russia says germany is stalling the probe into the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy by holding back crucial data voice of the global chemical weapons watchdog. through deliberately delaying the process the impeded the completion of the preliminary inquiry in russia that was held in order to ascertain whether there is an offense or not. voice their anger over the government's tough new coronavirus restrictions saying they were never consulted. and the pentagon is accused of spending up to a $1000000000.00 of coronavirus funds on military gear instead. of

just 1 in the morning on friday here in moscow welcome to news from out see international 1st for you this hour russia is accusing germany of using various pretexts with old information on the alexina valmy case the russian opposition figurehead recently came out of a coma in berlin where he's being treated for suspected poisoning and moscow's permanent representative to the global chemical weapons watchdog has told me that all requests for data of so far in the night. the russian federation has been waiting for answers from our german colleagues the general prosecutor's office has sent 2 requests for legal assistance unfortunately we have not received any answers there were various explanations from the german side firstly there were references to national secrets the german said they were afraid of revealing secrets and german technologies during our specialists acquaintance with the results of the analysis in a boon to swear laboratory. then our german colleagues started talking about the

necessity of the prior approval of look sane of all these relatives after that they referred to in a volley himself all in all the germans have delayed the response in every possible way through deliberately delaying the process impeded the completion of the preliminary inquiry in russia that was held in order to ascertain whether there is an offense or not and then to start an extensive investigation into the case that dealt with the russian citizen on russian territory. it's like a vicious circle on the one hand german officials said that they were ready to refer the case to the o.p.c. w. and the case becomes a multilateral one on the other hand the o.p.c. w. claims that they will not share the information without the consent of the germans that is why we have taken some measures we've sent a letter to the germans permanent missions to the o.p.c. w. referring to article 9 paragraph 2 we requested the german side to provide us with comprehensive information on a whole range of questions relating to yvonne these case we are talking about test results biological and clinical samples and everything connected with this case

german colleagues are required to respond within 10 days the countdown has already started in the valley has now been discharged from hospital but it is doctors say a full recovery is possible but the potential long term effects are uncertain rusher in germany bay while continue to demand answers from each other over the case. it is not the responsibility of the job of the forwards is to going talk to this to get the crime was committed in russia and then. urgent appeal to russian side is to comment on the matter. a prosecutor general's office has lodged official requests with their colleagues in germany france and sweden and with the o.p.c. doubly calling on them to fulfill their obligations under the european convention on mutual assistance in criminal knox's we have still not received any replies but we're hearing nonsensical public comments including the remarks of german officials who say everything that happened in the valley took place on russian soil so we're

not going to help you in any way you have to sort it out on your own but we demand that you admit you killed that's rather unbecoming for such a great country is germany. link claims that alexina belly was poisoned with a substance from the group although the scientists who created the deadly nerve agent are disputing that finding geo political analyst rainer office thinks the circumstances of the alleged poisoning and throw it in doubt. look into what really is a military nerve agent which is highly highly poisonous and dangerous. if it has been applied not by any what have died within several minutes after being in contact with that substance so it's not really likely that novacek really was in the play but not in charge of course plays a great role in the narratives in the media narrative for me it's more important to look at the geopolitical backgrounds of the last act and the u.s.

american powers are in panic about the fact that the north stream to pipeline is about being finished quite soon so they need to get some pretext to the public to oppose the finishing of this major pipeline project because it what bring germany and russia closer together it was it would strengthen both countries economical each year politically and therefore. and there are great great geopolitical geostrategic your economic interests to stop this. regional leaders in france are pushing back against the government over a new set of tough coronavirus restrictions a raft of new measures were unveiled on wednesday after a spike in case numbers job to do better to get reports next from paris. where the health minister in france has outlined it new restrictions which sparked this war of words on social media between himself and local officials what he announced on

wednesday evening is that 2 departments in france we placed into a maximum alert so in that means that from saturday for 2 week period a limited period we're told there will be a closure of bars and restaurants people won't be able to go out to some public spaces and the 2 areas impacted are guadalupe and mar say now we know that restrictions have been divisive people have been unhappy about them in the past but nobody nobody could have predicted the dearest reaction by mar ses own mare i was astonished and angry with the decision the city of massey did not consult anyone nothing related to the health situation can justify this announcement i do not accept the fact that we are the victims of political decisions that no one understands well other elected officials were equally as angry with the president of one of the local regions impacted describing this as being collective punishment but the health minister hit back and said that he did consult with the local

officials before making those announcements. the decisions announced this evening and won them the measure for the people of must see are aimed precisely as protecting them well all the health indicators are very degraded not so says the regional president 2 says that a call from the health ministry in the moments before these restrictions were announced did not constitute a consultation and he has argued that these decisions were taken unilaterally by the french government now other restrictions have also been put in place for areas such as here in paris paris is now on an enhanced alert area which means that from monday next week buyers will have to shop by 10 pm in the evening they'll be a restriction on gatherings no more than 10 people gathering together in public settings and we know that sort of large scale events like protests where they were allowed to be around $5000.00 people that is now going to be limited to 1000 people

and the local authorities have the right to impose stricter restrictions if they wish to do so this is because the health minister said that the situation across the current tree is deteriorating rapidly that if you disbelieve it is increasing sharply the infection rate is constantly rising we are at $95.00 cases bru 100000 inhabitants we must take additional measures it is necessary. or france has been using a color coded map to show the rates of transmission of 1000 that's pretty much been a green yellow red traffic light type of system but now the red zones have been split into subcategories and if you look at that map now most of the country is in shades of red suggesting that there is a high rate of transmission of co that 19 let's not forget that france is carrying out around a 1000000 tests every week so that rate is likely to go up but what's concerning

the officials is the fact that in the last week there have been 3 days where more than 30. 1000 new cases have been registered and in addition to that hospital admissions have gone up by double to around 1000 and we know that hospitals in france are under strain the health minister is urging people to abide by the restrictions so continue social distancing wear a mask wash our hands and knees even suggested that people should tail some of their social activities restricting that all in an effort to try and be the transmission of this virus but as we've seen 2 areas of france including marsay already now in this maximum alert zone and other departments will be looking at the figures and wondering when they are going to slide potentially into that category and face their own mini restrictions and lockdowns for the future. or putting things further israel's about to enter

a 2nd nationwide shutdown plan was approved at a cabinet meeting on wednesday night after the infection rate doubled in a 2 week period reports from tel aviv. and you missions that are being imposed are reminiscent of the lockdown that the country put in place back in march that was the 1st nationwide lockdown and what we're hearing now from prime minister benjamin netanyahu is that a full lockdown will be in place from tomorrow friday until october the 10th he has said that hopefully some of the measures will be eased even sooner now last week we did see the country go into full locked on it meant that schools were a strong hotels were completely shut but people were allowed out doors for exercise or for gathering for prayer meetings or protests now all of that is being forbidden israel is the 1st country in the developed world to be imposing a 2nd lockdown i mean. the situation is difficult there is a steep rise we have to take decisions decisions are tough but as prime minister i

am a blood to save your lives and you need to understand that there is a danger to lives and that's why there is no choice but to take the difficult decisions and we will save lives with your cooperation. there has been a recent surge in covered positive cases one day so i record high 7000 people being registered now that has been a heated debate in parliament between netanyahu who is calling for a full lockdown and the rest of his cabinet there are those who are suggesting that netanyahu wants a lockdown because it's a way to silence history tractor's who is asking for complete closure it is not us it is the prime minister i hear the health professionals say the reason the reason for general closure i want to understand why food garage is recommended. as a last resort and not a solution to demonstrations at the same time this looming lockdown and mance to an admission of failure by prime minister netanyahu it was only

a few months ago when he boasted that he was the world's best prime minister at handling the crisis at that time is always one of the 1st countries to seal its borders and imp. has a lockdown but soon afterwards it was criticized for opening up its economy too soon and the virus returned we now have a situation that every week there were protests in front of the prime minister's residence in jerusalem with people calling on the prime minister to resign for both corruption charges and for what they say is his mishandling of the whole coronavirus pandemic. it's being claimed that the pentagon spent up to a $1000000000.00 of coronavirus funds our military equipment including jet engines and body armor congress this year gave the defense department a $1000000000.00 to battle the coronavirus but a washington post report claims most of that money went instead to ship building maintenance army uniforms satellites drones and even space of a lives or cash was supposed to address funding gaps in the country's coronavirus response with the u.s. of course suffering the world's highest coronavirus death toll and it comes at

a time of severe supply shortages to the u.s. centers for disease control says an additional $6000000000.00 in needed to distribute potential vaccines next year and it's noted also a severe lack of medical grade facemasks of the pentagon's not directly responded to the washington post story but has defended the way it's spent coronavirus funds . we are think for the congress provided off and resources that enable the executive branch to invest in domestic production of critical medical resources and protect key defense capabilities from the consequences of curve it we need to always remember that economic and national security a very tightly interrelated in our industrial base is really the nexus of the 2 or preventative medicine professor william schaffner says the spending scandal goes to the very top. obviously we would have preferred those monies go to code relief i would think that this decision to spend the money not on cold the defense

budget. on forces was made at a very high level 'd clearly the diversion of these follows from the public health programs of the united states is very misguided i would think that the appropriate congressional committees would do an investigation to find out why this happened and to correct this if a $1000000000.00 was misused we had better look to the rest also to see how those monies were expended the distribution of the vaccine is going to be our next major effort here in the united states to stop or to 'd reduce control so cold that problem and all of those things will require funding it means that the congress of the united states has to hold the executive branch to account they have to be absolutely. very attentive to how these monies allocated for good

purposes are being spent. some more money maneuvering on the question in the u.s. we'll look at later republicans that are outraged over a 1000000000 and mike bloomberg fund raising scheme to give felons the right to vote we'll take you through that among all stories after the break. join me every thursday. and i'll be speaking to us from the world of sports i'm sure i'll see you then.

lead. well again 2 police officers have been shot in a now in hospital in the u.s. state of kentucky amid an arrest in the city of louisville protesters are angry off the only one of 3 officers was charged in the fatal shooting of an african-american

woman brianna tell you that in march a grand jury returned an indictment i don't need guns to brett hankinson accusing him of wanton endangerment of protest as well the officers charged with riot police have been deployed to the area. granite who's 26 was fatally shot when police showed up at her apartment to conduct what's called a no knock warrant such suspecting they were drugs inside but fairing that it was an intruder his boyfriend opened fire and the officers shot back who was unarmed was killed reaction to the grand jury's decision has been mixed. there's been a lot of talk in the news about the case with a lot of very wrong facts and today for the 1st time the right facts were explained by the attorney general of the state of kentucky in a legal setting making a legal announcement of the grand jury findings the police were returning fire on a bad guy who fired at them 1st knowing they were police police do have the right

to defend themselves in the course of trying to apprehend criminals who fire at them 1st they have the right it's even specifically laid out in state law in the state of kentucky is they're fired during the course of their work they're entitled to fire back if only to defend themselves and that is what they were doing and in the course of that self-defense briana taylor was struck but it's definitely mr walker's fault not the police's fault that the gun fight got started and that it ended up going in her direction it is all going to come down. law enforcement works for the ruling that's the way things you don't want to punish your own employees to implement your agenda that's one number 2 my black brothers and sisters have not fully harness all of their power and influence to control their communities to preserve their communities and to demand them to see both justice and

say over the policing in their areas if they see got sharks a lot of times these people go on cruises to the bahamas or go to the riviera and strengths certain police departments people get paid money and they get money when they kill people like what used to happen to the delta certainly so there is some charge there is a new young black attorney general that has done something they've given the huge payout to be on its heels family i believe that the federal government should step in and really look into this because there's a lot more going on than what we any of us know. the full minute man michael bloomberg a criminal accusing him of paying people to vote it off to the media mogul raised $16000000.00 to boost voter turnout in florida stresses that none of the money comes from him personally more on the story. elections in the united states are

supposed to be about testing popularity candidates appeal to the public with their ads their speeches and their platform and then the public determines who they like the best it's supposed to be democracy in action money is supposed to have nothing to do with it critics of the united states often point out that the reality is quite different rich people often have a way of asserting their agenda take the latest example of former new york city mayor mike bloomberg he's a billionaire and he's putting up $16000000.00 to help pay the court fees of black and brown voters in florida who happen to be convicted felons now the former new york city mayor says he is just being generous no political motivations here whatsoever the right to vote is fundamental to our democracy and no american should be denied that right working together with the florida rights restoration coalition we're determined to end disenfranchisement and the discrimination that has always driven it well it just so happens that the courts in florida have ruled that people

with felony convictions are not allowed to vote until they have paid off their court fees and fines now until recently they were forbidden from voting for their entire lives so it looks like a lot of black and latino florida residents who have felony convictions are going to get a nice check from mayor bloomberg to make sure that they're able to vote at the polls this november it just so happens that overwhelmingly black and latino people disapprove of donald trump and his presidency so republicans in florida say this pretty much amounts to bribery i will be calling on the florida attorney general to launch an investigation into mike bloomberg for potentially an gaging in bribery in vote buying in the state of florida bloomberg does not care for donald trump he has laid out cash in florida to maneuver against him before bloomberg recently spent $100000000.00 in the hopes of beating trump when it came to early voting in florida

trump shot back at him with his usual style. i thought minimize was through the democrat politics of desponding almost $2000000000.00 and then giving the worst to move in the debate performance in the history of presidential politics no republican has taken the white house without florida since 1924 it's the biggest swing state in the electoral college margins there can be razor thin think about bush v gore back in 2000 in the 2000 election it came down to just a few 100 votes between the 2 candidates so giving the vote to 32000 convicted felons that could make all the difference it amounts to bribery basically bribing people to vote in a certain way and that is clearly against the law in the united states it's very hard to bring criminal charges against somebody as fantastically wealthy as bloomberg because somebody like bloomberg will hire the best lawyers in the country

to defend him and no government no federal government those state government will want to bring charges against someone who's going to hire the best lawyers against any prosecution so it's unlikely that very much will come of this but i think there is a lot there to investigate i mean it's a it's a very dubious activity and you can imagine that if trump a done anything like this they would be huge scandal about. how this is part of it's back to work the prime minister just introduced controversially suspended its amid scandals tying him to corruption and rising covert levels but as donald coulter now reports the accusations against her going away. last month trudeau suspended parliament claiming ottawa needed a better long term strategy for culver damage control after all the country's coronavirus cases are nearly at $150002.00 handling of the pandemic has been widely

. sized no more than ever comedians are looking for clarity and leadership but what they have gotten from the trudeau government is confusion and repeated delays so it's all about the coronavirus right nothing to do with a corruption scandal we have a prime minister and a cabinet that is golf engulfed in a massive corruption scandal for those currently under investigation for a nearly $1000000000.00 contract with an organization called we charity it was paying his family members huge speaking fees for years but the agreement was since canceled after accusations that it amounted to a conflict of interest no wonder all the suspicions and suspending parliament also puts all current investigations on hold so gross and disgusting that this prime minister keeps using the pandemic as an excuse for his corruption believe it or not

trudeau promised never to suspend parliament after his predecessor used the same mechanism called to weasel his way out of a vote of no confidence now the truth is promises broken he had some explaining to do the probation we're doing right now is about gaining or testing the confidence of the house which is the opposite of what the conservatives did that we rightly railed against back in 2015 approval rates are tanking the opposition's on the offensive and the coronavirus continues to ravage the contrie these are tough times for both the canadian people and trudeau. ok that's it for me thanks very much for watching sean thomas is going to be here in the coming hours he'll be here to update you again in about 34 minutes from now about.

the culture war consumes american politics during this election cycle the economy remains to be curious day millions of people live at the margins the only constant for example is the insecurity economist debate and eventual recovery they speak to you. but is the reality. that. i. welcome to the alex i mean sure we give you the opportunity to question while

drinking experts on the corporate pandemic with resurgent across the u.k. and in many countries around the world i was 3 wise men answer your questions on what if anything can be done from the world of intensive care professor human debris university college london intensive care unit can advise on how treatments are progressing for the deadly condition from the world over all the cambridge university stuck to christmas can tell us how close we are to securing a vaccine to offer an escape route of this nightmare and from the all the public health professor having price the new president of the big. me and former chief medical officer of scotland discusses with alex whether the buy this can be brought back under control public health measures from your questions we will seek to draw the lessons across the u.k. and internationally but 1st let's look at the reviews of last week's show artist janet and by inches. i 1st hear from the infamous and he says fascinating program

what a fantastic artist did it is great to hear about how scottish talent hope to make more like this especially independent supporting artists and says i love the interview with jet it brainteaser great artist alan the card says great show thank you sarah this larry says beverly enjoyed the program could have watched it longer thank you fig kennedy says nothing more poignant than the flag and a bear that's what we are all a bit and finally when agree or says about you and it's paintings i love the thought that now over to alex with your question to our 3 topics faith. so welcome dr christopher professor of human government no fuss viewers' questions as on vaccines are picked particularly were the the use of father of a straight in the u.k. the virus was subject to many countries around the world people are probably the mainstay of vaccines of the the chief medical officer in the england said 6 months

was an estimate and direct questions from family barnes and from maggie charity who say do you think are a covered $1000.00 vaccine will be available so over to you christmas. i was speaking this week with one of cambridge universities foremost experts on this gordon doogan who is a vaccine ologist is an award winning vax knowledge ist and he has brought to the clinical coalface a number of vaccines over the course of his career and i asked him this very question last week and said with a fair wind behind it what's the most optimistic projection he said to me he's thinking realistically probably 2120 in 2021 june so it might be as long as 9 months to go yet the government themselves have said that we might see some vaccine available before christmas on a small scale basis this might be just part of a trial or whatever but really to scale this up to get it to the number of people who need it and do it in a. if way is still going to take quite

a bit of time so that's why i think the projection of june 2021 is not unreasonable pressure government a lot of caught in the tear and valor written questions are both vaccine but asking in the case a lot of there are 450 people dying from cancer these day prior to the pandemic quote of the predictions for more power to or the lack of screening and the inability to pursuit as you would normally do and how long is the process of strain mutation in the virus of the sky and and what implications does that have for 4 for a vaccine so how does the the balance for the treatments of normally available there that chess with the concentration on finding a vaccine solution to the fundamental well taken our 1st question will broadly then there's no question at all that we are definitely seeing the health impacts broadly of the lockdown in teaching covert and i was too speaking with my colleagues only recently we're seeing people presenting to motions you can't.