just some of the questions we feel. nothing but an excuse for sanctions russia reacts to news that the global chemical weapons watchdog has confirmed germany's findings the prominent kremlin critic alexina valmy was poisoned with. it's purpose is obvious denigrate russia with unsubstantiated accusations and thereby create a far fetched reason for introducing another tranche of sanctions against our country meanwhile the former chief is barred from speaking at the un security council about a controversial probe into an alleged chemical attack in syria 2 years ago. with britain chalking up europe's highest covert death toll on the country saying and usage of infections health ministers praise for the government's handling of the crisis is called into question. and send in the vice squad mike pence prepared to

trade blows in a televised debate just over a week after the chaotic presidential showdown between trump and biden. welcome to the international from moscow my name calling right 1st then russia has dismissed the findings of the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w which said another choke nerve agent was used to poison high profile kremlin critic alexina. until you're given documents materials samples material evidence we will consider all that surrounds this incident and 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 moscow says it's still awaiting any response to its repeated requests to germany das going to be allowed to cooperate in the investigation alexina fell severely ill on a domestic flight in russia in late august he received emergency treatment in the city of almost before later being airlifted to germany for specialist care and investigation there concluded he had been poisoned with nerve agent reporting from berlin has peter all of. 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. finding this as the foundation for allegations it's 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 we did preplan conspiracist scenario with the e.u. council set to meet next week to decide what their reaction to the europol will be of 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. . talking of ramifications france and germany have issued a joint statement saying that they're going to propose sanctions against key russian individuals later this week russia's foreign ministry is breaded that move acceptable adding that instead of cooperating on the case germany and france have now turned to threats and blackmail the o.p.c. w.'s in the spotlight for another reason as well the former head of the organization has been blocked from speaking to u.s. security council meeting kevin to discuss that with correspondent saskia taylor.

what seems an irony for the u.n. which is of course the organization it's all about putting together international voices about discussing difficult topics it has barred a former chief of the pope from speaking to the security council now we're talking about shows a post star and he's a brazilian to promote he was in fact the foster director 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 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 was tony 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 have painted of the atrocities of the syrian regime and the infidel ability of the o.p.c. w. but it is already clear to everyone that it has little to do with reality i am wondering if you understand 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 ruffle these for this you think well he was planning on discussing what numerous whistleblowers cool and cover up all of those events in duma now just 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 off to this a number of former employees came forward and they said we were part of this and.

stations 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 say most of the do it in focus he reports on the instant interim report and the final report was scientifically impoverished procedurally irregular and possibly fraudulent well let's hear exactly what was stanley said on all of that the serious questions are now being raised whether the independent impartiality and professionalism of some of the organisations 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 about the perceived obvious behavior in the do more investigation hearing what your own inspectors have to say would be an important 1st step in mending you're going to

see this is the major reputation for the story has previously paid the price for challenging official narratives and what was described by many as an offensive led by washington back in 2002 was dogged by allegations of mismanaging the w. it was already quite dramatic the u.s. representative in fact was booed and one of the sessions when he failed to provide documentary evidence to support that claim eventually though the u.s. prevailed he was removed from the post saying that he with his independent thought had angered a lot of people in washington that they wanted someone more specifically room aswad that his that he had somehow blocks the u.s. is tough stance on iraq while barring the story from speaking almost 2 decades after foreign him comes of course is the opposite of me is back in the spotlight is involved in this in tangled political saga regarding alexina vaal me with

allegations now that the o.p.c. w. is the. holding the information on his case many cynics would point out that now of course would not have been a good time for an insider like the starr me to reveal that in his and others experience evidence is not treated secretly within the o.p.c. w. and in fact sometimes it doesn't correlate even with reality russian military expert you go to colin believes that there are still many questions over hold the felony case what bit of news them 1st of all we still don't know the exact substance used no one told us about it unfortunately clearly mr ray's inhibitors come in a wide range of substances all nerve agents have them as well as some medication or substance from the group around the chemical weapon called the 2 different things the substance can be mildly toxic is toxic gas dye crew verse that we use in daily life to kill in 6 different there is for example

a cocktail of alcohol that can be ignited and then there is a molotov cocktail that can even set tanks on fire the to the same but quite different. i think the results could have been falsified we don't know who did was with the bottle it is possible the bottle had been substituted we don't know that and there is no proof reminds me of the fake stories like with white helmets in syria when some unknowns get bottles samples with so-called proof from the crime scenes and later it is found out they were collected someplace else. hospitals in england have recorded the highest daily covert admissions since early june it's adding pressure to a government already under fire over its response to the health crisis critics say the authorities have done nothing but so the seeds of covert confusion showed they had stashed the reports next from london. and considering the u.k. government's response to cave at 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 that 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 private confusion is still lingering in the guess 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 to one of the major problems that 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 off to rule these all around precedented times far to go back to all that no prime minister has ever fought before and not of 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 how to round 6 months to prepare the when carrot has been replaced with confusion can we government really expect people to for the rules when it doesn't seem to know them itself charge of a subsidy artsy london. or the moscow cove it's also continuing to make its presence felt now over the past 20 days infections have been steadily increasing again although they are down slightly today tuesday so more than 4000 new cases recorded by the authorities are growing increasingly concerned over the growing numbers of us no talk of a city wide lockdown yet wearing masks on public transport and in public places

continues to be mandatory and anyone over the age of 65 is advice to stay at home. i want it comes to vaccines russia's health minister says the mass rollout of the sputnik jab could start as early as this month he recently said the latest trial results had been encouraging russia's anti-monopoly service meanwhile says the price of the vaccine will be kept at $13.00 per dose a science writer we spoke to earlier says russia's attempt to combat the coronavirus look promising and i have been or. are. kept on. you. know it's the end of my own in. my view. which are the who are. who are well aware of. biology and how they. look. and acknowledge that

well more than one. are. there could be. moderate action against. him or scuffles have broken out into the veins between police and protesters who were angered at the israeli government's handling of the pandemic. and she's day hundreds gathered to denounce the latest covert restrictions the protesters have also demanded the resignation of prime minister benjamin netanyahu they claim he's using the virus as a distraction from his ongoing corruption trial is what some had to say. of course that is using this crisis in order to remain elusive to avoid the voyages try and we are afraid it is trying to. create.

a civil war between us please please let me didn't let me out so let me see who this is because these are. stealing our democracy he's in. any he's a king of the anger is very strong very strong it will not stop until he resigns or moved away. and we get rid of him for ever. this is a taste of plenty to update you on the huge no stream to gas pipeline has got itself a whopping pipe find after a long happy parish competition watchdog slaps a colossal penalty on the russian energy giant gazprom but explain that and here reaction in a few moments. join

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again there's been a huge explosion at a former russian military facility about 200 kilometers southeast of moscow last happened at an old military warehouse that stored at 75000 tons of ammunition rockets and artillery rounds at least 10 people have needed hospital treatment for injuries more than 2000 people have been evacuated from around a dozen nearby villages within 25 kilometers of the epicenter firefighters are still on the scene attempting to bring the situation under control and an investigation has been launched into the course of the incident. competition stokers stopped a massive fine on russia's state controlled gas giant gazprom and 5 other companies working on the huge north stream to pipeline project. i have made the decision to

issue the most serious maximal financial sanctions on the order to disband agreements by parties undertaking involvement in the building and financing of the north stream to gas pipeline. poland's anti-monopoly watchdog ruled that the gas pipeline is a risk to polish consumers and the european energy security if fined gazprom more than $7600000000.00 for not securing its approval 5 other energy companies sim from europe involved in financing the project were fined a total of $61000000000.00 the as competition commission expressed its surprise saying that it's rare to see antitrust fines of such a sides all those pain lie say they reject the decision gas process is going to appeal. this decision violates the principles of legality proportionality and fair trial the unprecedented size of the fine shows the desire to oppose the implementation of the stream 2 projects at all costs. you know stream 2 pipeline is in its final stages of construction right now and will double the amount of gas

russia supplies to europe via germany but poland along with the u.s. and baltic states a firmly against the project citing concerns about energy dependence on moscow also even suggested the germany gives an alternative which delivers gas from norway. if germany declares energy needs poland is open to it using the infrastructure that we are building for our own energy security is precisely because the project is nearly complete and total success so far that the united states intelligence services and the polish government i'm not trying their best and all need to stop this project they want to remain in the position that they are anyway and just that i'm a european nation western europe and germany as well as russia i don't think it is just an odd european law and the only reason for it poland's

national strategic interests not the interests of the european union or germany. to british born i still fight as alleged to have been members of a notorious execution gang known as the beatles have been flown to the u.s. to face trial the group's been linked to the kidnapping and killing of more than 20 hostages in syria and iraq several of the victims were filmed being beheaded with more on the case is kind of open. now we heard from the u.s. state department about the 2 individuals who are set to face charges and stand trial for their involvement with this new taurus isis cell now the individuals el shafeeq el shaikh as well as alexander mancow 10 a are facing some pretty serious charges take a listen to what was announced my message to other terrorists is this if you harm an american you will face the same fate as these men you will face american arms in

the batter of the battlefield and if you survive that you will face american justice in an american courtroom and the prospect of many years in an american prison now it's quite an interesting slew of charges facing the 2 members of the isis cell known as the beatles for their british accents now they face the charge of the hostage taking resulting in death conspiracy to commit hostage taking resulting in death as well as conspiracy to provide marriage material support to terrorists now if convicted on these charges they could face a life sentence now the terrorist cell was famous for its grisly beheading videos we all remember those horrendous beheading videos now the leader of this terrorist cell who is known as jihadi john he was killed in an air strike in 2015 now these 2 individuals were captured in january of 2018 at according to the u.s.

state department they had just arrived today in the united states to stand trial for their alleged crimes. the race for the white house continues later as democrats and republicans once again low colds this time though it will be a vice presidential scuffle with both trying to convince the public to back their bosses by trump who has done a quarter now reports some question if there's actually much difference between that's a potties. 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 his lies everybody knows he's a liar they'll never use the word smart with me they'll never use that word give me that because you know what there's nothing smart about you joe what do you she was an excuse well here's your number 2 you know he's putin's puppy you are a senator and the worst with resumes america is ever. to get any

word 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 for his racist fascist opponent but if you like trump only he can protect america's new greatness from his senile rifle 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 the difference between right and by early experience. you think. you're there and it was right. on the other here. different experience. for it has a near 0.03 just like those and those were the very ones. where you know i might have some issues like your party let me see has a post consistent framework that is going to. 6 bring you the.

right thing. here is the difference between. that many hard times can you be any. artist leader for. right. trying to hasn't been all that different from the obama. administration in which biden was the v.p. remember that wall trump wanted to build in 2016 as part of his popular promise for a new stance on immigration. in penetrable physical tall powerful beautiful southern border wall. isn't a 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 i'm proud 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 will begin to responsibly we broke to its people and forge a hard and peace in afghanistan. 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 trump 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 all know you will know when you got to what has to be done we can disagree in the margins but the truth of the matter is it's all within the wheel 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. i get malty news and programs by looking us up on you tube and other for me calling bright the rest of the team and thanks for choosing up the international. is you'll be via reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation

whole community. are you going the right way or are you being led so. direct. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. aura made in the shallows. what is wrong with us as american citizens and i hate to be bought off by souter and we have a bombastic wind bag and a bumbling fool yeah my 2nd wife. she can handle it. she and i divorced because the dollar trumps a little what the president and i voted for and she could stand for. i would be. a

republican is a truck i would move for anyone who is not an. has half a brain will defeat dumb troll. with the future. we've listed a month to go before the next presidential election how is the atmosphere in the us now one of the highest priority problems how will they vote won't should they do next just some of the questions we put to americans. by name a sorin paul from 42 years old and i'm speaking from my living room in my house and i could make marilyn. per 15 years i was a water treatment technician for tricon chemicals but that job and the couple

months ago there was a downturn in work. related to the 19 crisis and i was not able to retain employees they had let someone go and it was me. we are right now in the most important election. in our history that thrilled to be back in the granite state with the true hardworking american patriots last night it was my great honor to accept the republican nomination for president of the united states or the. donald trump yeah i might think i have watched his career since the 1980 s. he's kind of like a figure from pop culture who rose up to become president the united states and you know i mire what he's done i think the hotel business is an honorable business.