breaking news on our. show. the. people of a church in nice investigation. any involvement. my son does not do such things. i want the truth he shows good people we stand against terrorism also ahead on the program the british prime minister. says.

the basic message is the. protect. and save lives. and shoulder. start of 7 james. we get some unique insights into. everything every training in from across the world today welcome to moscow and to our 2 international my names you know neal good to have your company. we start with breaking news from the french city of leone a greek orthodox priest who has been shot and injured are inside his church the

gunman fled the scene in a large scale manhunt is now under way and that's cool live to our correspondent in from charlotte dubin ski charlotte you're speaking from a country already all know a judge course this gun attack in the middle of the day on a priest can you tell us what more is in the. yes well we know that this orthodox greek orthodox priest is aged 52 years old he's been named by the greek government as being nicholas. very lucky this we understand that he was closing up the greek orthodox church in the 7000 east want in on at about 4 pm local time when he was approached by what he described as being a man of 1.9 meters tools that's about 6 foot $26.00 foot 3 who was of mediterranean appearance and was wearing a black trench raincoat and a black hat and appeared to have

a sawed off shotgun that shotgun was then used to shoot the priest in the stand he was hit in the stomach by at least one of the rounds and he said to be in this serious condition in the hospital he was those stretchered away from the site by medics who treated him and was able to give that description to the police now we understand that and man has been apprehended we don't know that this is the perpetrator but the mare of leon has been talking about this on his twitter feed as well thanking the police for their rapid wook this evening in the end so it does appear that one person has been arrested in relation to this attack on the orthodox priest we understand that that person was found in the 3rd hour on the small devean which is just to the north of where this attack took place and that the individual who has no fixed abode was inside a shop let's take a listen to what i witness is good and saw around the time that this incident

unfolded. what i live in the area and i heard gunshots but a 1st i thought it was 4 years but we didn't take it seriously and then i saw the moderate lines the roadblocks and the police and i realized that it was serious but there is a church here and the priest was 47 years old was shot while. i lived nearby i was watching t.v. at home and suddenly i heard something like hammer blows some big booming noises so i thought it might be kids playing outside i decided to figure out what was going on that i heard someone screaming when i went downstairs i saw the police and realized what was happening unfortunately this time it's in what's going to happen next that's what we are now asking ourselves. well crisis unit has been opened by the country's tyria minister he held

a meeting with the french prime minister to discuss this and we do know that an investigation has been opened into an attempted assassination an assassination of that orthodox priest however i would just like to know that this has not been taken over by the anti terror prosecution here in france that suggests that they don't think that this has a link to terrorism but of course this is still a developing story and we are trying to find out as much information about it as we possibly can but it does come at a particularly sensitive time for france we saw in the last few days the security the threat level raised in france to maximum following a horrific attack that saw 3 people brutally murdered in the southern city of nice let's just to have a remind there what unfolded there. but

in this new tragedy today you see victims of islamofascism repeatedly denounced. returned. after the siren of the farm and the police arrived quickly just really with. everything that followed then they set up a security decision i went down with my scooter and i saw the guy come in and take refuge in the cathedral afterwards i heard a lot of gunshots. well

that attack in nice was described by president back on as being an islam most terror attack in the wake of that not only was the threat level increased to the maximum level here in france but also the president said he was deploying an extra $4000.00 personnel to operation sentinel this is the operation that was set up in the wake of the terror attacks that took place back in 2015 with the idea of protecting particularly religious buildings and schools and that's because there was a threat here in the week from a press agency close to the terror network al qaeda that specifically mentioned the ability or the desire to attack christian symbols it also comes as france is about to celebrate all saints' day on sunday which is a major religious festival here now as i mentioned increased security around churches and around schools the french prime minister also saying that french people could count on the nation to be able to practice their religion in safety

but the reality is france has tens of thousands of churches i was just looking at the figures recently and it's 45000 approximately catholic churches that doesn't include all the docks churches and other churches as well so pretty impossible to have security every religious site in france but to bring you the latest on what's happening in the you're not the moment we don't know that those 2 events leon and nice are connected in any we're told but we understand that a suspect has been apprehended by the police was apprehended in an eatery a combat shop not far from where the shooting took place of an orthodox priest the priest is said to be in a critical condition in hospital and he's been named by the greek government as being nicholas of their lack of us. sure thanks very much for taking us through all the very latest developments from france with sean devinsky. i also spoke

a little earlier to political analyst nicholas mirka who is in leo and he believes the french player. parishioners as well can't rely on the government to keep them safe if the government doesn't know how to handle this situation this is nothing new there are 10 more 10 times more attacks against christian symbols in france than there are going to muslims for example not all the more attacks against persons but their acts against chapels are going to churches that this is something which is not new athletes before tonight's incident were already organizing and this is the 1st time i see this their own self-defense groups there are pieces there are obvious as i said before iran if you want to know the towns of france where active christian statements or how of the government just doesn't do anything and then all of a sudden we've got these murders that we've got this tax the fuel definitely about it communication is a catastrophe it is totally not there at all and there is i think that is the major

issue in the muslim community those who of course don't agree with the stealings the shootings these attacks have to voice their concern and they have to be more visible and of course the shooting in leon comes just 2 days after a knife attack a nice in which 3 people were killed a 3rd man has not been arrested by french counterterrorism officers on suspicion of links to the perpetrator french prosecutors are trying to establish whether the suspected killer was in contact with extremist islamic groups his family in tunisia have also come under scrutiny they deny any involvement in the murders. how do you get them i started crying when he told me that he traveled to france and i asked him about what drove him to go and he doesn't speak the language or even know anyone there i asked his brothers to call him and his phone was switched off and we tried to call him repeatedly but his phone was switched off until the day came when suddenly we were raided by the police we were all taken for interrogation we do

know what happened i lost my son and i lost my life and i demand in this to geisha about who stands behind this incident and i want to know who recruited my son my son does not do such things he can't even harm a chicken i want the truth and. we are his cousins we are enormously shocked we are good people we stand against terrorism and we denounce what happened once and what we know about him is that he is a more room well raised person and we do not believe that he has suspicious connections and this is. the person being spoken about is the main suspect in the attack and has been identified as a 21 year old tune is he an migrant he was not previously known to french intelligence he arrived in europe we do know last month via italy where he claimed to be a refugee however there he was served an expulsion notice and soon dropped off the authorities read our terror struck very southern friend sitting in the early hours

of thursday when a man wielding a knife attack then killed 3 churchgoers at the north basilica came just 2 weeks after the beheading of a teacher in part us who had shown his class caricatures of the prophet muhammad we spoke with a priest who is inside the basilica in least when the horror there unfolded. was it i was in that church of the time of the attack it was almost 9 am i get a call from the police and was told that the terror attack has been committed in the nurture number zillah close down your church they said a few minutes later they called again saying that 2 people had been killed and fortunately later it was revealed that another person had died it all happened so quickly and on the will i regret to say this but 1st and foremost i feel anger it is not very holy of the security forces issued a warning and tuesday by the threat of terror attacks being high so we all knew about that before the attack but no checks have been make the intelligence services

haven't done enough people have died that's why i am angry. i feel confused it's unfair because christians and their feet they have nothing to do with this what people don't know is that charlie hebdo has made more caricatures about christians and catholics than muslims the problem is not that these people are muslim the problem is that these people who commit these crimes are fanatics that is why it's so dramatic. if. england is about to enter a 2nd locked on the british prime minister boris johnson making the other night spent around an hour ago after a recent surge in covert cases. we've got to be humble in the face of nature and in this country alas as across much of europe the virus is spreading even faster than the reasonable worst case scenario of our scientific

advisors and so now is the time to take action because there is no alternative route from thursday until the start of december you must stay at home you may only leave home for specific reasons we're not going back to the full scale locked eyes of march and april the measures that i've outlined the less prove it even less restrictive but i'm afraid from thursday. the basic message is. still protect the n.h.s. and save lives. the new rules take effect on thursday and will last until the 2nd of december all non-essential shops will close along with entertainment venues restaurants on pubs people will be required to work from home wherever possible however schools colleges and universities will be allowed to stay open travel within the country is discouraged and overseas travel will be banned except for

essential business trips since the start of the pandemic the u.k. has registered more than a 1000000 coping $1000.00 cases $46000.00 deaths is the highest total in europe and over the past week the u.k.'s daily infection rate has exceeded 20 thaws and that's compared to 4 or $5000.00 a day during the peak of the 1st wave in spring restrictions had already been rolled out in mid october with locked in several regions but they were mats with strong public resistance. get some reaction to this from. a political commentator speaking to us from the u.k. on 3 some drastic new measures from the british government do you think they know what they're doing. well i think i can fake it that's not completely unnecessary very focus on over a 1000000 cases that's what my case is i mean basically cases are people who didn't

pass it it doesn't reimburse or so here we better not service the i don't know the total well the bureaucracy will not see to go into hospital so it's a whole scenario here and of course we don't know why we are all cases because he had his one of the highest testing nations in the world so it's quite obvious that we were testing need to do the whole lot there are several cases your gas you have to admire for the vast majority of the. the citizens of she only exists and so even less than one would tend to the flu for the small minority people who. are seriously affected by carry time seating which will empower people who got create existing conditions who are people who generally oak a certain city so suit shut down the nation for such small percentage is is absolute lunacy to be on its own especially lunacy when

you look at the fact that thousands of doctors and scientists signed what was called the grants berenson decoration which is the limits of the prime minister and 8 day for i know it's had incidents focused perception in which is a better way forward for a lot of the country denson ball and the disadvantages of the switch last ounce had of the chemicals we have. and i usually talk a little bit about enforcement because it's an issue isn't it bit one of the new rules for instance people are allowed to meet one other person nightside their household provided they me tight doors how can the government actually enforce that well when they can sit and talk certainly it's it's all ludicrous. basically having options so the public to do you listen to those are your own

grounds very much of the u.k. now hope based on the actor transfer that the government doesn't go off the consensus of citizens to take these actions and you can see that those a number of for proceedings against the government should do a darn well americans because these proposals will be these regulations are basically just from hertz and the only way the public couldn't do with that moves are actually not consensus on the news is it disaster for the perceived up there disaster that the british economy just below it is on me that the timing couldn't be worse than think of it you've got the national debt skyrocketing the prospect of a new deal brags that maybe it's good maybe it's bad we don't know yet in a couple of months what bad could this be for the economy. yes well i think you've hit the nail on the head here be curious we even before this locked out and really

that's carl's how up out of the situation was and how much more injects we've become and now are certainly are we going to become even more to it speed because the government can somehow a halt to another months which the taxpayer will have to pay for the young people of this country rights of people who are not sure. what will they do or be joints going to shoot all these measures are destroying the back room of the economy the small this is a real i'm not i think that's high risk now come up we're going to stand up and say no we don't can sense it. all the less it should be equal for all of our i believe b.b. the more objections who can talk of the various locked out and explosions which are against locked down getting into some people with national alliance.

really making sure all these a lot of measures are start to natural house because it's quite clear lockdown hasn't worked out well and also that there was a huge pushback from the likes of liverpool and manchester was in there against those local lockdowns so you expect the government to have a fight in their hands with this nationwide in england. well yes with the station well i think it is a gay beat chris because there are big aspart country where there's no trouble it's full and. the whole thing is disasters where all the government should be jail is the best slowly in the health the beautiful to people in the country making sure we can all have our own suit mr lindsey and see collodion so will her only offer to sweetly even any people have to pay for their prescriptions or to bury its potency we need to invest food so people can be very healthily and the governments

put absolutely nothing into that here 1000000000 was eating soup nazi in the search been in his suits are trying to trace which quite frankly is all pointless speeches and the end of it so you look at other countries which do a lot of less truck trace some of the most successful countries there's one to list the countries which another done law down it's those firearms which is thoughts. and northwind stray jeffrey per 1000000 from baton rouge the case of $694.00 rape even if you look at sweden sweden's figures figures are on route below the accountants with not having a lot to hand so not what towns just don't work here. and play it thank you very much for your time and your thoughts this saturday always good to have you on the

program anthony weber political commentary speaking to us from leicester in the u k. before the prime minister's announcement police chiefs had called in the public to inform on anyone violating those anti pandemic rules they even threatened to break up christmas family gatherings if more than half a dozen people were in attendance and britons are getting ever more angry as the holiday season here is here. as covert cases around europe authorities looking for ways to stem the tide and some of the measures are pretty drastic here in the u.k. police in some areas of threats and to raid family christmas dinners if they feel people are breaking the rules the grinch himself would approve. if we think there's large groups of people gathering with the shouldn't be the police will have to intervene the idea of police dragging grandma away in handcuffs might seem farfetched but some taking any chances and of getting creative in finding loopholes one innovative britain says he's beaten the restrictions on private gatherings and

that only cost him 6 pounds by creating a company and listing family members a stuff some police chiefs to have other ideas and smashing your doors down while you watch the only fools and horses christmas special including informing on neighbors who are breaking the rules leading to fears of a so-called snitch culture being encouraged we also people in london for their thoughts on a possible christmas crackdown but i'm sure we're not the only nation with these measures but the fact of the matter is i will not accept eyes on constitutional and if i come kicking my door in that we get kicked back into the story if police force went to come and try and break up the celebration and to get the names it just loses a lot of that whole element in london a family immunity to visit against the regulation and its will to keep the covert numbers down then what choice do we have that going to get clear guidance in what we are exactly allowed to do and not to do i think probably the government could be flexible for one. because otherwise people just go to the months of being miserable

person in germany to health authorities have been calling on security forces to go into people's homes to check whether rules are being followed. we are in the sea that could be worse than in spring the inviolability of the public must know the libyan argument for lack of control if true to the british means in apartments and houses in danger public health and safety the authorities must be able to intervene course off of the court of public opinion on twitter tried walking his comments back breaking up parties but also be on the canadian cops to do list in quebec officers are authorized to demand proof of residency and homeowners or tenants refuse entry they'll be able to obtain warrants false the through a new virtual system while the new york police work use of invading a private home when saw getting a jewish family during the crackdown and gatherings of more than 10 people but we have a complaint about a vehicle parked in the front there looking over 10 people in the crowd. now it's

an issue where you are the police officer you almost you know the rules. tell me that it's ok and beyond the immediate concerns of violated privacy invaded homes and lost civil liberties there's always the question of what happens when this is all over once your freedoms have been surrendered not always easy to get them back . scotland's greatest film star sean connery has passed away at the age of 90 and we've been hearing from a close friend of his stay with us for that story. what a wonderful trip this is ben. dollar 11. for we told you the 5 it was going to compete was called to take over the world who

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we start back in poland where tens of thousands of people flooded the capital on friday night protest against the top court's ruling to ban almost all abortions have been ongoing for over a week but this was the largest rally yet seen in warsaw clashes broke out when the crowd was met by a nationalist country protest. the constitutional tribunals decision not laws abortions on the grounds of fetal defects which were the reason for 98 percent of terminations last year however abortions due to rape or incest are still legal the national prosecutor earlier

threatened criminal charges against those organizing the protest movement citing risks posed by the pandemic but protesters are ignoring them or. the time to reach a compromise has passed women have seen their rights taken away and now they want them back and one more writes i am devastated i'm going to demonstrate as long as there is no new law or referendum the best solution would be early elections. we are in the middle of a pandemic this shows how much emotion is involved that we feel this is the time to come out in force seriously. legend of the screen sean connery has passed away at the age of 90 the man widely described as the definitive bond and often as the world's greatest scott died peacefully in his sleep at his home in the us the scottish actor rose to global stardom in his role as double 07 in the 1982 blockbuster dr no back kick started the hollywood career spanning 5 decades from

indiana jones and the last crusade to the hunt for red october and much more i spoke with connery's friend former scottish 1st minister alex salmond he shed some light on the man behind the legend so many great qualities because apart from this fame there's no standing career he was also. steady a loyal friend. he was a wonderfully funny humanists and steadfast individual he was a great human being and the oversoul missed him is that as well as the public persona you have a terrific sense of humor them unless you'd sample sean connery's touch of irony then you hadn't have the humor well deployed and he was a dying to have monotheism on the strong convictions and he was on the stand brave so a great actor separately but also a fantastic human being claimant the sean coney playing the james bond yes of course that was the jones but you always knew he would kill you know sean cole in

life was a way that's all he was a gentleman in every sense of the weren't and that had been a compassionate human being he believed in scotland and scotland's potential famously scotland whatever tattooed on his for the more importantly it ringback was imprinted on his soul is shown as a baiting concern with scotland and its people he he he believes that scotland could do better with the belief that the scottish people had enormous potential with significant movements sean's great cherokee what christianity of a stroke of a spray nation of the scottish international education trust and that's an organization which the last 50 years because it was founded from the the money throw them and diamonds are forever $1.00 of these look at the bone through it and see if the money to an educational trust and and that trust us help those in service scottish children achieve the potential over the last half century. rest in peace sean connery the kaiser point is next stay with us.