the top stories this hour. the report of the global chemical weapons. was poisoned with nerve agent says it's all about bringing in a new round of sanctions. its purpose is obvious. create a reason for introducing another tranche of sanctions against our country meanwhile a former chief. has been barred from speaking at the u.n. security council about a controversial probe. in syria. from the russian side. on the way cried like the olympics government is saying it will

look. response despite having the highest death toll across europe and seeing a nice hospital admission and the us 2020. mike pence will go head to head in. the race for president has been characterized by name calling and a blame game so far little to educate the candidates policy. on 2 o'clock in the afternoon here in moscow you with our teams of national. developments in the saga of russian opposition figure alexina valmy because the global chemical weapons. he says the traces of a nerve agent from the family have been found in a. sample representative to the organization.

until you're given documents materials samples material evidence we will consider all that surrounds this incident an unbridled propaganda campaign of lies or simply put a low grade provocation its purpose is obvious denigrate russia with unsubstantiated accusations and thereby create a far fetched reason for introducing another tranche of sanctions against our country where moscow had sent several requests to germany asking for cooperation in the case but so far that hasn't been forthcoming and that scene of only fell ill on a commercial flight in late august he received emergency treatment in the russian city of bones ms then taken to germany for further care since then lynn has claimed that traces of a chemical nerve agent were found in his test results peter all of his more than story. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has published its findings from samples they tested from alexei navalny the results won't come as too

much of a surprise to many the o.p.c. w. found novacek was present those results in a detailed analysis were sent here to germany where berlin has been demanding answers from moscow but using o.p.c. w. findings as the foundation for allegations is unlikely to sit well in the russian counter so it is in fact even tacit cool story initiated at the behest of berlin by its your atlantic allies together with the leadership of the technical secretary and of dio p c w it has continued in accordance with to preplan conspiracist scenario with the e.u. council set to meet next week to decide what their reaction to the novell meeropol will be the german government demanding serious consequences for the use of a chemical weapon this o.p.c. w. reports could have far reaching ramifications peter all over r.t.

earlier well the a.b.c. w is in the spotlight too for another reason the former chief of the i.p.c. say the star ne has been blocked from speaking at a un security council meeting my colleague kevin owen discussed this with our correspondent saskia. what seems an irony for the u.n. which is of course an organization it's all about putting together international voices about discussing difficult topics it has barred a former chief. from speaking to the security council now we're talking about the star and he's a brazilian diplomat he was invited before us to write to general of the chemical weapons what between 10072002 he's really a figure of a great authority he was invited by moscow to speak on the alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of the duma back in 2018 but at the last minute he was essentially disinvited by among others the u.s. u.k. and france russia called this a shame they decided to post this johnny reading the speech he was scheduled to say

and they said the following. what happened today unfortunately is yet another sign that western delegations are afraid of hearing the uncomfortable truth you want to silence objective facts that could destroy the picture you've painted of the atrocities of the syrian regime and the infield ability of the o.p.c. w. but it is already clear to everyone that it has little to do with reality i'm wondering if you understand it what an unattractive light you know appear in the eyes of the international community in general what happened today is a shame and a disgrace so. this is what he said but what specifically is it that he said this ruffled these for the shoe thing so what he was going to speak about was how the numerous whistleblowers have called to cover up the incidents and do a quick recap of the images of civilians at the mouth washing out that i so much

investigated and they officially blamed assad's government this of course that is the basis on which the u.s. u.k. and france conducted strikes but in the following months and indeed years after this a number of former employees came. they said we were part of these investigations we were on the ground and what we saw doesn't support this official narrative what's even more sensational claim to start in fact any dissenting opinions or evidence was removed from the final report under pressure from the top this is a small snippet of what they said most of the duty and felt to reports in the instant the interim report in the final report was scientifically impoverished procedurally regular and possibly fraudulent so obviously the silencing of voices came up in the speech that the study was scheduled to give serious questions are now being raised of whether the independent impartiality and professionalism of

some of the organizations work is being severely compromised possibly under pressure from some member states we've got lots of whether or not this is substance to the concerns raised above to pursue the obvious behavior in to do more investigation hearing what your own inspectors have to say would be an important 1st step in mending you're going to say this is damaging reputation so we're standing clearly saying that all he wants is for there to be a forum for all voices to be able to contribute but that's clearly that certain something that starts members of the u.n. disagree with the school a while ago when he was chief stopping chief in 2002 supported them soon pressed on his previously paid the price for challenging official narratives in what was described as an offensive by washington back in 2002 he was dogged by allegations of mishandling. and mismanaging at and it was actually quite dramatic the us representative who made those claims was actually booed and one of the sessions when he failed to provide documentary evidence of those claims eventually though

the us prevailed as is often the case and he was removed and saying that his independent thought had angered a lot of people in washington that they wanted someone more ability and specifically rumors swirled that he had in fact tried. to block the u.s. is tough stance on iraq so barring the story from speech now almost 2 decades army's been fired comes of course as the be is back in the spotlight with this political saga out with alex involving him now with allegations that the holder of the information on his case cynics would say that it would not have been the best time for an insider like the study to say that in his and in others experience sometimes evidence is not treated sacredly within the organization and that in fact sometimes it doesn't even correlate with reality. ok let's turn to the corona virus pandemic and in particular the situation in britain because english hospitals

around the pressure again seeing the highest rate of coded mission since. it is right on the heels of the revelation that the u.k. is contact tracing at left off of cases this new spite comes is confusion in the british government seems to be continuing as well. as more. and considering the u.k. government's response ok but 19 pretty and probably wouldn't be the words on the tips of most people's tongues over the course of the year the u.k. has seen thousands of people dying in care homes tests and tracing deadlines set and missed the u.k. topping the death toll across europe plus of course britain being on the verge of round 2 and while most people think the government's response needs to be completely written off it seems as though not everyone agrees it's been. i think it will be like the lympics that's when it's all over and we look back and reflect we would actually be extremely proud of ourselves some people might think a wooden spoon is more appropriate than

a shiny metal especially considering the latest news that 16000 positive tests for private 19 have been lost meaning the super spreaders a blindly unaware the still spreading thousands of people blissfully unaware they've been exposed to covert potentially spreading this deadly virus time and hospital admissions are increasing in the 2nd wave blunder after blunder critics say the government's not learning from its mistakes but as the country hurdles towards a 2nd wave of the virus confusion is still lingering in the again with mixed messages coming from power. but as i understand it. apologies i misspoke today in the northeast new rules mean you cannot meet people from different households in social settings in tools including in pubs restaurants and your home you should also avoid socializing with other households outside go to

work but stay at home eat out to help out but don't socialize kick start the economy but stay in your it's no wonder the country is confused especially considering the man telling the u.k. what to do is accused of being a tad confused one of the major problems is widespread confusion about the local restrictions people feel very let down a very frustrated very forgotten can we pin all the primal boris johnson author all these all around president to times far to go back to all that no prime minister has ever fought before and after months of economic paralysis boris johnson began to i'm not the look down even though parts of the u.k. was still plagued with the virus and so the north south divide found its latest partition the timing of the lifting of national lockdown was london centric please remember this the next time you see politicians pointing fingers at our people on the eve of a 2nd wave many might think the government would know what it was doing by now especially considering it's had around 6 months to prepare but when carrot has been

replaced with confusion and the government really expect people to for the rules when it doesn't seem to know them itself should you ever searched the artsy on. the wall coronavirus demonstrations in israel have seen scuffles break out between anti-government protesters and security forces in tel aviv. and tuesday hundreds gathered to denounce the government's anti coronavirus restrictions the protesters moved demanded the resignation of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu they've dismissed the government's pandemic measures as destruction netanyahu is corruption scandal although the prime minister himself does deny any wrongdoing here's what some of the protesters had to say. also clothes that are the 000 scratches in order to secure remain elusive to avoid the 2 voyages. and we are afraid it is trying to create.

a civil war between us close to make like we did it to me out so let me see. because these. stealing our democracy he's the king. any he's a king and pay day anger is very strong very strong it will not stop until he resigns or moved away. and we get rid of him for ever but in paris in the suburbs the rights of killed 19 positives in mind in shelters is extremely high with winter coming aid groups are urging the government to provide the most spawn ripple with more help to have more details just up. the world is driven by shaped past the curse of those great.

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welcome back you with r.t. in france more than half of people living in extreme poverty in the parish region in particular migrants have been infected with hiv 19 that's according to new research from the french aid group doctors without borders. the shutters have come down across paris and it's in the suburbs all in a bid to fight rising infection rates of close it 19 it's an epidemic this been described as moving too fast and while the overall positivity rate for qubit in paris is around 12 percent if you look more closely at those who live in precarious situations such as migrants it's said to be much higher doctors without borders that m.s.f.

is now sounding the alarm in what it describes as being the 1st study of its kind in europe it found the positivity rate of covert 19 in emergency shelters and in food distribution centers was more than 50 percent the results show an extremely high prevalence the main reason is the conditions of shelters and been packed together which leads to clusters of infection in europe and france no other study shows this type of prevalence these types of figures on this scale can only be found in india or in the slums of brazil but that figure showing a positivity rate of more than 50 percent is an average m.s.f. says that in some centers housing migrant workers the rate hit 89 percent a worrying number in places where social distancing can be difficult in president michael's address to the nation in march he promised help for the most vulnerable with him on this i. didn't i want to ask for sacrifices to slow down the epidemic

the aid to the most fragile should not be jeopardized for the most vulnerable the most destitute for the isolated who will make sure they can be fat and protected. so have they been forgotten all those people are usually. are forgotten. spontaneous camps. officially didn't exist there is no there was no special report. during do continuation during . to arrive to right or to arrive and we don't know exactly what. she means and other temporary shelters have long been used as a base when makeshift camps have been cleared when the lockdown began in march here in france hundreds were moved into accommodation like that and now one of the idea may have been to offer shelter and to get people off the streets it may have also

offered the virus the perfect grounds to spread the results confirm that the circulation of the virus was more particularly effective in the situations where the proximity was the highest that is to say when the person has to share a room kitchen with several other people in places where migrant workers are housed together around a 3rd resident share a room with between 2 and 5 people at 50 share a room with more than 5 people in situations like this it's impossible to distance m.s.f. wants a change of strategy we knew that this reception conditions would not work that it wasn't possible to respect very measures we have to change the hosting strategy i mean surface submitted its report to the ministry of health it's hoping by highlighting these desperate situations that there can be a changing here for those whose lives are currently being held in the balance.

arty paris. meanwhile the virus is tightening its grip once again here in the russian capital to will though today's infection numbers are in fact slightly down over the past 20 days the figures have been steadily growing just yesterday recorded more than 4000 new cases where russian authorities are expressing concern over the growing numbers even though no new lockdown measures have been introduced yet wearing masks and transport and in public places continue to be mandatory and everybody older than 65 is being advised to stay at home. fighting between armenia and azerbaijan over nagorno-karabakh is still ongoing but there could be a glimmer of hope for peace that's because armies leader has stated now he is ready to make concessions in the dispute as long as the other side is willing to do the same is r.t. as you go she's done. the city of to panic at the capital of the nagorno-karabakh

region has been awoken by the sounds of bombs this morning just once again in fact some people on the ground have told me that they've been kept away by the sounds of shelling all the way throughout the night but well the wrist some very very dim hope that the peace negotiations are not around the corner but at least somewhere in the near future the prime minister of armenian has said that if i say or by john is ready to make concessions then well meaning is 2. conflicts should be resolved by mutual consent. is ready for it and we'll make concessions if there's a bush john is also ready for them this is particularly important after the russian foreign intelligence service have said that they have information that hundreds if not thousands of syrian mercenaries taking part in this conflict members of one of the groups that they have mentioned in their report are the members of the

notorious front and if this is indeed true then this is some very bad news for the region because i'm not sure front they are as radical and as extremist as it gets they were formerly known as the al qaeda in syria so there's that and also they're known to have tortured people to have eggs mass execute their hostages bomb civilian neighborhoods and some even allege they used chemical weapons against civilian population in syria so they really dogs of war at the same time turkey a country that's seen as by many as a main power that has a say as to which way this conflict in the go in a cab back fares turkey is sending mixed signals here for instance the foreign minister of turkey has said that well ankara is ready to work with moscow on resolving this crisis but at the same time he refused to acknowledge the equality of the warring sides when it's done to put. john on equal. footing means reboarding

new york you boy the world must be on the side of those who are right mainly on the side of us and the longer this conflict goes on the most civilians suffer just to give you some perspective here is an eyewitness account from the by johnny side of the conflict. by john is fighting on its own land armenia has occupied as originally lands my ancestors died for this cause as you can see the armenians destroyed my house but i am not afraid of them see i am not afraid of them i can see the war we are not afraid on friday already the russian prime minister mikhail machinist and is expected to visit i mean is capital here of on and here on the ground a lot of people are telling me that they have a lot of hope that this visit will pull the negotiating process out of the bog. now with the 2020 us election around the corner debate season is in full swing and

wednesday is going to see the presidential scuffle with the 1st presidential debate already history however of course the 2nd one remains in question because democratic hopeful joe biden has said on tuesday that he wouldn't face off with president trump if he still has 19 parties don't quarter takes a closer look now at the contenders and their apparent similarities. name calling personal attacks emotional accusations american society is now so deeply polarized between these 2 figures donald trump and joe biden the 20 twentieth's election campaign is looking more like a political circus than anything i'm not here to call out those lies everybody knows he's a liar they'll never use the word smart with me ever use that word because you know what there's nothing smart about you joe what are you sure i don't excuse the one who's so you're number 2 he's putin's puppy you are a senator and the worst were as always america has ever. to get any word do

with this clown it's as if many people see this upcoming election as a showdown between good and evil if you like biden he's the country's only salvation from his racist fascist opponent but if you like trump only he can protect america's new greatness from his senile rival it's like a reality t.v. show where actual policy is absent from the conversation the thing is though if you can get past the rhetoric and the emotion is there really any difference between them from present but all that different from the obama administration in which biden was the v.p. remember the wall trump wanted to build in 2016 as part of his popular promise for a new stance on immigration we were in a great. penetrable physical tall powerful beautiful southern border wall was isn't in morality it's not who we are is the nation racists and sinful. democrats

quickly attacked as racist and along came the sad pictures of caged immigrant kids with trying to blame for their misery except some of those pictures were from 2014 under the obama administration that's right trump actually continued many of the same immigration policies from before in fact ice arrests and deportations are still lower than they were under much of obama's watch let's not forget about the peace promise made on his way to the white house to have the support of the war fighting generals active duty military and top experts who know both how to win and how to avoid the endless wars and echoed obama's 2008 election promises and also like obama trump has so far failed to deliver the difference here though is that the former president got a nobel peace prize in 2009 even though many of america's foreign entanglements worsened under his administration in 2016 try. even campaigned against the

interventionist posturing of both parties but we will no longer use american military might to construct democracies in faraway lands or try to rebuild other countries in our own image those days are now over there's also obama's bloated budget deficit which continues to grow under trub the current president made tax cuts for the rich sure but the economy more or less continued business as usual until the pandemic when the debates come around again though one has to wonder if biden will be as frank about these parallels as he's been in the past the truth of the matter is you war you will know you will know when you will got to what has to be done we can disagree in the margins but the truth of the matter is it's all with a noble house and nobody has to be punished no one standard of living will change nothing would fundamentally change when your only 2 options in an election are so similar in terms of policy perhaps shouting racist or senile is the only way to keep things interesting and i bring you up to date safe with all the news here not

seen today i will back again at the top we have the headlines and more stories. nuclear become a battleground in the u.s. in vermont people are demanding the shut down of a local plant from my yankee is right now my focus because it's a very dangerous oh no clare power plant the owner is attempting to run the reactor beyond its operational limit this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on where's the power in this country where's it going is it

moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of a traditional participatory democracy is your power lie with the people this case demonstrates that struggle in very real ways our struggle on r.t. . joining me every 1st day on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. it remains unclear who'll be the occupant in the white house this january what can be easily predicted is the state of the economy or tens of millions of citizens it appears what is called the case shaped recovery is permanently dividing the country in the house and you have. this seems to be acceptable for those who are it's.

a dark industry comes to life in los angeles every night. dozens of women cells are bodies on the streets many of them underage. los angeles police reveal a taste of their daily challenge no if you're going to exploit for a child here in los angeles oh they were going to come out you would see officers go. undercover as 6 workers and customers to fight 6 trade. greetings and sell you. all right the great leader yes u.s. president donald trump is finally back in the confines of his plush white house bunker to wait out his bout with coded 19 after leaving walter reed hospital on

monday thankfully as brand of performance art was on full display these last 2 days especially on monday night with not only the president claiming that maybe he's he's you know maybe actually the moon took over 19 in that we shouldn't be a frame. but i didn't feel so good and 2 days ago i could have left 2 days ago 2 days ago felt great like better than i have in a long time i said just recently better than 20 years ago don't let it dominate don't let it take over your lives yes. take over our lives we'll you know what i'm sorry mr president but i'm pretty sure the families of the over 200000 u.s. citizens who have died from this pandemic a pretty good reason to bits agree with you but you see it wasn't just himself the dominated the president trumps thoughts this week as he also pointed out on twitter that quote the fake news media refuses.