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questions of evidence moscow costs over the water bottle said to prove kremlin critic alexina valmy was poisoned with. fighting intensifies between armenia and azerbaijan locals are caught in the crossfire and forced to flee for their lives. so as beat the record at the finish there's a pretty senior fellow who. has been almost 30 years i still see the image of milan in front of my eyes. the return of restrictions berlin becomes the latest major city to reintroduce measures to combat covert infections. and u.s. vice presidential hopefuls couple harrison mike pence slug it out in their 1st and only t.v. election debate but it was a high flying gate crasher who stole the headlines.
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says dave bing a date song called in moscow with you news headlines and reaction for the stories we're covering for you this 1st russia's cost major doubts over the evidence the west claims it has the proof kremlin critic alexina valley was poisoned with an overt nerve agent has aided previously said she'd taken a suspect water bottle from his hotel room to germany where it was then tested but moscow now claims that it never left the country with more details here. but the saga involving russian opposition activists out of me has become even more time gold an ongoing investigation led by local russian authorities have conducted so far on 200 interviews trying to get to the bottom of what happened on that plane from siberia to moscow has brought a new ton crucially the findings cause doubt over 80. of evidence believe it or not
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a bottle of water that is thought to contain traces of not the child and which apparently led to the conclusion that if annie had indeed been poisoned by the nerve agent now this was a much talked about bottle in the media and it was initially thought that had been smuggled in by one of these companions a certain marine up check this is something that she herself claimed in an interview but russian authorities say that that is not in fact true let's hear from them during the preflight security check of maria pay of checotah michio the airport novosibirsk there was no contain is of more than $100.00 milliliters in volume in her suitcase and backpack including any bottles of water after the check marie appeared chick purchased a $500.00 milliliter bottle of water from an aside vending machine with which she flew to the city of now this seriously challenges the claims made by members of the anti corruption fund set up by nevada who say that as soon as they found out she'd been hospitalized they were turned to the hotel room in which you've been staying
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and raided it for anything suspicious in fact they posted a video on instagram showing them apparently locating this bottle of water up with not the chalk though many have since questions how it's possible they were able to so casually handle an object with a deadly nerve agent another revelation from the russian investigation concerns the airport which plane made an emergency landing this is in siberia now the pilot says he put in a request for an emergency landing at 8 25 in the morning and 5 minutes later received a message warning of a potential bomb scare this for a short period triggered some worries about whether they would in fact be able to land the plane now this is what russian authorities had to say on that given the appearance in the media of a bomb hoax at the airport to prevent the emergency landing of the plane carrying around the investigators are working as additional versions of what happened it has been found that the anonymous message was sent through a server located on the terror. tree of germany germany of course has featured
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heavily in the fall news story just a quick reminder it was to a 1000000000 clinic that it was late to sent and father treated it was also in a german the tree that allegedly those traces of the system found in the meantime moscow continues to ask for thought the information to aid its investigation into that and has sent around 6 requests to germany france and sweden all these developments come as the diplomatic fallout from the story wasn't only on wednesday we heard that germany and france were plotting all proposing new additional sanctions on russia they encouraged the european community to join them that will be formally discussed next week russia has responded by saying that such language is just not conducive to international cooperation which is something that it said that it's wanted from the very beginning it also added that no matter what happens from now it will simply not be possible to return to business as usual. mr unfortunately instead of working together to establish the truth of the facts of
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what happened to the russian citizens paris and berlin have preferred to politicize the case turn to france and like my own world the use of international platforms we consider this behavior irresponsible and unacceptable so a lot of new information coming in raising some serious questions including in fact whether in fact even what corruption fund there has been some dispute about that so it's all really quite modeled and will certainly wait to see how it all plays out of russia analyst martin mccauley believes it'll be hard for france and germany to drop their accusations despite the new evidence. i was really going to this situation everything becomes more world complex more difficult to disentangle so therefore these statements by the russian minister and you are a very interesting. berlin and paris were to take into consideration when we look to wait and see whether there's a right. we can really go ahead with what we have planned no we are absolutely convinced that the russian goes once more with level of research once well but now
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it's possible there's a doubt this is there's a doubt about all that evidence and so on may imply cold dark. trying to impose sanctions but they reached a very very sees that you really believe in not through good riddance. it probably wasn't like the response would erosion of. a lot. in dissuade them from the world of you. 2 russian journalists have been injured after a cathedral was shelled in the in the corner karabakh region according to the armenian foreign ministry it comes as the raging territorial conflict between azerbaijan and armenia is taking its toll on civilians caught in the middle fighting has been intensifying both sides for at least the latest combat footage regional officials say half of the corner cutbacks residents have now fled. visited one town on the border which has become temporary home to armenian refugees.
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the latest escalation in the wool over nagorno-karabakh has now stretched far beyond the front lines neat sleepy villages then towns on the home front some populated only by cattle shepherds and farmers have been battered by artillery fire and drone strikes. during. jury the week that we roamed around nagorno-karabakh we witnessed an egg. siddhis of children women and the elderly the flow of refugees was growing exponentially by the day we're in the town of gori it's in armenia but only about 20 minutes away or so from the border with the disputed region in fact it's the closest town to nagorno-karabakh and the 1st refuge for those who decided to flee the bombs mariette move to stop on occurred to the capital of nagorno karabakh more than 30
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years ago she remembers the horrors of every war of every escalation since the late eighty's this latest one has forced her her daughters grandchildren and even great grandchildren to flee step on a cat here for you we're here for you. but are they afraid of that. horse to let you know lucia. coletti. does all this most is out of life it just gets no mushrooming him or what but i am put. in british. fish form support the killer method of the new pressure to perform up i say that they've been there for the summer a few jews who come to the coordination center bear will emerge from the bomb is this man hasn't had any food for 3 days most people here have no where to go so buses take them to the capital you have on their complete strangers will invite
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them in their homes in a gesture of beauty within the nation here in glorious is mostly those who don't plan on staying away from home for too long where chapel shifting. the burden might put so as beat the bills at the position as a condition of with the love we must whereas the. basis of their most intimate. truth is. mariette can't hold back the tears so we have to stop the interview as hotels are packed with refuse. these locals are doing the best they can to lift at least some of the misery from their shoulders that. we provide rooms and 3 meals a day for free and also invite doctors to provide medical care you know we have more than 200 refugees in the hotel and as far as i know there is no room in the other hotels waiting patiently to go back refugees here are glued to the t.v.
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in the canteen watching the latest news from the war torn region some still have family and friends who refuse to leave nagorno-karabakh and everyone is desperate to be reunited and we don't have reporting from army was bored with. the fighting is an idea limited to the contested zone several towns in azerbaijani controlled territory have been hit according to the government as aerial sources claim a number of civilian settlements were shelled on tuesday we spoke to some azeri refugees who've seen all this before when the 1st conflict erupted some 3 decades ago. i am originally from and lost our house and became homeless so we arrived here i'm not completely new it could have been even worse somehow we managed to make a living here matter what happens it is always better to have your own land if there is a necessity i agree to go to from by myself i grew to sacrifice myself for my land
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in the heart of this the vice president and all of them help it is better to return to your homeland it has been almost 30 years i still see the image of my land in front of my eyes i see my house grieves over our beloved martyrs it was suffering to call me here did i personally write at that time my parents were no longer alive and there were 6 of us truthers and sisters this is this is this is how it should be right here in laying scene they too free back in adam we had quite a good leave in conditioner supposed to last that in the days i faced challenges leaving here. yes if you look at my lead in conditions my heart is breaking when i see what is going on at the front lines but i am waiting to see our land occupied and expecting our houses to be rebuilt and last resort of the returning that is what i am waiting for from this process and care about nothing more just our ad.
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i am grateful to our president i would show us all to strive to liberate our lands well largely for this perspective jan's i was the largest provider to banish and ills but i'm still used all my life fantasizing grandsons 7 army my only desire is to go to the villages of my car my job. shouldn't. elin has become the latest major european city to see a return of some lockdown measures after it recorded one of its biggest daily covert spikes since the pandemic began peter oliver is in the german capital. strict coronavirus measures are coming back to berlin from this saturday until at least the end of the month old bars restaurants local shops or any other business that would be open late at night will have to shut their doors at 11 pm until 6 in the morning. covert cases are rising in germany at the fastest pace since mid april as europe struggles with
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a new wave of infection the health minister says the new rules a needed because people and not taking the virus seriously it isn't a programme with a lack of rules it is more a question of where certain rules are enforced and i think there is room for improvement in our beautiful capital city the chancellor has warned 'd that with winter on the way things may be about to get tough if you loaned him the money we learned a lot and did well throughout the summer but we know that more difficult 'd times are ahead of us namely in the autumn and winter. once and we see a gradual increase especially in densely populated areas we have a no this rise in the numbers of infections this is of course a reason to be concerned but we also know how to position ourselves to woods it sit in the ashes but there is a small book dedicated group of germans that don't agree with the chancellor and being out on the streets to vent their upset at corona restrictions.
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was of the parts of germany a keeping a close eye on the infection rate in lynn and on cane on visitors from the capital spreading the virus to them i fear that berlin is on the edge of losing control we definitely don't want to have a situation like in madrid we don't want a situation like in paris where there has to be a complete lockdown where public life has to be reset to 0 elsewhere in europe brussels has announced bars and restaurants will close as the belgian capital is riddled with corona $27.00 people tested in brussels returns a positive result the virus is everywhere in the region there is not a single municipality in brussels which is below the national average posts where restrictions of course in place there's also pushback from some sections of society
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from conspiracy theorists who think the virus is a hoax to those tyra finite that the measures to stop it spread it will cost them their jobs even more. with. while berlin braces for what may well be a wind wave of covert germany. the whole remains one of only 4 european nations knocked described by the european center for disease prevention and control as being at a crucial rate of infection for now at least peter all of a c. well after months of living in the shadow of the virus it seems tempers are increasingly becoming frayed over the restrictions a fight broke out between passengers on a plane in the u.s.
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over the wearing of a face mask. the incident started as an argument between a flight attendant and a passenger who was only wearing a face shield and while they can be worn on board in addition to masks they can't be gased as an alternative to them when the incident spiraled out of control security were cold and the passenger removed a partridge has been looking at how measures to keep people safe during the health crisis and now causing frustration. they launched there were positive reports of how people around the world were dealing with the coronavirus slowdown the italians were singing. the spanish were john saying. he. and the british were giving weekly rounds of applause to the national health service.
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fost forward 7 months and the world seems to be going stir crazy frustrations at the ongoing restrictions economic uncertainty congress surging infection rates have driven some tempers to boiling point and the focus for this is off to those who don't wear mosques. the fall season which i don't think is ok. with her about. her. not. that i think. you got while government struggled to contain the virus new hardships have inflamed old tensions in this instance 2 passengers on the u.k. bus bubbly and physically abuse and apparently asian teenage girl for not covering her face. was.
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very different i have told her. the mosque has become a synonymous with the pandemic both as a symbol of protection and also a restriction science supports using the research shows they cut down the chances of transmitting and catching coronavirus and could reduce the severity of any infections but for some not wearing mosque means freedom from state intervention that seen few countries. get the virus under control with more than a 1000000 dead worldwide protesters across the globe saying what's the point and with almost a year gone since the virus 1st hit the headlines and no end to the crisis in sight it's this symptom of pandemic fatigue which has led the world health organization to warn it's threatening the country's ability to defeat covert 19. in such circumstances it's easy and natural to feel apathetic and be motivated to
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experience fatigue we can see not surprisingly that fatigue among those surveyed is increasing it is now estimated to have reached over 60 percent in some cases winter is approaching with its associated colds and flu and the expense of christmas and other religious celebrations a time of joy but also stress this year's festive season could yet prove to be educated if governments fail to effectively lead societies against an invisible enemy which threatens to divide as well as conquer hate partridge r.t. love the. place of the next u.s. presidential debate hangs in the balance donald trump refusing to take power so after it was announced that his battle with biden will be held remotely itself the president called covert last we could spend 4 days in a hospital the debate had been jewed to take place in miami on october the 15th here's how trump explained his decision. you're saying you're not going to participate and no i'm not going to waste my time in
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a virtual debate that's not what debating is all about you sit behind a computer and do a debate it's ridiculous and then they cut you off whenever they want. while that may not be a 2nd presidential debate the 1st and only vice presidential encounter was held on wednesday night comedy harrison mike pence spot for 90 minutes on coulter went over the highlights with kevin we can't expect regular americans to be knowledgeable about all these different vast policy areas even the politicians themselves don't really know all the details of these different policy areas i don't think it's true that the american people are unable to understand the issues i think that the issues are intentionally obfuscated in a way to make sure that the average american cannot wait on them perhaps a different format where you have maybe 3 or 4 broad categories that allow for the debaters to get into. those categories might be important was there a winner who won this debate. well i don't know if there was
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a winner or not and i tend to agree that you know a lot of these questions are really not areas of substantive discussion i think we really can't expect them to get into the details of any kind of particular policies and that they're really not trying to do that they're trying to have some presidential election either changing its course all reinforcing their quietly inevitable this october president some in long time skeptic of the very length of the covert 1000 pandemic just one week ago became a victim himself and goes to motley helicoptered from the white house.
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