the loop goes all. go towards the chemical weapons watchdog to see alexina bellies poison test results the o.p.c. w. points russia towards. little that we've been to the c.w. several times they say talk to. east german regions cry foul over a mugging called think looting from the used top brass of the ditch the nord stream to gasp 100 other nations member states of the o.p.c. w. we assess very negatively the fact that germany refusing to assist the russian law enforcement agencies secretly transferred no boundaries test data to its trusted partners it is clear that this was done with

a political purpose so that france and sweden would automatically confirm some founded accusations against russia but wait russia is a member state of the o.p.c. w. and that means it finally has all the time in the world to scrupulously study everything that germany could find right or wrong the only thing that it actually means is that russia can help on the merry go round of rejections because berlin tells moscow it can get everything from the o.p.c. w. and the o p c w saying the exact opposite bumping russia right back to berlin russia is in a loop which doesn't really help o.p.c. w.'s reputation with moscow as russia had previously accused the un back watchdog of becoming politicized p.c. don't you like so many international concessions so it's going to be subject to political pressure and that's pretty clear from of course there's the fund it largely funded that's largely the western powers we've seen with the p.c.

to abuse role in investigating alleged chemical attacks in syria but its investigations have. tempted to ascribe blame have been we don't we use inconsistences and problems that will not rise in independent investigation but that there appears to be scope for political interference and pressure to take close we saw a similar situation in respect to the house where. it was very reluctant to share its information with russian or specter what do you have to discover in terms of chemical analysis and so on giving no access to evidence keeping waters murky playing every bureaucratic trick in the book this is how the e.u. is shutting out russia's investigators also raising the sanctions guillotine over the country almost like it wants no investigation from russia but an immigration

admission of guilt in the lead his post on the volleys instagram account of video shows his team searching his hotel room in tomsk shortly after news had broken that he had fallen severely ill wearing surgical gloves as they collect evidence and plastic bags which according to the post were passed to the german authorities one of the water bottles they submitted was said to contain traces of novacek but all of the co-creators of a very nerve agent leonid rink claims if it was use nobel me would never have made it to the plane he was traveling on. it would be val neat wouldn't have been able to leave the hotel that's if it was not majok and he really touched it or drank something 1st of all even in smaller not very toxic doses provokes pupil contraction in such a way a person would be almost blind so could barely move so even with only very mild

exposure he wouldn't have been able to get on a plane there are photos of him in the hotel in the plane in the russian hospital and yet we can't see any of the symptoms poisoning and novacek a not worse to use for this case. richard that you wouldn't but they definitely would get something they had just simple surgical gloves and that's it and also imagine a bottle that has traces of the substance on the outside it would be a very smart person who would try to fill a bottle with such a dangerous liquid and spill it all down the sides creating a dangerous situation for everyone. amid the fallout from the novelli case called for help in mounting and germany to ditch the nord stream to gas pipeline project but the heads of key east german regions have come to the defense of the joint venture with russia the pipeline is economically necessary for us but it's also necessary that we stay together with the russian it's a project that plays

a decisive role in the framework of our altered energy and climate policy and therefore we've come to the conclusion that we want to carry on with it and to those that advocate closer ties with russia. i say that the poisoning of alexei navalny with an advanced chemical agent is not a one off but to recap north stream today is a pipeline project which will pump russian gas to germany and then on to other european countries via the baltic sea when completed its 90 percent there are no it will double the amount of gas flowing from russia to germany construction began in 28 days but has been halted a number of times with the u.s. and some eastern european countries lodging their objections washington slapped sanctions on the project last year claiming it risks european energy security. well the example the german port toy of sustenance has fallen to itself threatened with crushing sanctions by american senators the look callous he has been playing

a key role in supporting a pipe playing fleet involved in north stream to his construction but the locals alike remain defiant in the face of u.s. pressure. she told them are a concern also getting gas from russia and i don't find it very nice that they're trying to tell us what to do here the project missed a lot for the town it is a big thing it created a lot of jobs for locals and the town became a little more significant thanks to it and i want to see very clearly it's really seamless the we the united states is trying to many plea german longs to european interests so the interests come out on top. of parliament member martin told her told the program earlier they severing of economic ties with russia would prove hugely detrimental to eastern germany. yeah that is a big problem and i think. it also left on

a line of the german government well respect and they. play a bit with the existence of the people in east germany because anybody who tries are stronger russia and these are friendly and these are very productive and i think the center of should listen listen more to that and i think it's the wrong way and especially for the people in east germany and all those regions it will be more bitter effect for west germany for. yet another story we're following today russia is demanding immediate answers from the u.s. after an n.b.c. news report claim washington's providing weapons to ukrainian militants in crimea. unnamed u.s. official speak about their country's support of terrorist activities in the countries in this case these talks specifically about russia if that is true we demand that the u.s. side clarify as to whether or not washington has directly or indirectly facilitated

the is be you ukrainian security services in organizing terrorist attacks against the people of crimea the n.b.c. report itself is actually about a completely different case about allegations that the russians secretly bribed or paid bounties to taliban fighters which killed u.s. troops in afghanistan moscow has firmly denied that anything like it is possible so the n.b.c. report cites a number of u.s. military officials and sources as well some of them are saying that there is no solid proof of that others are confident about the theory and this brings us to the part that really caught the attention of russian officials because down at the bottom of the read one of these sources is mentioning u.s. military aid for ukrainian fighters in crimea none the less current and former u.s. officials have said many cia officers and analysts came to believe

a bounty program existed they concluded that the russians viewed it as a proportional response to the u.s. arming of ukrainian units fighting russian forces in crimea the source. of these allegations are still quite murky still try to piece piece of the puzzle together here but we do know the u.s. has been supporting ukrainian military quite openly over the wall tell you what ever since the conflict in southeast ukraine broke out ukraine has been heavily reliant on u.s. military aid and i'll tell you what the latest batch of that equipment that's part of the u.s. support which is worth $60000000.00 u.s. dollars and the one that included javelin anti-tank missiles was sent in june but this. it was just the latest in a serious of shipments and these shipments were also preceded by non lethal military aid all of this intended for the ukrainian forces that are fighting pro

russian forces in eastern ukraine the pro q. of forces in that donbass region they comprise of proper ukrainian troops which is the army and also nationalist battalions but when it comes to climate there is no military activity there the whole principle is under control of the russian army however infiltrators with the ukrainian passports had previously been caught there by russian security forces for planning terrorist attacks so in this case some u.s. support for ukraine to fight the russians in crimea that's a completely different story and that's a real cause for concern in moscow so what about these allegations that russia actually offered bounties to taliban fighters who killed american troops in afghanistan well then going back to these claims about some kind of bribes by some kind of russian secret agents for taliban fighters they 1st surfaced in the new

york times back in june but even the n.b.c. article that i began with starts with the words of the head of the u.s. central command who says that he doesn't have any solid proof to back this up for now and if we talk about the russian officials again they were firmly confident that this kid an be the case that all previously the russian foreign ministry surrogate said that russia would never stoop so low as to engage in such dirty tactics but we were accused relations with the taliban of inducing them to carry out special operations against american troops for financial rewards the taliban fights for its own interests and belief. i think it's beneath the dignity to suspect that russia could be behind such things by the way the pentagon had to deny these allegations as there was nothing to back them up and the taliban also said it was completely false. return. the 1st country to

reimpose full restrictions nationwide was coronavirus infection surging more on that story after the break. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe from. the isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being less. direct. what is true what is faith.

in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. for a mate in the shallowness. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. 17 minutes into the program welcome back the bell a russian opposition leader has called on the world to stand up for democracy so to kind of sky was addressing a human rights session of the united nations which was the baiting the ongoing crisis in belarus. this edition in barrow's demands immediate international

attention peaceful protesters have been illegally detained beaten and raped some of the protests have been found dead there also needs fast and resolute decisions. it's a very important truth of the nearness that tended are for democratic principles and human rights is not interfering in 10 are serious it is a universal question of human dignity the foreign minister bellerive cells responded claiming the un human rights session was direct interference in the country's internal affairs it comes a day after the european parliament said it would no longer recognize alexander lukashenko as the legitimate president of bella groups although that's not discourage his supporters from taking to the streets has been dumb daily to counter the ongoing opposition protests in the capital minsk while the demonstrations are relatively small during the week that weekend's continue to see mass rallies by the

opposition. himself recently claims for the on the ticket was the 2nd venice willing why go pointed by external forces. now the next phase has begun intense political financial and diplomatic pressure from outside neighboring countries refusing to recognize the election results and just like we saw in venezuela they found a better russian why don't you and declared president. journalist and broadcaster neil clark believes the west is manipulating taken off sky for its own interest. because in this film before haven't we but in venezuela of course when the the west the us and western powers tried through that proxies to topple the government. and when that it looked for a while that might succeed when it didn't they then turn to plant the which was to anoint the so-called opposition leader the legitimate leader of that country for

cation we could actually call this process so that's what's happened this week it's part of the strategy to deal with it to my eyes look at franco by saying that the opposition and opposition leader is the present course it's illegal but it's a new step they're hoping that will follow all of this is that more countries will recognize her as the legitimate leader of belarus the arrogance of this is absolute story could you imagine if you look at genco said say 2017 when we had a very close election in britain though i don't recognise the reason mate as the prime minister of britain i recognise dr recording that the election what could you imagine the outcry to that this is what the west is doing in belarus. in a bid to stem rising coben infection rates israel's entered a 2nd national locked on it's come into force right at the start of the jewish new year and i said to last 3 weeks it's not gone down well with an already pandemic weary public they're on bridges rallied overnight in tel aviv against the new

restrictions people held pluckers claiming the virus has been blown out of all proportion shortly before the new lockdown correspond paul leslie or file this report. is one is bracing for an unprecedented a 2nd nationwide cover 19 a lockdown that will see the next 3 weeks with strict restrictions being imposed now and this is a particularly joyous time usually of the year you have the jewish new year washington on friday night you then have yankee poor which is the most holy day on the jewish calendar. and usually thousands upon thousands of people will be in some regard this time that won't happen so a lot of disappointment here amongst the population among the other measures being implemented are no more than 10 people indoors remaining with him 500 metres of one's home businesses cannot accept customers and schools and shopping centers are to be closed this follows

a steady rise in the number of covered positive cases wednesday so when i'm president it is 6000 new cases being reported in one day the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that these moves on this area and follow an in-depth conversation that he hold with the country's health minister. in the last 2 days we have witnessed another lawman in greece and deaths and the continued increase in the number of critically ill patients as many of the experts have recommended we may have no choice but to tighten the guidelines now there has been a mixed reaction to the new lockdown on thursday night protesters gathered here in tel aviv to demonstrate against the new measures we caught up with ordinary citizens to ask them what they feel it's very frustrating it's killing the economy many people feel like there is no hope and they don't know what is going on we're basically going crazy we can't work we can't go out we can't do whatever we used to

do it's probably a good thing because cases are rising that the roof so that's what we're going to do but i don't think it's going to help i expect that instructions will go down but the right back up as soon as the closer hands honestly it doesn't affect me at all i don't understand why it's much of a closure i understand schools some of the stores are closed but where i live 500 meters i go anywhere i want i do anything i want people i still say don't wear masks so i really don't understand how this is going to help anything. israel is not the 1st country that during the 1st wave witnessed a decline and is now experiencing a spike in cases the u.k. and france are in similar situations and so we can cautiously say that no country is from the 2nd wave the lockdown will go into place at 2 o'clock local time this afternoon people are out on the streets right now last minute shopping

a lot of activity ahead of the curfew it's also questionable women again i'll be able to report from the studio as this new doctor comes into place. here to a story that's made quite a few people. notice over the last few days insurance companies are counting the cost of blocked lives matter protests in the u.s. record historic claims have been submitted after many of the demonstrations descended into riots and looting the final build is around $2000000000.00. my. my

. my. my. certainly the money that that needs to be spent the businesses that have been completely destroyed small businesses black american businesses minority businesses all small businesses of all american citizens together people's lives have been completely destroyed not only by the shutdowns from coal that which again federal judges are ruling were unconstitutional shutdowns of the economy shutdowns of people's lives but now inciting violence and protests this is not about george floyd this is not about his his death or what has happened there this has now morphed into something that is far bigger it's all coming up on the 2020 alexion only as violence being carried out against law enforcement against police officers

but violence carried out against businesses destruction of property loss of lives which the media in america is completely ignoring. your news bulletin for better a minder for up to the minute developments as we enter the weekend to give are. flocking to the goldfields hoping to strike it rich is there goes the other part that you know about those that work children are torn between gold. was very poor i thought i was doing my best. to see which side will have the strongest appeal. it's seemed wrong in my old world just all. the world to get to shape our disdain to come out again and in detroit because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

we're segregated. by social class. people poverty by 1st. if you're born into a poor family if you're born into a minority family if you're born into a family that only has a single parent that really constrains your life chances people die on average to 15 years old a here born into generational poverty. the fight every day you meet your needs and the needs of your family. 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.

a little in welcome to cross talk where all things are considered on peter lavelle over the last 3 presidential election cycles there is clear evidence voters are attracted to the message of not interventionism and or very weary of war and war this most certainly helps trump in 2016 but his time in office is spotty at best

now joe biden appears to embrace the same foreign policies as bush and obama i guess nothing really will undo mentally cheney. cross talking forever wars i'm joined by my guest laura fink in san diego she is the founder and c.e.o. of rebel communications as well as a democratic strategist and in new york we cross the line all he is a legal and media analyst i crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i also appreciate how it was going to san diego laura joe biden the presidential candidate for the democrats he had an interview with the news outlets are stars and stripes and he made it very clear that he would continue the foreign wars in the middle east should strips would remain there he had doesn't contemplate any kind of cut and defense spending and at the same time we have like

the eurasia group foundation which is kind of in the sec it's a very centrist and they have research then to be overwhelmingly the public supports less militarization of foreign policy and decrease in military spending and are on the side of ending these forever wars why is joe sticking to the bush obama agenda. well i think that it's the cat is white the american people want is probably in line with what joe biden wants no one wants to be an endless wars apennine change man is sometimes necessary and you know everyone would last you know at the defense budget after 19 years it's the worth it how well look i think now.