russia calls on germany to stop politicizing the alleged poisoning of opposition figurehead alexei no valmy but berlet insists it's up to moscow to clarify how a military grade nerve agent which reportedly new song russian soil. with coronavirus case is surging in britain and the country's testing system is there to be a breaking point we hear from some of those affected step would be 860 mile round trip with their each way was just great if not just the general public which struck me 6 doctors and probably my house workers as well. and american presidential hopeful joe biden fails to recall the country he infamously helped to send the military into about back in 2002. u.s.

troops died in a room and there appears to be. a very warm welcome to you are watching r.t. international with me nikki. palin has called on moscow to clarify how a military grade nerve agent was reportedly used on russian soil referring to the case of opposition activist alexina valmy russia in turn urged the west to stop politicizing his condition and the message relayed by the country's top diplomats to his german counterpart with more on developments. well at least a phone conversation between the 2 ministers is better than nothing because at one point the talks got canceled altogether when sarah chose not to fly to berlin after the russian side realize that high cost 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 straight forward 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 jets event 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 and 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 and the volley health incident that's only being described as nava chalk poisoning by either countries 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 kinds of doors in europe i can tell you that just before the m.e. 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 nava chalk 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 patient's 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 p.s. only had russia to blame without providing any evidence and it all went down to discussing the saying sions against moscow in the meantime the health of 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 inside the german hospital well among the possible sanctions discussed in the e.u. parliament was abandoning the north stream to gas pipeline project which is now around 90 percent completed is intended to supply millions of european households all strayer for its part of the object to any sanctions stressing it's purely an economic venture and one that will benefit europe the european commission president

has weighed in as well warning against more cooperation with moscow and to those that advocates closer ties with russia i say that the poisoning of alexei navalny with an advanced chemical agent is not a one off. we have seen the pattern in georgia and ukraine in syria and seoul scary and then election meddling around the world. and this pattern is not changing and no pipeline will change that she said this is a pattern all of the issues nothing was cruel and vicious of course nothing to do with it not to do this this is true to what you just said it does not have in the background lobby it from the us and tolerance who have bicycle interest in. stopping the fire line because of the polish one to blackmail the

european union and especially the germans so that they can get all of the european finance and the 2nd is the polish one that will pipeline from poland to denmark and the last $3.00 to $5.00 client work stuff so in the background there are many many love it working the why are less corrupt politicians to start this pipeline for germany it would be a nightmare it would be embarrassing like nothing else by now all politicians should know that all sachin didn't hurt russia they just are germany and the powers in between so the big winners of all the sanctions are the russians and the americans they go the russians are forced to build their own industry and the americans have one competitor after so i think many people allow the sanctions were out of their science and only harm themselves and i am not sure

whether they get the necessary measures already or any further sanctions and by the way is really i mean we have everybody knows now that russia is the future market everybody has to be good darling was russia because there is the market of the future americans already try the french already try to and all the us would. one. want with rising demands the u.k.'s coronavirus testing program is said to be close to breaking point to the extent that frontline medics are among those having difficulty getting checked speaking to r.t. earlier so if you rollins from the u.k. doctors association explained how people have been forced to travel long distances just to get tested. but i did it to be about just under 3 weeks ago and you know i need to check straight where i logged on to the website and the nearest text. why

it actually. started to cry. i thought it wasn't really good enough but i wasn't well enough to make that distance so i checked again late seventies. like tonight i just outside london 160 mile round trip with a very. it's not just the general. doctors and from my house workers as well so our study was all almost 250 doctors and we found 10 percent. actual. number being asked to drive someone maybe 260 mile round trip was done well and to be able to get attached another doctors are having to make decisions about let's try and wait to see if it comes up which that means they are able to go. well this is the covert 900 situation in the u.k. currently in the past few days daily infections have exceeded 3000 and test availability is running low in the country's 10 worst haul spots now due to the

rising number of infections hospitals are canceling routine operations and turning away patients labs are also struggling to clear the backlog of tests the u.k.'s health secretary has admitted the testing programs facing an enormous challenge. only those showing symptoms or if a doctor has ordered to do so should you book a test he also stressed the need to prioritize the most vulnerable. over the summer when demand was 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 is to blame for that. we will now heading in to alter and we knew that this was going to happen the schools that bad there were lots about that went illnesses that look like it's have a temperature but without knowing whether it is or whether it's it and so it was

vitally important that. the changes to the trade system was up and running probably a topic that doesn't seem to be the case. joe biden sending out mixed messages quite literally on the campaign trail but democratic presidential candidate was speaking in florida about his health care plans for veterans unfortunately he fell to remember the name of the country they served in despite in effect having authorized personally the deadliest u.s. war of the 21st century. u.s. troops die in a room. for a moment iran's voted to eject all american and coalition forces in the country we tried it in iraq is not working so now we're going to try and i mean around and she's made. you know someone who has been or an american. let me tell you something.

it's not only biden his presidential rival is known for the odd gaffe or 2 as well but all trump on wednesday explained that the coronavirus could be defeated with herd mentality while apparently meeting herd immunity and the run up to the 26th election was called out for falsely claiming he opposed the iraq war what is that a conflict that joe biden has been widely criticized for playing a key role in authorizing back in 2002 at the time he chaired the u.s. congress foreign relations committee and chose all 18 pro-war witnesses and the main congress hearings on iraq later turns out the iraqi leader saddam hussein neither had weapons of mass destruction or ties to al qaeda by conservative estimate more than 4500 u.s. soldiers on the same number of contractors lost their lives in the invasion. oh yeah. well former u.s.

marine corps intelligence officer scott ritter told the program he briefed joe biden on the absence of iraqi weapons of mass destruction but was ridiculed. what is a big deal is joe biden's vote for the iraq war and i take it personally because i briefed joe biden in person you know he insulted me when i testified for the united states senate in the september of 1908 about iraq and weapons of mass destruction he'd be a little be a scouting boy he said people above my pay grade were making this decision that cetera and then he met with me in apologized and said he you know you know a lot we should talk about this in 2002 in the lead up to the vote on the war he as you mentioned he hosted a hearing and i did my darndest to to become a witness for that hearing he ignored me. and it was very rude the way he did so and as you said he brought in more witnesses he stacked the deck it was a kangaroo court because joe biden wanted to go to war he always wanted to go to

war any voted for that war that's what american veterans are going to hold him to account for the military is not a litmus test for american patriotism. but you can't run around and pretend that you are mr raw raw go go military when you are you know there's not a single non political combat veteran who's going to give joe biden a pass on this one joe biden has 0 credibility when it comes to talking about of the military talking about war above all talking about sacrifice he literally has no credibility doesn't rest. on the love washington is struggling to went another face conflicts in the war on terror as peace talks in afghanistan finally gets underway but not everyone is invited to the negotiating table that.

very mechanisms of neural plasticity that enable stretch to get under the skin and to have a negative effect on our mind in our body those same very mechanisms can be harnessed for the good so the old resilience to remove flourishing. seemed wrong all right all wrong just all. to make you believe yet to shape out these days become educated and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart when she's to look for common ground.

will justice be done in a london court not only is joining us on trial but so is freedom of speech and profession of journalism what explains the sparse media structure why haven't more journalists spoken out and is the sound being used as part of the same deal with those channels. to be.

welcomed back after months of delays and disagreements on pace talks funny goss on the way over the weekend with no major breakthroughs to report as yet the u.s. president is on the pressure to fulfill promises made 4 years ago donald quarter picks up the story. 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 day truly in a momentous occasion. afghans. at long last chosen to sit together and chart 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 times 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. and 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 to permit the americans must leave now what have they done staying here for so long was did they bring for us have once been basically given before the us arrived in afghanistan we had our own government in the uk i think of them 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 our country our 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 support oil we will never need to beg we can be rich and build our country and dig 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 last in line behind the 911 terrorist attacks bin ladin wasn't by istanbul united states killed him that was 2011 so that's almost 10 years ago so there's a real question what. on earth was the united states doing all the time in afghanistan was of course it was in the business of nation building each successive us administration says oh no no we will never do that and we're not going to get involved and they should build it well because that's what he was involved in where the it will result in the lasting 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. essentially just making things worse. news in brief and environmental agency has been declared in the brazilian state of martin gross so where wildfires have destroyed vast areas of wetlands the region suffering is worst drought in almost half a century with manmade fires also being blamed an area the size of belgium has been reduced to ash. meanwhile hurricane sally is continuing to batter parts of the u.s. has made landfall in southern alabama where it's left one person dead on in orange beach in the gulf coast the city's mayor is also reported the man's wife missing lashings sideways rain has brought down power lines causing blackouts because of his slow moving trajectory it's feared the hurricane could cause historic and life threatening levels of flooding. greece is certainly building a new can for around $12000.00 migrants on the island of less pos previous facility

which was europe's largest was destroyed there suspected arson attack last week greek police have now reportedly charged for afghan men over the incident 2 minors were also allegedly involved but have not been formally charged. it was supposed to be a campaign to support the u.s. military but a recently released by the trumpet ministration has been drawing attention for quite different reasons.

because the image had been brought thousands of times already it's been used all over the place so this was the work of design is it and 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 from greece upon closer inspection any experienced person

i could instantly tell this is a compass it 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 check these sorts of things especially is that on just russian soldiers and 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 plane you can definitely recognize the rifle. well thanks for joining us here on r.t. international don't forget you can find plenty most stories on our website r.t. dot com we're back with the latest headlines for the top of the hour. thanks.

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