only has a single parent that really constrains your life chances people die on average 15 years old if you're born into generational poverty. it's a. fight every day see you meet your needs and the needs of your family. please review the week russian opposition figurehead alexina valmy says he's making progress in his recovery after being allegedly poisoned as moscow and berlin continue to wrangle over evidence in the. hundreds of people with painter in the latest opposition rally in the preservation capital as anger over the disputed presidential election there fails to subside. today the u.s. says it will bring impose sanctions previously lifted on a ride in a unilateral move it's irritated washington. the rich 1st

charity oxfam says that a small group of wealthy nations will hoard over harmful coal potential cope with 19 vaccines with the vast majority of the world's population tonight says the years to come because of it. by the afternoon i'm kevin o. and welcome to the weekly for marty international our roundup of the big stories of the last 7 days as reported by us to you 1st the russian opposition figure alexina valmy is on the path to recovery at a hospital in berlin after coming out of an injury coma last week he's since revealed his intention to return here to russia as soon as he's fighting fit again as he put it meantime the diplomatic route between moscow and berlin over his alleged poisonings only got worse in the week or monday germany said lab since. and

france said both independently verified that the volley was poisoned by a nerve agent of the group the global chemical weapons watchdog is also analyzing the samples russia's prosecutor general has demanded therefore that information on the case be shared but so far to no avail with their excuses are completely contrived germany says it can't tell us anything in direct says to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons we've been to the o p c w several times and they say talked about when we are ready to talk to anyone but not when in the absence of facts we are pressured into giving an account of ourselves on the basis of specific clearly formulated concerns we are always ready to have a professional conversation with russia or incest sit stockton's found no trace of novacek or any other poison one of our own it was in their care moscow's repeatedly stressed his willingness to cooperate with germany in order to establish exactly

what happened it goes down off looks at the controversies surrounding the case. alexina volley is recovering whatever it was killing his body is on retreat and the politician seems to be almost out of these woods so concerns over his health make room for concerns over what exactly happened and europe is demanding that russia aids the investigation installations arise which only the russian government can and must answer we continue calling us year to investigate this our demand is that russia urgently explain what happened well russia has already contributed by not letting alexina valmy die in the 1st crucial hours after the politician fell sick russia contributed by opening its airspace to a team of german doctors letting them visit russia contributed by eventually putting him on a german rescue plane allowing the value to be airlifted to berlin and by offering

its medical data to german colleagues so now russia says the ball is in germany's court moscow current aid the investigation if it's kept in the dark on emerging evidence to the press with nothing at all all this is taking place against the backdrop of facts that our proposals to berlin to jointly sort out what happened i've been dismissed and a far fetched pretext that's hurdles are brought into the race because berlin starts playing a game of all take and no give russia can get the results of the expertise made in german labs since it will reveal too much of the german army's capabilities too much but only to russia's eyes apparently because berlin had no problem with sharing its data with almost 200 other nations member states of the or b c w we are 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 unfounded 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 the germany could find right or wrong the only thing that it actually means is that russia can hop 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 bag watchdog of becoming politicized player p.c. don't you like so many international concessions it's always great to be subject to political pressure and that's critically from of course those the funded largely

funded that's largely the western powers we've seen with the p.c. do abuse role in investigating alleged chemical attacks in syria but its investigations have tended to ascribe blame has been riddled with 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 scruple case where. it was very reluctant to share its information with russia in respect of it 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. then in a post foreign of on his instagram account a video shows his team searching his hotel room shortly after news of broke in that he'd fallen severely ill wearing surgical gloves they collect evidence in plastic bags which according to the post was then passed on to the german authorities one of the water bottles they submitted was said to contain traces of lava chalk but one of the co-creators of the very same nerve agent linebrink spoke directly to us and claims if it was used in the valmy in his best estimation would never of even made it to the plane he was travelling on. wouldn't have been able to leave the hotel last if it was normal 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 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 were trying to fill a bottle with such a dangerous liquid and spill it all down the signs creating a dangerous situation for everyone. to go home protesters have again been venting their anger over august disputed election the country's been rocked by a 6 weeks of opposition demonstrations now on saturday protest is mostly female gathered in the capital minsk demanding president lukashenko step down it's hard to

say over $400.00 arrests were made meantime opposition candidates for atlanta taken off sky is expected to take part in a meeting with the u. foreign ministers in brussels tomorrow monday the moves being condemned by both the belorussian and russian governments our senior correspondent were ghastly of this from minutes. on saturday and throughout this week there have been far fewer people attending again fewer demonstrations the daintiest protests that we've seen rocking belo us over the past month or so and police perhaps feeling emboldened by the lack of add in d.s. have certainly made themselves seen and known there have been many arrests dozens upon dozens of protesters and activists arrested detained taken to a police station and holding cells but it is sunday that is the big day of protests here in belarus where we could expect to see thousands upon thousands of people gather together rallies and march down the streets of minsk against the government

it is the traditional day of protests we will see how the numbers of what you have what sort of numbers turned out for that but while there have been there may have been a lull effectivity few a few people coming out for protests soufan this week there has been an uptick on the geopolitical front done the diplomatic front with with an escalation. the relations between the european union and better us. have been invited to attend a meeting of the foreign ministers of european states which is which is you know certainly certainly shows how high a stock has risen in the ranks of in the minds of european politicians or indeed depending on who you ask how high they have elevated stud better is this come out here and said that you know the mosque all mosques are off the european union has shown its true colors that they have meddling that this is an attack on the sovereignty of belarus and the independence of belarus and russia has come out and

said that this meeting represents a u.-turn europe's previously stated goals of staying out of it and respecting the independence in the will of the better russian people we consider such contact if it takes place as more evidence of the european union's departure from statements that they made and their regard in the absence of geopolitics in the situation with . with regards to this diplomatic escalation that i mentioned the european parliament came out and voted on a non-binding resolution to see more of a recommendation but a very harsh one calling on the heads of states of the european union the leaders of the european union not to recognize president. as the legitimate leader of belarus once his official term is up moreover they are calling for sanctions for pressure on bellerose and russia for example has come out and said that this is counterproductive that this flies in the face of what the european union has called for that called on previously which is deescalation which is dialogue and which is

to to leave belarus to decide for itself on what path and what course to proceed and russia said says that if these if these harsh sanctions are put in place that they will be called sequences. our position in relation to sanction instruments used by the european union is well known it is illegitimate from the point of view of international law and is an unacceptable interference internal affairs and the context of the situation and valorous it contradicts the call or for store instability establishing dialogue launching their constitutional process and these intentions of which represented have spoke so much about the rocklahoma attempts to rock the boat and brussels should not be surprised that retaliated to remeasure will follow previously the president of the european council had come out and openly said that the protests embarrass not about geopolitics and that the european

union firmly stabs behind the better russian people who have the right to decide their own future but since then opinions have apparently changed in the chambers of the european union and the european union has taken a much more active role in deciding who and how leads bellerose and making sure that the european union gets a 3rd say in how things are done here on out. also this week alexander flew here to russia to meet his counterpart that in a putin the presence discussed the future of minsk moscow ties putin stressing that by the rashid handled the crisis through dialogue with its citizens and without any external pressure moscow also announced $1500000000.00 in loans from its. something happening today now the u.s. has unilaterally reimpose sanctions on iran relating to its nuclear enrichment activities washington's allies have been quick to react then casting doubt on

whether the move actually has an illegal force as secretary of state might pompei o says a range of penalties have been considered for those who violate the restrictions we need she added the snapback process to restore virtually all previously terminated un sanctions if you when member states feel to fulfill their obligations to implementing these sanctions the united states is prepared to use or domestic girls who are these consequences for those feelers and ensure that iran does not read the benefits of un prohibited activities there would appear to be uncertainty whether or not the process was indeed initiated and concomitantly whether or not the sanctions terminations continue in effect does not for the secretary general to proceed as if no such uncertainty exists the original sanctions covered you radium enrichment as well as buying and selling of conventional weapons they were lifted out of the 2050 nuclear deal but then in 2018 the trumpet ministration unilaterally

withdrew from that washington says it's taking action now as an arms embargo on iran expires in october the worry is it could pave the way for to rand to buy conventional weapons from russia and from china. being on the international community must decide by itself whether to stand up to the bullying unfortunately due to the u.s. influence on financial markets they could apply pressure with financial sanctions of course those applying the sanctions say we did that even though we know they are illegal since they're powerful but they haven't noticed that the same principles will work for them to. earlier spoke with a professor of political implication at university of tehran told me the u.s. is isolated in its approach to iran at the moment. we partners that's going to accept that premise. the u.s. is isolated in the unusual manner and what's going to happen is that the u.s.

is going to use force to pressure other countries to accept the interpretation of the u.n. resolution 2231 and few countries are going to accept that the u.s. has a history of water mongering so you always have to be careful but the united states foreign policy so we have this. conflict escalating if we hope that president is not so interested in the the. scenario if you are behind the polls he should know better not to engage in any military activities against iran to advance is put a cold thanks for taking the time and you know we can to check in with this is a recap more of the news of the week coming up but in sport becoming a new political platform we asked the case of formula one starts county police

brutality protesting the podium caused a lot of controversy and we thank you so much coming up. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic developments only slowly and going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. democracy is driven domestically in the international scene efforts by international can as asians and governments to promote democracy in countries like iraq afghanistan see how difficult it is also mutely it has to be reduced

domestically because always international actors need to be in the country 24 seventh's to make a sustainable show so any country in the world that is the standard democracy has to mystic sometimes of international help to mystically. news now a small group of wealthy nations has already secured over hoth of the envisioned future supply of covert 19 vaccine according to a report by the oxfam charity it means therefore only 13 percent of the world's population will initially have access to the sought after drug laws and the head of oxfam's inequality policy division told us it's a consequence of pharmaceutical companies seeking to maximize profits. it's

extremely dangerous for the world because a rich nation monopolizing the supply of a potential banksy but more importantly they're doing deals with big promise to corporations which are defending their intellectual property and their profits meaning that the supplying all vaccines he's being out efficiently limited. so oxfam says there won't be enough vaccines to go around to meet global demand the 5 leading vaccine candidates for which nations across the world of seal the deal are currently undergoing the final stages of clinical trials however even if all 5 proved to be a success which according to the chart is extremely unlikely around 2 thirds of the world's population is going to have to wait at least 2022 and on top of the potential drug shortages or further says the vaccine deals lay really bare the inequality between prosperous and developing countries case in point this for

example let's focus on the u.k. over there the u.k. is managed to secure up to 5 doses per person depending on the course of the trials go while in bangladesh in stark contrast look at those stats the figure is only one dose point 9 people max lorson again says the prolonged and availability of the vaccine in some countries will inevitably lead to many unnecessary deaths companies like their own or in the us are only selling their backs into very rich countries they're selling it at a very high price somewhere between 16 and $35.00 a dose and you have to have 2 doses like $70.00 per person so and they are very clear that they are there doing things to make a profit and they want to make money from this vaccine what we're saying is we need a people's backs in not a profit and we need to see. the breaking down of these patent barriers and we need

to see open sharing your banks in technology to maximize the supply of safe and effective vaccines all over the world as soon as possible the huge economic and human cost of the delay in availability of the vaccine if you think of countries like india or south africa brazil if these countries are not getting access to safe saying until 2022 they. they would have more lockdowns their economies would be huge trouble and many many people would die do not need to because the vaccine has been artificially rationed private profits of pharmaceutical corporations. 4 wheeler one has backed down on handing lewis hamilton a penalty over his anti racism campaign at the end of last weekend's tuscon graham free than the british driver took to the podium wearing a t. shirt against police brutality it raised questions over making political statements

through sport and whether or not hamilton's latest move broke motor sport rules indeed hamilton's t. shirt said arrest the cops who killed brianna 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 authorities say they returned fire after one officer was shot and wounded but it triggered a huge wave of public anger with calls for those responsible to face justice footnote is no criminal charges have been filed against them so far. the bigger picture calling out racism has gripped the sporting world and its athletes throw 2020 but some fans it appears a growing frustrated by it case in point this 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 in support of the black lives matter movement as we've seen some players even stayed in their locker rooms until the anthem it finished but some fans are left increasingly dismayed

n.f.l. players all over the league annealing during the national anthem we simply are not 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 kneeling 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 kneeling you're not a great national anthem so show is cashmore and social activists jasper discuss whether or not sport can remain a political end of the day. both times in the world where the acuteness of injustice the high actionis of injustice the only thinness 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

. in an ideal that i would i would it i would agree that you could take that position but it is 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 a 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 detail will face the moral condemnation of the past majority of people a new day to making a career decision when he joins you do such a little also look so stupid on section so he looks you know we don't you're not to notice. this is not the way we been getting 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 you're comfortable with an individual exercising his freedom of speech to pronounce these kind of views and let's face it the guy he's influential 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 the 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 and that is a snapshot of the way some of the big stories of the last 7 days panned out as

reported by us here at international to you here in moscow this sunday afternoon as it is now it's kevin 0 in signing off i'm so watching and i hope you have a great rest of the weekend. look at the bill really q sneer those who really can show you. that without us apart on the us they suffer. no no no the stupina bull episode. good to see you sure the go to sleep during your force wake would

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dominance in international relations and democracy on the national level it's supposed to be asked say way off ensuring that governments are subtle and responsive to their people but internationally. it's often a source of insecurity and instability and one that is generated by the new variance of foreign powers is it possible seen decoupled of domestic governance from geo political gains both to discuss that i'm now joined by meat cheese man professor of democracy at the university of birmingham and call there of how to meet an election president she's not it's good to talk to you think you very much for a time and a pleasure to be here now to young people how to read an election came out in 2018 and i have to know that russia and other countries of the former soviet union featured very prominently the era for it with reason that this part of the world is a recognized source of electoral trickery let's put it mildly my question is this

our failure it's year measure absent democratic standards how it should be taken as some natural growing pains or as a permanent and deliberate handicap absolute academic concert as i have to say the kind of despair it is the option that somewhere slightly in between those 2 extremes i think you know we go back to the seventy's or eighty's we were talking then about exactly this question of these countries going through growing pains and i think by the time we've got 2020 we need to recognise that countries that are stuck in this kind of middle ground between terrorism on the 100 democracy and the other they hold elections but they rig the elections the same government a leader is in power for very long it's i'm these countries aren't simply having growing pains that are on the way to some wonderful democratic future lever you know complete or talk or sees that happen.