in the headlines this afternoon russia tells germany to stop politicizing the alleged poisoning of. song in the e.u. parliament called for sanctions against moscow describing the incident as a kremlin assassination attempt. also citizen shame as officials encourage people in great britain to snitch on their neighbors and follows a new rule to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. basically but. i wouldn't. be human if someone. would. ask coronavirus cases surge in the u.k. the countries testing system is overwhelmed with medics having to wait days and

travel hundreds of miles to get here from one of the doctors affected. them each way. it's not just the general public. and u.s. president trump confirms he did put a target on the back of syrian president bashar al assad but the assassination didn't go ahead to because of his former defense secretary. live from moscow thanks for joining us today on r.t. international welcome to the program. moscow's top diplomat has urged berlin to stop politicizing the alleged poisoning about it saying the valley or minister sergei lavrov was speaking with his german counterparts is cool certainly wasn't heated in the european parliament know where any piece pointed the finger at russia

. picks up the story. well at least a phone conversation between the 2 ministers is better than nothing because at one point the talks got canceled altogether when. chose not to fly to berlin after the russian side realize that decided to cut down the planned time for their conversation to one and a half hours an update on the russian foreign ministry website shows that the chat wasn't easy at all so here are moscow's key points russian officials are and will be open to all 'd kinds of cooperation with germany and european countries on this very difficult incident that of alexei no volley now russia is still a very keen to get all of that medical data of the tests that are to get to the bottom of this and finally law school officials keep repeating if you refuse to share the findings that will be taken as

a straightforward signal to moscow especially given the fact that some of that data has been shared with other european countries and for the nation from satisfying the stated requests will be perceived as a lack of desire on the part of our partners to help establish the truth in the framework of move jet save and comprehensive investigation of what happened. so berlin has been trying to force the russian side to deal with all this through the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons that is an international body that germany says has all the findings but the russian top diplomat told his german colleague that this shouldn't stop the russian and the german governments from talking to each other bilaterally in or outside the o.p.c. w. now moving on to how the issue is being treated by the european union i can tell you that on tuesday the in a volley health incident that's only being described as nava chalk poisoning by the

. freeze has made all the way inside the walls of the european parliament but just as an example of how russian diplomats are trying to knock on all cons of doors in europe i can tell you that just before the emmy peas began debating the matter russia's mission to the european union came up with 9 blocks of questions flagging and consistencies and how berlin sees this matter some of them include what is the law or the rationale behind the kremlin or the russian authorities alleged plan or scheme to poison the like saying a volley with novacek or a substance of a similar type or why is it being stated by european officials that military grade nerve agent novacek was only developed in the soviet union or later russia while extensive work on it was carried out by nato countries as well now here's

another part of that statement by moscow's mission to the e.u. not claiming to be experts in toxicology we still consider it necessary to draw your attention to multiple inconsistency is regarding this case claims that whatever evidence may be transmitted to russia only with the patients consent i'm not compatible with numerous political level statements made in germany whoa he was still comatose despite these concerns voiced by russian diplomats the vast majority of m e p's only had russia to blame without providing any evidence and it all went down to discussing the sanctions against moscow in the meantime the health of alex saying the volley has improved significantly that's the good news he doesn't need a ventilator anymore he can walk and he's even back on social media having posted a photo of him and his family and side to the german hospital. among the possible

sanctions that were discussed in the e.u. parliament was slamming the brakes on the north stream to pipeline project austria though has objected to this as a response thrusting manager link is a purely economic event one moreover that will greatly benefit europe we discussed the issue with karen castle officers former minister of foreign affairs as well as french i mean people here in mariani it went against the grain of opinion in the parliament. it was a little bit disappointing because i see there was no reason to board a position except me and. human both said ok if there isn't. mr lever only 1st make a serious investigation to know 'd who is guilty and don't do name of. before investigation everybody understand that there is some idea between this sanction to stop or to continue the last 3 years through it's not for europe europe want to be

independent there is dissolution it's continued through to and how to direct relation with russia oh stop this to get around what would we do it's the only solution for europe we'd be to to buy a share of gas from america and i seen the interest of europeans 2 of the various produce for gas it has always been the mantra was of the german chancellor angela merkel to say this is a purely commercial project and i have been read to rating also when i asked is have to minister nobody gives a pipeline to annoy somebody it's all about the mom and there's the mont we have a nearly completed construction pipeline and now all of a sudden overnight seemingly terms of trade should be changed patents once are banned it's a very old concept treaties have to be kept have to be preserved and desirable to consider as the biggest collector of damage who wants to come through and. contract

. such a why are you all with german companies if you can change everything. with the u.k. now in the eye of a storm is covered 900 numbers pick up again british m.p.'s have told the public to keep their eyes peeled for rule breakers earlier this week the so-called rule of 6 came into force across great britain limiting the amount of people who can gather together for money they're worried about snitching on their neighbors it's open to neighbors to do exactly that through triple through the non-emergency number and if they are concerned or they do see that kind of thing then absolutely it's now the law they should be concerned yesterday yes the issue should ring in and report that near it will just inundate us with calls does he think we have an endless supply of officers who can just go out to these things it will be hundreds and hundreds of calls coming in from twitches of the new rules include fines for people meeting in groups bigger than 6 exemptions of course a code would secure events and households of more than 6 people and work and

educational institutions are also exempt but with police already spread thin that many of question how these measures can be enforced we asked londoners if they themselves would be willing to call in suspected rule breakers. oh no no i'm not going to. be human is someone. i would. basically what i think you know i wouldn't. expect the police to do their job not asking us the public to enforce perfects of the governmental rules though i don't agree with my friends on what they're doing. people will probably not enforce it when he say 7 people will have an affair. but will want to force it hit 240 people have no say. i guess prevention is better than cure me of the servant class. and while the calls to inform on neighbors have been met with scrutiny some do see

the proposed measures as a necessary step in order to put a stop to the ongoing covert pandemic put up for debate. there will be quite a lot of breaches some through ignorance some through mistake some just straight forward through my i'm not going to do it people need to understand why they're doing what they're being asked to do the courts understand that things are a good idea otherwise they won't comply with them i don't believe that we should be snitching on a neighbor's i think we need to be encouraging people to take personal responsibility and use their common sense ok this is a time of politicians are letting us down maybe the pound and the economic span is being put a head of public safety and how well you know the message is coming from politicians who knew how dangerous this was and they delayed so long and we knew if we look at the flu pandemic from the night in 20 that it comes back up the summer doubly hard so we need to all share fortunately unfortunately some don't act socially responsible they are malicious about it some are just ultra callous some just last

one way or the other we rely the police aren't everywhere we rely on the public reporting the more egregious examples the worst examples so that the police can deal with them and all our safety personally i wouldn't shot somebody if the next thought is just not the way we do things it is not the british way it's a little cooler the police are. you know they are being spread very thin at the minute resources are tough that a tough job to be we don't need to have examples of police dishing out. tickets and . fines for people who are trying to congregate if it was plainly a family saw a gathering and some of those were kids maybe not if it was a raucous raucous drunken party of the sort that maybe would attract calls about disturbance in the 1st place anyway rick regardless of coded and then maybe as our judgment taste a huge pita. people call the police about disturbances and noisy parties and things

like that anyway and i suspect a lot of those will be reported now with. you know you want to avoid living in some kind of just all where lee and nightmare where we've got you know like environment for white one of the people on the streets firing on each other and and canceling monitor or thing and this is about safety only save lives not only i thought the public health aspect the public safety aspect were an awful awful long way from. an utter shambles that's how some doctors in the u.k. have described the country's coronavirus testing system which is currently overwhelmed with a spike in daily cases frontline medics are among those having big trouble getting shot for covert we spoke to dr sophy rowland's from the u.k. doctors association she says she her colleagues have to travel hundreds of miles to get tested. i did it being about just under 3 weeks a guy i knew i needed. i looked on to the website and the nearest text. sent to mars white actually. done it right i thought that wasn't really good enough but

i wasn't well enough to make that the students and so i checked again late seventies stages of threats of this text and you're out of whack tonight it just outside london that would be 860 mile round trip when they reach way it's just that it's not just the general public it's trying to talk to and from my house where this is wow so you are studying this all almost $250.00 docs and we found that 10 percent were on a. hill and someone being asked to drive someone made it through and you're 60 mile round trip was done well and to be able to get attached another dose is a having to make decision about let's try and wait to see if test comes up which that means that i'm able to go out and let's take a quick look at those covered 19 figures in the u.k. right now in the past few days the daily number of cases across britain has exceeded 3000 kroner virus test kits are running short in the countries 10 worst hotspots for the disease now due to the rising number of infections hospitals

a cat some of operations and turning away patients with lab struggling to clear the backlog of tests u.k.'s health secretary is committed the country's code testing system is facing an enormous challenge that's going to take weeks the result. said only those eligible for a test should get one meaning those actually showing symptoms or told to get by their doctor he also stressed the need to prioritize those who are most vulnerable . over the summer when demand is low we were able to meet all requirements for testing whether priorities or not but as demand has risen so we're having to prioritise once again and i do not shirk from decisions about prioritization they're not always comfortable but they are important. so i mean i think it's quite clear the government. and we we're now heading into we knew that this was going to happen in schools that there were lots about that when to. have

a call but without knowing whether it is or whether it's it was trying to. change to train up and running probably outlook express that doesn't seem to be the case. for some news in brief around the world now an environmental emergency has been declared in the brazilian state of months or girl so since the start of the year fires have reduced vost tracts of weapons an area comparable to half of belgium the brazilian region is suffering its worst drought in 47 years with manmade fires also being blamed. hurricane sandy is battering ever more parts of america it's now strengthened and has just made landfall in southern alabama it's already whipped up extreme winds there with lashing sideways rains causing power outages because of its slow speed it's fear the hurricane could cause historic and life threatening levels of flooding. is currently building a new camp for the thousands of moderates on the island of less force the previous

count was burned down in a suspected arson attack police arrested 5 warrants on suspicion of involvement. still to come on the rundown of trump a campaign ad in support of u.s. troops and draws attention to evil wrong reasons though to the jet set features already under fire as belonging to another country on which one of the brake. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then.

welcome back to the program donald trump. wanted to assassinate syrian president

bashar despite 2 years of flat out denial of the option was even discussed in a new interview the us president the killing would have happened if it wasn't for opposition from his former defense secretary jim matters. is it true that after assad gas children show the 2nd time that it was you that wanted to take out assad that you had a good side on him i would have rather take him out i caught a ball set maddest didn't want to do it. the assassination of president assad by the united states never even discussed the book is total fiction washington says bashar al assad committed crimes against his own nation including multiple alleged chemical attacks syria and its military ally russia have always denied any involvement in the condoms the executive director at the ron paul institute says trump's flippant admission now could have dangerous consequences that it's admitted early in 2018 that the u.s. had no evidence that its dog was the heinz either the attack or the cain she

couldn't act attacked in syria in a factor only source of evidence were the white helmet who were basically working with al qaeda in syria so we're going to believe al qaeda over russia and god who are busy trying to fight al qaeda but there's a real danger in this that it's sort of a lawless and it's for a long time frowned upon even though the cia has done it it's best to do it that nations but as legally and officially frowned on the idea of the fascinating foreign leaders the assassination of soul of money of course in iran was a huge exception it hasn't gone very well for trump who hasn't got iran coming on its knees begging for a deal after that on the contrary so all this talk of assassinating people in reality what it does is puts u.s. troops u.s. diplomats and just plain old americans overseas in a lot more jets that even they than they need to be there's a lot of tough talk in actually has negative consequences for the u.s. . after months of delays and disagreements afghan peace talks brokered by the u.s.

have started in doha while nothing substantive came out of the 1st session of face to face talks between the afghan government and the taliban it is good news for donald trump is in a hurry to come good on election promises made 4 years ago. people the clock is ticking on the next u.s. presidential election and donald trump's looking to score political points with a peace deal that promises to end america's longest ever war in afghanistan washington's very optimistic about the talks already being held with the taliban in qatar is truly a momentous occasion. and afghans. along with us chosen to sit together ensured a new course for your country. this is a moment. we must dare to hope but on pales optimism doesn't seem to match with political reality.

washington knows it's got to deliver a deal to the war weary u.s. public at any cost so it conveniently neglected to consult afghanistan's government when drafting the agreement until this issue. there was a consensus on that is a nice but not on the cost of even us officials aren't exactly thrilled about it we're not happy about the release of some prisoners but hey time is almost up for trump and the president's got to fulfill his promises he's already had 4 years to take care of this one the longest war in american history by far even close will be over within 1000 years. i think that's enough we will not dictate to the afghan people how to live or how to govern their own complex society better late

than never sure but trump's administration is only promising full withdrawal by 2021 if there is not another setback of course who knows if that will be too little too late for americans fed up with the war or for the afghanis who are possibly even more unhappy about their country's military occupation. the americans must leave now what have they done staying here for so long was did they bring for us on the base i think even before the us arrived in afghanistan we had our own government in the uk i think of the americans leave now there won't be too many changes in terms of security was going to put us on earth but it's better if the americans leave a country a leader must take action if he makes a good decision it will be beneficial for us we can provide for ourselves but if the us stays we cannot we exporting oil we will never need to beg we can be rich and build our country and being america's longest war has proven to be easier said than done for many years but now that it might serve the current administration as

a boost to secure another term who knows what could happen the united states made it up and in order to. get osama bin laden stated to be the moslem mind behind the 911 terrorist attacks bin ladin wasn't just on the united states killed him that was 2011 so that's what was 10 years ago so there's a real question what. earth was the united states doing all of its time in afghanistan when of course it was in the business of nation building which successive u.s. administrator says oh no no we will never do that we're not going to get involved in nation building because that's what he was involved in whether it will result in the last thing peace in afghanistan that's of course anybody's guess but what's important is the final withdrawal of the united states and all international forces from afghanistan because they really weren't doing anything useful there and were

essentially just making things worse. a recent ad released by the truck campaign calling on people to support u.s. troops has gone viral but for the reasons it was meant to the eagle eyed observers spotted russian fighter jets.

because the image had been brought thousands of times already it's been used all over the place so if this was the work of designers then they obviously didn't check their work very thoroughly as with many stock images my friend and i collaborate he does the 3 d. models like the airplanes and i take photographs i take pictures of people and composite them with other images what's funny about this one is that it features landscapes from many different countries. the ground is from france the skies from russia and the mountains are from greece upon closer inspection any experienced person could instantly tell that this is a composite this is a stock image it's not something high quality if the trim campaign had come

directly to me i would have created something far better somebody should be hired to check these sorts of things especially as there aren't just russian soldiers in this image there are german soldiers and pretty much every soldier in the image is from a different country of course you have to know these things but even if you can't identify the make of the plane you can definitely recognize the rifle. tensions escalate between the u.s. and china the trouble to illustrate the import of certain goods were chinese region of shin yang story and more in boom bust that we're back and often are to bring you the latest news updates. will justice be done in a london court not only is julian assault on trial but so is freedom of speech and

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and through. the morning. they insisted. i don't know maybe they'll get a. break right. now well. this is boom bust the one business show you can't afford to miss a bore in washington coming up the united states new restrictions on china for alleged human rights abuses in the province of straight ahead we analyze the band

and what effect the move will have on global trade routes plus the race for $1000.00 vaccine has been condensed in record time of causing some uncertainty but are these fears warranted coming up we breakdown the dash for a cure and a leader and both suffered in the wake of the probe virus and the 737 controversy we'll take a look at the newest moves coming from the aerospace giant back show today so let's dive right in. and we lead the program with another escalation in tensions between the united states and china as the trump administration has banned the import of. goods from the shin jiang region of the country u.s. customs and border protection said on monday it had added 5 new chinese and these which manufacture hair products cotton apparel and electronics to an import blacklist used to fight would it characterize this as forced labor of ethnic minorities in the region now in announcing the banned c.b.p. commissioner mark morgan.