gatherings still permitted work schools gym places of worship police being given powers to crack fenders with potential fines of more than 3000 pounds on sunday 30 $300.00 people in the u.k. tested positive for cope at 19 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.

reports but you would think it was new year's eve ok prior to the final of the football world cup but come monday the new round of 6 restricting meet ups of more than a dozen people will be implemented meaning scenes like this will once again be a parade. that's the kind of begins i mean it's a gate crashers brights bring up the last drop of freedom. the public was just about getting back to normal or it's no misconduct they were told to eat out to help out the struggling off the top of the sector leading to a very busy month of wining and dining told the travellers rooms 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 an irony is the timing of it and 7 exemptions causing

confusion many brits upon seeing like it's the last word is oh wait it's also this . everyone's here tonight to to celebrate. the most like the last night of great is don't tell the young people to go out then up on the down be like no you can't go out anymore it's that except i don't believe that why don't you just stated on the day when you and he said not oh i will use a couple days off i think is a good trick however i don't have 6 friends so it doesn't implement it doesn't mean anything to i'm just going to take advantage of it so monday and then i'll just make sure to stick to the rule or risk decided to include the 6 day 6 maximum governing ban just to stop bus days from happening but i'll try to get only the before and devoted students and then add here accordingly to the golden rule when it's widely known that princess houses are a party and so instead of can sync it to gatherings many are just bringing them forward to this weekend all the kind of infection rates growing again the heights

of the town the legal rates of going ahead as reckless level is low but i succumb please to be the high says with the most us. in england for monday we're introducing the group of 6. there is a real risk some members of the public will take advantage of the current situation and treat this weekend as a party which. follows i used to organize raves i used to love grace but i employ in full use who organized raves to stall.

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 such edits. let's bring you from the british capital to the us where yet another fatal police shooting a spark streets riots the instant happening in the state of pennsylvania several buildings cars as well damaged in the unrest that happen in the city of monk ouster police fired tear gas after the crowd refused to disperse several arrests were made as well the authorities have condemned the protesters behavior calling it violent and riotous and well police have released the body come video of sunday's shooting you may find the following images the store being a man armed with a knife can be seen chasing a police officer done a sidewalk before being shot dead he was later identified as 27 year old ricardo in the new orleans police say he responded to a domestic disturbance call the officer has been placed on administrative leave

local authorities have issued a call for. a police involved shooting has significant impact on a community as we have seen with a large number of individuals gathering in the streets however i'm asking that all reaction be tempered as the investigation is ongoing. law enforcement trainer betsy broughton or smith believes the police officer involved in the shooting in pennsylvania was entirely justified in using lethal force. the dangerous young man and his family called the police said he was out of control police got there and he immediately starts chasing a police officer with that knife the officer is not only rightful to use deadly force but frankly obligated we are not suicidal police officers here in the united states we see that when the body camp comes out the investigation is completed that generally speaking the officers were right in their use of force but we have anti

fire and black lives matter here in the united states that are sending people immediately to these hot bed areas to engage in writing it's in any extremely difficult atmosphere for police in the united states right now no matter what we do even if we act completely lawfully like in this situation you're going to see riots and you're going to see violence and we're going to be told that we're killers of people of color if frankly it's childish it's ridiculous and i believe the american people are getting tired of it you know pennsylvania is a key state in our upcoming presidential election and i don't think this is going to be helpful for the democrats. which another story we're closely following today the president of turkey has issued a stark warning to fraud and softer president among the crew and accused of looking for oil and gas in e.u. waters the spirits for after a turkish research vessel entered disputed waters in the mediterranean last month

there are several weeks. mr mccraw you will have many more problems with me. don't mess with the turkish nation. today turkey is no longer a partner in this region turkey is an ally within nato but i would gauge an unacceptable practices on the libyan coast so what is this. in its simplest form oil and gas or at least the potential reserves thought to lie and the mediterranean sea on the one hand there is turkey which feels it has every right to explore these untapped assets on the other its age old rival greece it contends the areas where turkish vessels are deployed are located above its continental shelf so any reserves are greek but the story gets a lot more complicated especially now that other countries have waited in we

regret that turkey has not responded to the repeated calls by the european union to end its unilateral and illegal activities in the eastern mediterranean and the aegean sea the leaders of the 7 countries on the mediterranean have also banded together saying that they already to back sanctions against turkey if showings dialogue we maintain that in absence of progress in engaging turkey into a dialogue and unless it ends its unilateral activities the e.u. is ready to develop a list of further restrictive measures now one of the overarching disputes in the eastern med is about drilling rights this has exposed deeper issues with 2 military powerhouses fronts and turkey at loggerheads a relationship that's been unraveling the some time fronts has increased its naval

presence in the sea and called for the will. rule of turkish requirements and ships in the meantime it stands to benefit from increased tensions between greece and turkey despite a deep recession greece is stocking up on military supplies with a shopping list worth billions for is likely to take the biggest slice of the pie which was come to reinforce the armed forces is immediately acquiring a squadron of 18 french fighter jets with replacement of the old. this backs up fears that this is a much more than just an angry exchange of words greek and turkish navy sailors already lined up in parts of the mediterranean diplomats fearing that one false move could spark a full blown conflict a conflict that could see strong with nato allies finding themselves on opposing

sides but one that could also drew or in other actors all with claims to those potential oil and gas reserves imbedded deep beneath the sea that's egypt cyprus italy libya and that's just the start unless all parties come to the table and negotiate in good faith there really are choppy waters ahead. auti paris. they say it's never too late to learn and i tell you graduated from university at the age of 96 fulfilling a life long dream he told all about his journey. after working i retired and said what do i do now i didn't like doing nothing so i started studying.

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