again you know what money laundering is highly. assassination attempts that use describe the poisoning of russian opposition figurehead alexei navalny meanwhile is calling for any evidence to be presented claiming the incident simply a pretext for sanctions. opposition leaders and independent journalists in russia are not safe. if there was no new they would have come up with another reason to impose additional sanctions. racing into trouble formula one star i was in the t. shirt protest facing disciplinary action for bringing politics into sport. through. should do so if we do it. to everyone then we

are in troubled waters. signing peace deals with the u.a.e. and bahrain something donald trump's call the historic breakthrough. in palestine. was good for him here in moscow thanks for joining us today on r.t. international i'm daniel hawkins welcome to the program. now the alleged nerve agent poisoning of russian opposition figurehead alexei navalny was high on the agenda today of a european parliament session the vast majority of speakers concluded russia was to blame for no evidence was presented for more on a sum now being joined by peter all of a live from berlin peter good to see you what exactly did we hear today what can we expect the result of these talks. well this session in the european parliament through a whole lot of voices demanding action be taken against russia and against russian

officials in the alleged poisoning of alexei novelli the 2 main topics that were brought up were a sanctions that would target senior russian officials or 'd the by the pausing or banning altogether stopping altogether the nord stream to gas pipeline project that would take gas directly from russia into germany it's a multinational multi 1000000000 euro project there were some voices though that said well we really need to wait for an investigation before we take any action but those voices were few and far between. next a. name president putin refuses to say out loud opposition leaders and independent journalists in russia are not safe it is time to stop getting this impunity poisoning of not our lives or wake up call to all of us we need to make a deep review of our structure was a russian democracy in russia should be our priority not business as usual of not

extreme to type the i don't do it on the sidewalk you know there are people who tier into russia hold a long before anything has been established there are people calling for new sanctions against russia it's like a kind of nostalgia for the cold war when every tragedy was used to instigate a confrontation. at least 20 countries and organized crime groups have stocks of this nerve agent poisoning is a possibility but one that's far from having been proven beyond doubt many had a motive and we know little more the next to nothing. it's worth pointing out that you know said by well the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs did say that some of the demands being made by any piece in the chamber weren't within the remit of the european commission to carry out he said things like cancelling nord stream to that would fall to individual member states taking part now one of those member states is austria and

the austrian president alexander vander bell and it's also been speaking on tuesday he choose day he said there was absolutely no reason in his mind why what's happening regarding alexina valley should have an impact on the north stream to gas pipeline saying the latter was a commercial enterprise and should be conducted as any other business deal now russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has seemed clearly frustrated with his western partners or with russia's western partners when it comes to dealing with them over this seemingly he says they've made up their minds already about what happened regarding alexei navalny. if there was no nouvelle 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 still legal assistance from the german side. alexa in the valleys condition is said to be improving he's still in hospital here in berlin receiving treatment however doctors have said he is now able to leave his bed for short periods of time he's also posted on social media on cheese day on monday next week e.u. foreign ministers will be meeting to discuss this issue further your seat belt did say that looked as if the situation would have an impact on russia e.u. relations we'll have to see just what type of impact that will be most likely get more answers on not following that foreign ministers meeting taking place next week and i was sure will and we'll get back to peter with those updates as they come in but it's all over there live from bottom thanks for that. now actually no condition has improved significantly in recent days he's no longer on

a ventilator he can even take short walks away from his hospital bed in berlin is even back on social media posting his photo this photo of his family saying it felt amazing to breathe on his own again meanwhile russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman marie is part of a once again hit out of a german author of his for ignoring russia's a request to show any evidence proving a nerve agent was used. we brought some good ones we're asking the german side to confirm everything it claims to effect what because as we have repeatedly seen unfortunately many of the supposed facts that are sensational and eyes are devoid of any factual verification which these things for germany to do is to respond to the request of the russian prosecutor general's office now we've seen this kind of thing before with this cripple if they try to make his accept one of 2 propositions i think you did it or you lost control of those who did and what we are seeing today is a modified form of the same philosophy namely you have to accept without any objections a conclusion that we are unwilling to confirm what we have all been there before

only now it is quite a totally grotesque form of journalist and author thomas fassbender believes the standoff over not only could intensify. well i would say we have 2. more and more colliding narratives year because germany cannot. germany is. more more or less directly disclosing their growing mistrust as i said the growing concern that some part of russian authorities state authorities are part of the book but traders on the other side russia is not able to will not be able to accept that sort of treatment by germany so as i say colliding narratives i'm sure there is there's a lot of untrusting going around behind the scenes we probably know a couple of percent of what is really going on but as. on the on the public side. both sides will get. more and more are getting more and more of course.

formula one superstar as how alternates facing an investigation after talk taking to the podium sporting a t. shirt highlighting police brutality the british driver just won the toss going to grand prix on sunday motor sports world bodies now looking into whether he broke its rules on making political statements or how it ends the t. shirt said a rest of the cops were killed brown or taylor referencing the 26 year old black medical worker who was shot dead on a no knock warrant in march in the us state of kentucky regarding the case or thought he say they returned fire after one officer was shot and wounded but it triggered a wave of public anger with calls for those responsible to face justice no criminal charges have been filed against them so far are calling out racism as a group the sporting world and its athletes and 2020 well some phones are growing frustrated last week america's football league the n.f.l. kicked off its new season several teams took

a knee and locked arms during the national anthem a move in support of the black lives matter movement some players even stayed in the locker rooms until the output finished but some of the fans on the game were left dismayed. 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 tried against my better judgment to watch the n.f.l. today i saw a nearly fist in the year police kneel in the middle of the field instead of defending a kickoff and were subjected to the black national anthem i'm done. fire them all and let's see what jobs they find to contribute to society versus throwing the ball around and making millions for it meanwhile not doing a damn thing besides needing to or not a great national anthem on or a professor of sociology or less cash war and social activist jasper discussed whether sport can remain a political. there are times in the world where the acuteness of injustice

be that harshness of injustice and the unfairness of injustice seach through into sport right a should do so when those injustices can find no legitimate response from democratic nations people differ around the world in what means good or bad way if we get scared of carte blanche to everyone 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 small i don't want that i want them to remain calm grew and with the ideals the guiding ideas of governing organizations in support which to me seem as if they've all got the heart in the right place that you know this idea that we're living in a meritocracy that the world is

a meritocracy the sporting burra anybody's retiree meritocratic. that would be good i don't want to feel that i would i would it i would agree that you could take that position but in a world where the vast moral consensus of the tire ity of humanity is against racism and recognizes racism and is perfectly just what happens when there is an individual competitor in some sport who doesn't agree with the moral consensus who does hold racist or homophobic or sexist views are you going to let him or her express those views it a free society that you're free to say what they like if they do express them you're unhappy really that their well they feel will face the moral condemnation of the past majority of people a new day to making a career decision when trying to do such a little and so. on section so he looks you know we don't you're nuts no. this is

not in a way really being in a station let's get away from the hypothetical silly let's take the case of israel folau who expressed calm of views are you going to say your comfortable with an individual exercising his freedom of speech to pronounce these kind of use and let's face it the guy he's employing sure he's got a certain type of or thora to it 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 his organization was quite right to step in and say we don't want you saying this kind of stuff this focus on the exceptional and the moral equivalence between racism which is a global human consensus and these are the issues you know doesn't doesn't stand up to muster so school will always play a part in politics and politics in school as a broader principle i'm glad formula one stepped in because at

a later stage another driver might say something completely different. another fatal police shooting in the u.s. this time in the city of lancaster and pennsylvania has once again brought people out on the streets and protest demonstration descended into violence a body count photos of the shooting in question has been released a warning to views you may find the images distressing a man armed with a knife chases a police officer down a street before being shot dead the victim was later identified as 27 year old ricardo moore knows police say they've been responding to a domestic disturbance call one officer has been put on administrative leave as a result of the incident so local 14th have called for calm. 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 when you know your. own strong. for the

police for peace fun on deaf ears though and ranged black and rage black lives matter activists vandalized police cars and attacked local buildings police responded with tear gas and made several arrests a law enforcement trainer prince who brought in a smith believes a police officer who pulled the trigger in pennsylvania was well within his rights . this a 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 cam comes out the investigation is completed that generally speaking the officers were righteous 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. the face of thousands of moderates who'd been living in europe's largest refugee camp in greece and for the last week is being debated today by the european union paul on that and other stories after the short break.

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welcome back to the program an israeli delegation is in the united states to sign peace deals with bahrain the united arab emirates donald trump's hailed as a historic breakthrough but skimming it's been stabbed in the back kind of open has been looking at the issues. it will happen at the white house israel baf reign and the united arab emirates will be at a signing ceremony with donald trump taking center stage is administration is touting this as a historic breakthrough and paving the way for peace in a region plagued by conflict this is a truly historic day we hope that this will start an even more historic journey for

the middle east and beyond was a historic deal and the 1st said to deal in over 2 decades but do agreements like this really help solve the israel palestine conflict that's debatable the trumpet ministration is moving toward a 2 state solution rejecting outright a solution where all residents of the area are granted equal rights under a single state my vision presents a win win opportunity for both. a realistic 2 state solution that resolves the risks of palestinian statehood to israel's security furthermore were a peacemaker and supposed expert negotiator the trumpet ministrations moves have been rather one sided over the course of the last 3 years now the white house has cut aid to palestinians it has also recognized jerusalem as israel's capital furthermore they have given washington's blessing to the expansion of israeli

settlements on the palestinian land now at this point we've got the white house touting a peace plan that many of us pretty strongly in favor of israel under the white house's preferred proposal up to 30 percent of the occupied west bank would be handed over to israel furthermore the remaining palestinians would be in enclaves isolated from each other with israel having full security control however donald trump insists it's a great deal for the palestinians i want this deal to be a great. for the palestinians that has to be today's agreement is a historic opportunity for the palestinians to finally achieve an independent state of their very own now the palestinians not only reject this deal but they find it insulting mahmoud abbas officially cut ties to the united states and israel back in may the palestinian president is saying that at this point all previous agreements

are off the palestinians have also rejected the recent deals made by bob graham and the united arab emirates to recognize israel they see these countries as betraying them and stabbing them in the back the palestinian position is that no other country has the right to negotiate on their behalf. of states in the region with israel will not change the essence of this conflict which is this is time in denial of the palestinian people inalienable right to freedom and so very now there's plenty of doubt over these agreements but for donald trump it looks good on t.v. with the elections approaching and the coded 19 body count rising at home and also looks good for netanyahu to be able to smile for the cameras as opposition to him is domestically increasing as well bibi netanyahu leaving israelis flying to the u.s. today deciding what he calls the great peace agreement leaving a country not to have total chaos. he is leaving us in

israel he's going to put his inclusion of the countries in a horrible ses he totally failed in handling the corona crisis. netanyahu in the mainstream media may hail these has historic agreements leading toward peace most analysts look at these deals and see even further violence and conflict down the road but why ruin a good photo op the planned proposals that trump has for the agreements between palestine and israel are extremely unfavorable to the palestinian p. it damages their ability to travel freely it essentially herd them down into you know for lack of better word there are determined camps and it's absolutely going to trigger a new wave of violence because when you would you put one group who best sort of under pressure that's kind of like less negotiating power when you give their group a terrible deal the way the allies did with germany after world war one you did

pave the way for the most hateful most violent leaders possible when you take away people's opportunities when you take away their economic opportunities their social opportunities their political opportunities when you take all of that away day or day in going to turn to the worst leaders the demagogues but those that support violence and so this is absolutely step one to decades more violence. look at other stories making headlines globally today on the caribbean on and the police have been demanding the release of one of their colleagues it seems while the protests with cause torch and guns fired the officer in question is an anti drug trafficking agent who's been held on suspicion of murder arson and the destruction of public property. breaking of code corentin rules by an american woman in the german state of bavaria has sparked an investigation believe the woman may have infected a risk many as 40 people a local official said the 26 year old was told to self isolate until she received

the test results of a she reportedly didn't comply and later found out she'd been tested positive for the corona virus. scientists believe there may have potentially found life on the planet venus so after a molecule was the skull that could suggest basic life forms might be present in the hostile environment and gas fired as a compound usually associated with a life here on earth the findings were made with the help of powerful telescopes which the text of the chemical in the planet's dust clouds. following last week's inferno which gutted europe's largest moderate camp on the greek olive last boss the country's prime minister is holding crisis talks the day with the president of the european council earlier that the greek authorities had accused the moderates of deliberately burning down the camp in an attempt to be transferred off the island aside on moriah it's been badly over crowded with conditions worsening sort of a pandemic now with over $12000.00 migrants without shelter many are taking to the

streets causing tensions between those unfortunate newcomers and the existing on in the us the right. way. maybe i don't like what i just saw in the wood but it is for. you see. it's not like you say they are all safe for you to keep not cause put it away and no you can have no camp i want to go to germany and i have many problems here nothing to eat and no electricity i'm from afghanistan and i'm waiting and. we are urging the european union the more. it is not enough. and

he will miners what is needed is a different approach to migration. policy has created beijing on the i am. dropping the ball for long i am in the not only in name only but focus on. the wording of the. we have thousands of people left. on the streets with shout. system for air and without what birds and. and with equal access and all and their water so all of this again is.

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