nothing but an excuse for sanctions russia reacts to news that the global chemical weapons watchdog has confirmed germany's findings but the prominent kremlin critic alexina was poisoned with. 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. meanwhile the former a p c w 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 talking of europe's highest covert death toll in the country saying a new surge of infections health ministers praise for the government's handling of the crisis is called into question. and send in the vice squad camel harrison mike

pence prepared to trade blows in a televised debate just over a week after the chaotic presidential showdown. over live from moscow this is international it's just turned midnight here it's now thursday the 8th of october welcome to world news 1st russia has dismissed the findings of the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w which said nerve agent was used to poison high profile kremlin critic alexina valmy. 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 moscow says it still awaiting any response to its repeated requests to germany asking to be allowed to cooperate in the investigation alexina valmy fell severely along with the best. rusher in late august he received emergency treatment in the city of arms before later being airlifted to germany for specialist care and investigation there concluded that he had been poisoned with a nerve agent reporting from berlin his peter oliver. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has published its findings from samples they tested from alexei navalny the results 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 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 we did preplan conspiracy scenario with the e.u. council set to meet next week to decide what their reaction to the novell new europol 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. early talking of ramifications france and germany have issued a joint statement saying bell proposed sanctions against russian individuals later this week russia's foreign ministry branded the move unacceptable adding that instead of cooperating on the case germany and france have now turned to threats and blackmail. o.p.c. w.'s in the spotlight for another reason as well a former head of the organization has been blocked from speaking at a u.n.

security council meeting kevin owen discussed that with correspondents ask you taylor. what seems an irony for the us which is of course an organization of thought 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 me he's a president and diplomatic he was in fact before us to write to general of the chemical weapons what between 97 and 2002 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 it 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 the shoe thing when 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 the eyes of 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 forward and they said we were part of this in. 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 duty and focus he reports on the incident the interim report in the final report was scientifically impoverished procedurally regular 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 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 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 going to reputation more bustani has previously paid the price for challenging official narratives and what was described by many as an offensive led by washington back in 2002 percent on he 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 rumors swirled 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 as the a.p.c. 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 were. holding key 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 star me to reveal that in his i mean all this experience i didn't is not treated secretly within the c.w. and in fact sometimes it doesn't correlate even with reality of russian military expert if you go to kill it believes there are still many questions over the whole of the case. first of all we still don't know the exact substance used no one told us about it unfortunately kelly 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 and the chemical weapon called are 2 different things the substance can be mildly toxic is toxic gases die cruel voice that we use in daily life to kill in 6 months the difference there is for example

a cocktail of alcohol that can be ignited and then there is a molotov cocktail they 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 the 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 admission since early june it's adding pressure to a government already under fire over it response to the health crisis critics say the authorities have done nothing but so the seeds of covert confusion already had stashed the reports next from london. and considering the u.k. government's response to cave at 1930 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 a 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 a failure i think it will be like the lympics that's when it's all over and we look back and reflect we will actually be extremely proud of ourselves some people might think oh. 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 they're still spreading thousands of people blissfully unaware that they've been exposed. potentially spreading this deadly virus a time when 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 covered confusion is still lingering in the again with mixed messages coming from the power. 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 accuse 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 off to rule these all our own president to times far to go back to all that no prime

minister has ever fought before a lot of months of economic paralysis boris johnson began to i'm not the lockdown 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 and the government really expect people to for the rules when it doesn't seem to know them itself to address the artsy lunches. here in moscow cove it's also continuing to make its presence felt over the past 20 days infections have been steadily increasing again tuesday a storm of 4000 new cases log of the worst slightly down by wednesday your thoughts

as a growing increasingly concerned over the growing numbers or there's no talk of a city wide lockdown yet wearing masks on public transport today in public places continues to be mandatory and everyone over the age of 65 is being advised to stay at home. when it comes to vaccines russia's health minister says the mass rollout of the sputnik v. jab could start as early as this month he recently said the latest trial results have been encouraging russia's antimonopoly service meanwhile says the price of the vaccine will be capped at $13.00 per dose a science writer that we spoke to earlier says russia's attempt to combat the corona virus looks promising expert i have been or my. they are. about the attack on. the end of my neck. which only. cause. own. ideas are well aware.

i don't know why the biology and how they. look exactly and the back knowledge i heard them with more than one. are convinced. that the could be. moderate action again for not viable. meanwhile scuffles have broken out in tel aviv between police and protesters who are angered at the israeli government's handling of the pandemic. on tuesday hundreds gathered to denounce the latest covert restrictions to protest as also demanded the resignation of prime minister benjamin netanyahu they claim he's using the virus as a distraction from his ongoing corruption trial here's what some had to say. of course the 3000 crisis in order to remain elusive to avoid the

2 voyages try and we are afraid it is trying to. create. a civil war between us 1st to make like we did it that now will peace it will be because the. stealing our democracy he's a thief any he's a king and 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 the way the huge north stream to gas pipeline has got itself a whopping pipe find after an unhappy polish competition watchdog slaps a colossal penalty on the russian energy giant gazprom but explain what that's about and here reaction in a few moments. it

remains unclear who will be the occupant of the white house this gen yuri. predicted is the state of the economy or tens of millions of citizens it appears what is called the case recovery is permanently dividing the country and the house . and you have. this seems to be acceptable for those who are the hounds.

welcome back there's been a huge explosion of the former russian military facility about 200 kilometers southeast of moscow the blast happened at an old military warehouse that stored 75000 tons of ammunition rockets and artillery rounds at least 10 people who needed hospital treatment for injuries all the 2000 have been evacuated from nearby villages within 25 kilometers of the epicenter firefighters are still on the scene attempting to bring the situation under control and an investigation is being launched into the calls of the incident. next poland's competition watchdog has slapped a massive fine on russia's state controlled gas giant gazprom and also 5 other

companies working on the huge nord 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 anti-monopoly watched over ruled that the gas pipeline is a risk to polish consumers and european energy security it find gas problem more than $7600000000.00 for not securing its approval 5 other european energy companies involved in financing the project will find a total of $61000000000.00 the competition commission expressed it surprise saying that it's rare to see antitrust fines of such a size all those penalized say they'll reject the decision gazprom says it's 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 the north stream 2 pipelines in its final stages of construction to it will double the amount of gas russia supplies to europe via germany poland along with the united states and baltic states are firmly against the prague. citing concerns about energy dependence on moscow also even suggested germany gives his no target save 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 in where they can't just let my 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 eisel fights 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 an 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 shaikh as well as alexander amman côté 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 or 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 next u.s. election t.v. debate gets going in a few hours this time though it's come a harris and mike pence preparing to clash in the vice presidential session as the latest effort to convince voters to back either the democrats or republicans in the races of the white house was done a quarter of poll some question if there's actually much difference between the 2 parties. name. i'm 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 don't ever use the word smart with me though never use that word give me that because you know what there's nothing smart about you joe what do you she is an

excuse for her so you are number 2 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 from 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 you know my early experience don't you think because there are far enough away. from the other. government experience. to it for it has a near 0 or 0 so you're just going to work as one. where you know i might have

something very close to your heart let me see has a post consistent framework for you 6. thank you. very very. clear is the difference between right that the our chinese community isn't the. obvious leader for. right. hasn't been 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. the penetrable. tall powerful beautiful southern border wall. isn't a morality it's not who we are is

a nation racist 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 we're going to responsibly we brought to its people and failed to harden 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 will got 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 now you're up to date news updated around the clock online with alerts on your favorite social network of choice for now that from a column right thanks for watching i'll be back to you again in just over half an hour up to see the. small class. american citizen paid to blast off.

and i think. i would vote for a republican i would vote for anyone not you and ask. the future. second wife. she can handle a. divorce because trouble is what the president and i floated for him and she can live. for election. in our history list of the months to go before the next presidential election is the atmosphere in the us now i. want to the highest priority programs. trip they do next. just some of the questions we plan to feel really america.

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle it remains unclear who will be the occupant in the white house this january what can be easily predicted is the state of the economy where tens of millions of citizens it appears what is called the case shaped recovery is permanently dividing the country and the haves and have nots and this seems to be acceptable for those who are the house.

to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest michael hudson in new york he is a professor of economics at the university of missouri kansas city and author of through give them their debts and in bangkok we're joined by steve keen he's a crowdfunding professor of economics on a tree on as well as a distinguished research fellow of the institute for strategy resilience and security of university college london gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok let me go to michael in new york you know this just term the new normal is bandied about and what really worries me is that the people that use the new normal where it's a normal that is beneficial to them ok and they're not particularly concerned about it ok because i hear more.