i thought i was doing my best to get back to. the strongest appeal. in our news review of the week russian opposition figurehead the nixon of only it says he's making progress in his recovery after being allegedly poisoned as moscow and berlin wrangle over evidence in the cakes. hundreds were detained during saturday's opposition rally in the belorussian capital with another protest getting underway there as we speak as any girl over the disputed presidential election shows no sign of relenting. also today the u.s. says it will remain close sanctions previously lifted on iran and a unilateral move that irritated washington's allies.

is that weekly here on our 2 you welcome to our round up of the day's news along with the headlines that shape the week. russian opposition figurehead i would say the only is only path to recovery at a hospital in berlin after coming out of an induced coma last week has since revealed his intention to return to russia as soon as he's fighting fit again meanwhile the diplomatic spat between moscow and berlin over his alleged poisoning has only gotten worse on monday germany said laboratories in sweden and france had independently verified that the ball knew it was poisoned by the nerve agent of the nova choucroute the global chemical weapons wash audience also analyzing samples russia's prosecutor general has demanded 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 to the organization for the prohibition of

chemical weapons we've been to the w several times and they say. 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. russia insists its doctors found no trace of never choke or any other poison while the only was in their care moscow has repeatedly stressed its willingness to cooperate with germany and order to establish exactly what happened our days ago style of looks at the controversy 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 here to investigate this our demand is that russia urgently explain what happened well russia has already contributed by not letting alexina valmy of 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 enough when it 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 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 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 or b 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 bad watchdog of becoming politicized by your p.c. don't you like so many international concessions it's always good to be subject to political pressure and that's particularly from of course those the funded 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 tended to ascribe blame have 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 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 to know investigation from russia but in immigration admission of guilt. then they post the end of all this instagram account a video shows his team searching his hotel room in homes shortly after news had broken that he had fallen severely ill wearing surgical gloves they collect evidence in plastic bags which according to the post were passed to the german authority is one of the water bottles they submitted was said to contain traces of

nova chuck but one of the co-creators of that very nerve agent leonid rink claims if it was used the ali would never have even made it onto the plane. valmy wouldn't have been able to leave the hotel that's if it was no 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 not words to use for this case. just as you would 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 signs creating a dangerous situation for everyone. or opposition rallies are getting underway and valorous the biggest in the capital minsk anger at the alleged rigging of the recent presidential election has been driving people to the streets for 6 weeks now on saturday protesters mostly female also gathered in the capital demanding presently step down it's already say over $400.00 were arrested meanwhile opposition candidate. is expected to take part in the meeting with foreign ministers in brussels on monday the moves been condemned by both the belorussian and russian governments our senior correspondent rhonda staff has this from minsk. on saturday and throughout this week there have been far fewer people attending again few of demonstrations been daintiest protests that we've seen rocking belo us

over the past month or so and police feeling emboldened by the lack of at indies have certainly made themselves seen and known there be many arrests dozens upon dozens of protesters and activists arrested detained taken to police station and holding cells but it is sunday that is the big day of protests here in belarus where we can 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 protest we will see how the numbers out of what you know what sort of numbers to doubt for that but while there have been there may have been a lull in exhibit a few a few people coming out for the protests to thaw this week there has been an uptick on the geopolitical fraud on the diplomatic front with the. the escalation in 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 the this meeting represents a u.-turn europe's but previously stated goals of staying out of it and respect in the dependence on 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 of restore instability establishing dialogue launching their constitutional process and these intentions of which e.u. representatives spoke so much about the rockley and the 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 the belarus 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. how leads belarus and making sure that the european union gets a 3rd say in how things are done here on out also this week how xander look at

chicago flew to russia to meet his counterpart vladimir putin the president discuss the future of minsk moscow ties couldn't stress that belarus should handle the crisis through dialogue with its citizens and without any external pressure moscow also announced $1500000000.00 in loans from and it's. happening right now the u.s. has unilaterally reimpose sanctions on iran relating to its nuclear enrichment activities washington's allies have been quick to react casting doubt on whether the move actually has any legal force secretary of state like pompei or says a range of penalties are being considered for those who violate the restrictions. we need she did this now back process to restore virtually all previously terminated un sanctions if you when member states fail to fulfill their obligations to implementing these sanctions the united states is prepared to use or domestic authorities to impose consequences for those failures 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 on certainty exists there were additional sanctions covered uranium enrichment as well as the buying and selling of conventional weapons they were left it on their the 2015 nuclear deal however in 2018 the trump administration you know laterally withdrew from the lab washington says it's taking action now as an arms embargo on iran expires in october paving the way for tehran to buy conventional weapons from russia or china. but 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're

illegal since they're powerful but it's they haven't noticed that the same principles will work for them to. earlier we spoke with how it is a professor of political communication at the university of tehran he says the u.s. is isolated and its approach to iran. not to be any partners it'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 legal interpretation of the u.n. resolution 2231 and a few countries are going to accept that the u.s. has a history of mongering so you always have to be careful but the united states foreign policy so we have this. conflict escalating

if we hope that the president is not so interested in the the dog. scenario if he is behind the polls as he should know better not to engage in any military activities against iran to advance is put. still ahead israel enters a 2nd national lockdown sparking the fine protests on television each story and pull out on top of the show right. join me every day. and i'll be speaking to us from the world of sports i'm sure. i'll see you then.

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welcome back a small group of wealthy nations has already secured over half of the invision future supply of covert $1000.00 vaccines as according to a report by the oxfam charity means that only 13 percent of the world's population will initially have access to the sought after drug x. austin the head of oxfam's inequality policy division says this is a consequence of pharmaceutical companies seeking to maximize profits it's extremely dangerous for the world because rich nations monopolizing the superboy potential. but more importantly they're doing deals with big pharmaceutical corporations which are defending their intellectual property and their profits meaning the stupid laws of. being own to fish should be limited oxfam says there won't be enough vaccines to go around to meet to global demand of 5 leading vaccine candidates for which nations across the world sealed

the deal are currently undergoing the final stage of clinical trials even if all 5 proved to be a success which according to the charity is extremely unlikely around 2 thirds of the world's population will still have to wait at least until 2022 on top of potential drug shortages oxfam says the vaccine deals lay bare the inequality between prosperous and developing countries for example the u.k. has managed to secure up to 5 doses per person depending of course on how the trials go off for bangladesh and this is a stark contrast the figure is only one dose pardon people actually lost and again says that prolonged on availability of the vaccine in some countries will result in many unnecessary deaths. companies like their own are in the us are only selling their backs into very rich countries they're selling it at a very high price somewhere between $16.00 and $35.00 a dose and you have to have 2 doses so that's like $70.00 per person so they are

very clear that they they're doing this to make a profit and they want to make money from this vaccine what we're saying is we need a people's backs not a profit vaccine and we need to see. the breaking down of the patent barriers and we need to see open sharing your vaccine technology to maximize its applause and effective vaccines all over the world as soon as possible the huge economic and human cost of the delay in the variability of the vaccine if you think of countries like india or south africa of brazil if these countries are not getting access to safe and effective saying until 2022 then they would have more lockdowns their economies would be huge trouble many many people would dog who do not need to because the vaccine has been artificially russian and for the profits of

pharmaceutical corporations the shortage of code testing and the u.k. has led teachers to question the safety of reopening schools their peoples and staff are among those struggling to get checked our correspondent is alie reports. it wasn't so long ago that senior british politicians were promising that it was safe for children to finally go back to school i think the crucial thing is that pupils get back to school it's much much better for their for their health and mental wellbeing their jobs their educational prospects we've made it clear this is compulsory parents do need to be sending their children back to school all scientific advice is that schools are safe it's only a few weeks into the new terminal ready those claims are coming unstuck one teaching union is warning that education secretary gavin williamson may face legal action because they say schools were opened without proper safeguards being put in

place teachers a founding the alarm but a chronic lack of testing facilities means that i'd occasionally england make going to a halt the staff and pupils are forced to stay home school managements have been doing everything they chant but the government has failed to do their side of things testing is impossible to get hold of social distancing isn't possible in full class sizes i mean infection rates are going up so we have an absolutely chaotic situation where understandably and correctly pupils and staff are being sent home and they have potential sitting timbs but nobody knows if it's just a cold or coverage and it's a completely lost story and of course the danger is that there will be some situations where in fact we did have an infectious child in the sco but nobody knows because we can't get a test to check one way or the other facing the lack of testing more than 200 school and college leaders said stuff and pupils couldn't get tests locally and were being directed to test centers long distances away and with the government

mandating no more than 6 people to meet at a time yet encouraging students to get back into the classroom your thirty's the knowledge that the whole situation is in quite some chaos every school has a small supply of home test kits for those. teachers that conduct testing center teacher who tested positive had to wait a week for her results i don't deny that it is an enormous challenge with children and teachers unable to get access to tests and essentially being told to get to the back of the queue if they want one union need to say that the government has failed to prepare despite having had months to do so in fear of the country could go back into defacto lockdown once more children are being sent home who cannot get tests and parents are being forced to take 2 weeks off to look after them we will end up with an effective lockdown there is an escalating sense that they would end up with a return to lockdown by default it's not just with regard to the testing the schools are finding themselves short they also appear to lack the basic hygiene

necessities nearly a 3rd of teachers didn't know if they'd have adequate supplies of soap and water while just 18 percent had had from the tides and every classroom it's left parents to question how are they supposed to feel that their children will be safe in school when teachers themselves don't seem all that convinced misuse of keep schools open. clear of but they have to be so violent i'm on the phone he says feedback is that you know. i'm self-taught on these as we. expect some trace versus thank you stance we've not remind you given that they have a duty we need they need. and obviously we've been seeing these which. as nations wide to secure a vaccine as are all entered a 2nd national lockdown on friday it's expected to last at least 3 weeks the anti coded measure came into force just hours before the start of the jewish new year prime minister benjamin netanyahu says it's worse

a response to the soaring infection rate in the country. i know. we have witnessed another increase in 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. i know whose decision is deeply unpopular with an already pandemic wary public hundreds rallied against the new lockdown measures on a beach and television on saturday demonstrators were dancing and chanting slogans accusing netanyahu government of mishandling the covert 1000 crisis. and the restrictions include a 10 people limit on indoor gatherings israelis also won't be able to go further than 500 meters from their homes plus schools and shopping centers will be closed and businesses won't be allowed to receive clients these measures are aimed at reigning in the daily infection rate has almost doubled since the start of the month the total number of cases exceeds 180000 and counting with more than

a 1000 deaths israel has told us how they feel about the new lockdown it's very frustrating it's killing the economy and many people feel like there's no hope and they don't know what is going on 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 expect that infections will go down but that the right back up as soon as the closure hangs on this thing it doesn't affect me at all where i live 500 meters i go anywhere i want to do anything i want people i still see don't wear a mask so i really don't understand how this is going to help anything. it's never too late to learn case in point in the tali man who has graduated from university at the age of 96 selling a lifelong dream he told us about his journey. that

after working i retired and said what do i do now i didn't like doing nothing so i started studying. when my mother gave me the money to go and buy the breakfast space so instead of buying myself got a sandwich with potatoes i went instead to buy books. i seriously wanted to enroll i am a little tired after 3 years of study every evening i finished reading and studying at midnight without exception even on sunday. that.

life never drank alcohol i always drank milk and i believe this is the secret of my memory then of course reading helps the minds it needs to be trained in your. that's a recap of just some of the stories that help shape the world these last 7 days for all the latest and up to the reports all of us on twitter or instagram. a new gold rush is underway and gonna thousands of ill equipped workers are flocking to the gold fields hoping to strike it rich here's

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