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stakes over the sudden and so far unexplained illness of prominent russian opposition activist alexei navalny kremlin spokesman to be through. all allegations of state involvement in the case as unacceptable and absurd in their very nature or the german spokesman spin asked if they will scrap the north stream to gas pipeline project with russia as artie's peeta all of the reports. the german government press briefing the lunchtime press briefing wrapped up on monday putted with with questions about north stream 2 i think just about every other question made reference to the multi national infrastructure project the message coming out of the german government is that as it stands at the moment north stream 2 is an economic project and its own connected to the no valley case starts as it stands however that could change depending on how things develop that's pretty much the same message we're getting coming out of moscow with dmitri peskov the kremlin spokesperson saying it was too soon to lump nord stream too in with the no vonnie case at the moment now moscow had been not very happy at all with berli

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unequivocal evidence that the russian opposition leader alexei navalny to alexei navalny — as german doctors say was poisoned with novichok. the kremlinto support the claim. 1a people have gone on trial in paris, charged with helping the gunmen who carried out the attacks attack on the satirical magazine charlie hebdo, the cuban government has imposed a night—time curfew on the capital, havana, as authorities struggle to contain the latest coronavirus outbreak. it did look as if cuba had controlled covid—19, but in recent weeks there has been a surge of new cases. now, people have been ordered to remain in their homes at night, for two weeks. from havana, will grant. havana is under curfew — not by day, as people still venture out to find food or in some cases, continue to go to work. but at night, the streets of the cuban capital are completely deserted. from 7pm until 5am, for at least the next two weeks, people must remain in their homes — as the authorities attempt to bring this latest outbreak of coronavirus back under control. now, cuba had been praised for its response to covid—19 and for containing its local infection rates. i

german government said a military—grade nerve agent was used to poison the prominent kremlin critic, alexei navalnychancellor angela merkel, said only the russian government could explain how mr navalny had come into contact with the novichok nerve agent. mr navalny was airlifted to berlin in a coma afterfalling ill on a flight last month. his team says he was poisoned on the orders of president putin. our security correspondent gordon corera reports. alexei navalny has been the most prominent opposition figure in russia, campaigning against corruption. a thorn in the kremlin‘s side, he's been arrested and had his offices raided. but soon after being pictured drinking tea at a siberian airport in august, he fell suddenly and violently ill on a flight to moscow. russian doctors said there was no sign of foul play and his blood sugar had simply dropped. but, amidst growing pressure, he was airlifted to berlin, where he remains in a coma. and today angela merkel revealed he'd been poisoned with a novichok nerve agent. translation: we expect the russian government to give an explanation. there are now

substance in the siberian office of the opposition candidate sergei boyko he's an ally alexei navalny the kremlin critic who germany says was poisoned with a nerve agent to office volunteers were taken to the hospital before the attack on itself is emily short when caught up with sergey boyko to hear about his campaign and his hopes that this vote could shake up the status quo. yes. sergei boyko prides himself on being alive and edited social media is the main way the politician is reaching out to voters in novosibirsk he's up for a seat in the siberian cities parliament on his you tube channel the politician promises to clean up his hometown and sweep out corrupt politicians who are in we have a mafia here boyko is leading a coalition of 31 opposition candidates their goal is to push united russia the ruling party out together boyko says the kremlin is watching the regional election campaign closely. of course and they are frayed united russia has the majority here if we can break the majority in the us if there is convened example for the rest of the country if you consolidate forces and go to

russia is facing demands for a full investigation into what happened to the outspoken kremlin critic, alexei navalnyn 2018. 1a people have gone on trial in paris, charged with helping the gunmen who carried out attacks on french satirical magazine, charlie hebdo, and a jewish supermarket five years ago. three men killed 17 people across a three—day period before being shot dead by police. scientists have discovered a black hole so large that it challenges current theories of physics. it's more than 100 times the mass of the sun, and will change our understanding of how black holes are created. those are the headlines on bbc news. mike will be here at the top of the

poisoning the kremlin critic alexei navalny. lavrov said the accusations were unsubstantiated and he staunchly denied any official involvement. in the valley is currently being treated at a german hospital after falling ill three weeks ago on a domestic flight in russia. german experts say the forty four year old was poisoned with the nerve you choke nerve agent. russia's foreign affairs minister saiaid calls from western nationsor an investigation into the poisoning of opposition politician alexey navalny. reminded him of the twenty eighteen script ball case when a russian spy and his daughterr were p poisoned with a soviet ea nerve agent nothing showing in england. we are a customs a and difficult thoughh to remind us been c creat by our westernave collgues after the poisonining in salisbury. was oncnce everything waslassified. when we havave not been able to acces information ever since. including on n the whereabouts f russian citizens the scribbles. alexei navalny's case repeatsts the story that happened with ththe malaysia

russia is facing demands for a full investigation into what happened to the outspoken kremlin critic, alexei navalnyoned with a novichok nerve agent — the same substance used in an attack in salisbury in 2018. 14 people have gone on trial in paris charged with helping the gunmen who carried out attacks on french satirical magazine, charlie hebdo, and a jewish supermarket, five years ago. three men killed 17 people across a three day period — before being shot dead by police. scientists have discovered a black hole so large that it challenges current theories of physics. it theories of physics. raises the possibility that black it raises the possibility that black holes merge often crossed the vastness of space. the number of people under 25 who are on universal credit has

minister has said the eu will discuss possible sanctions on russia over the poisoning of alexei navalny if the kremlinhey have evidence mr navalny was attacked with a nerve agent developed by soviet russia. the russian opposition leader is in a coma in a berlin hospital after being airlifted from siberia where he fell ill. earlier, i spoke to tobias ellwood, the former foreign minister and chair of the defence select committee and i started by asking him what action the international community needed to take now. well, the first thing is that the outside world must pay attention as to what russia is up to, because this is all symbolic of an increasingly confident kremlin. putin has secured the presidency for life, as we know and he is consolidating control. he is regrouping and substantially rearming, and he has two clear objectives, firstly to strengthen his own domestic base, to remove opposition, as he has done with navalny, and the other one is to fuel western division and he is succeeding on both fronts. it is so important that we rally together and we don't speak about this just at the eu but al

is still saying burl in must share with them the evidence that is behind the claims alexei navalny was poisoned kremlin spokesperson to me to the press corps was also talking about north stream too he says it's a purely commercial project and shouldn't be tied to anything political or diplomatic that's ongoing. we strongly disagree with such a statement it seems a deliberate misunderstanding or an unconscious misunderstanding of what really happened to the patient in berlin it is necessary to stop mentioning north stream to in a political context which is a commercial project that is absolutely in line with the interests of russia and the countries of the european union germany. there was a similar feeling from russia's permanent representative to the european union he said that the north stream to gas pipeline project came about because of the european union and in particular germany's need for gas a commercial need for that gas that still exists and that's why in his opinion he thought the north stream to pipeline would go ahead as it being planned well alexina valley the man at the center of all of

is still saying burleson must share with them the evidence that is behind the claims alexei navalny was poisoned kremlin spokesperson dmitri press corps was also talking about nord stream too he says it's a purely commercial project and shouldn't be tied to anything political or diplomatic that's ongoing it was a similar feeling from russia's permanent representative to the european union he said that the north stream to pipeline project came about because of the european union and in particular germany's need for gas a commercial need for that gas that still exists and that's why in his opinion he thought the north stream to the pipeline would go ahead of being planned. which he needs me what are you seeing is a case of bad faith competition washington is pushing its own expansive flick we fight natural gas on to the european market at the expense of european businesses and ordinary consumers. alexina valley the man at the center of all of this and his alleged poisoning is said to be recovering in the hospital he's still being treated out here in berlin earlier this week we heard from the hospital sayi

the guardian leads with the german government's statement that they have evidence kremlin critic alexei navalny was poisoned by nerve agent novichok, as world leaders press vladamir putin for answers. the financial times carries a warning from borisjohnson about difficult economic times ahead and rishi sunak‘s admission that tax rises will be needed to cover the impact of coronavirus. the metro's front page states school exams cancelled due to lockdown could have been held — as the chair of quual said the body had warned ministers a calculated grades system would be controversial. the government's drive to encourage workers to return to the office has been postponed, as firms struggle to meet social distancing guidelines — that's according to the daily telegraph. the newspaper also features the duke and duchess of sussex after they sign a production deal with netflix. the times reports on a study which it says shows that the home office is failing to tackle illegal immigration, as a record number of migrants crossed the channel yesterday. and the daily mirror features an interview with former e

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alexey navalny. the alliance has demanded the kremlin fully cooperate in an investigation. the german government this week concluded mr. navalny had been poisoned with a soviet era russian nerve agent. >> nato leaders meeting here to discuss an attetempted assassinatation outside their borders. >> why does nato believe it would have a mandate to a act in this case for an attack that was not on nato territory? >> bececause this was a violatin of international law on international border it is a use of a chemical weapon. it is a usese o of a c chemicale agent, whichch is violating the prohibition of any use of chemical weapons. >> the secretary-general says germany provided evidence beyond doubt that a nerve agent was used on the russian dissident. he also requested transparency from moscow. >> nato allieies a agree that ra has serious questitis it mustt ananswer. the russian government must fully cooperate with the organizatition for the prohibitn of chemical weapons on an impartial, internanational investigigation. those responsible for this attack must be held accountable

alexey navalny's condition. they're calling it the mysterious case of alexey navalny. trying to sew doubt among its viewers, the kremlin's loudest critic was silenced at home. we sent him to germany with no poisons in his body. if he was poisoned, it's by another's hand. >> translator: everything looks like a special services operation in which a poisoned navalny is needing more than nonpoisoned. the poisoned navalny is an excellent playing card in the hands of the americans. >> reporter: you'd think this would be hard to deny given the disturbing images of him riting in agony. they say the nerve agent novichok is at hand. >> i don't know what happened. it's tragic. it's terrible. it shouldn't happen. we haven't had any proof yet but i will take a look. >> reporter: but doubts in the u.s. add credence to conspiracy theories over here. these were the scenes this weekend in belarus where popular antigovernment protests stoked fears that russian forces could intervene leading the embattled bella russian president saying this was a distraction fabricated by reporters. he released what he said was an intercepted phone call be

alexei navalny, you turn him into a martyr? well, that's a very good point and that has been the kremlin's calculation for an number of years that state monopoly on television, alexei navalny managed to circumvent all of those obstacles and still campaign and still cause very significant damage politically to the kremlin. nevertheless, the kremlin's calculations was exactly as you say, that it calculations was exactly as you say, thatitis calculations was exactly as you say, that it is simply too costly, it would turn him into at mandela figure. if you locked him up for a long time. it risks a really sort of enormous protest in russia. that calculation appears to have changed as the russian regime itself is undergoing a very serious change in its configuration. putin has changed the constitution to stay in power indefinitely. it is facing protest both in the west, in the belarus regime, which only two months ago seemed very unassailable, and of course there are protest in the russian far east which are in some ways echoes of a successful campaign that navalny managed to mount up in russian regions. the calculations have changed.

has called for an independent russian investigation into the poisoning of the kremlin critic alexey navalny has come out of his medically induced coma where he is being looked after in berlin. it is far too early to guess or estimate what his long-term damage from that poisoning could be. is pressing for more realism from the eu as an eighth round of discussions about the future trade relationship between brussels and london gets underway today. the u.k. governments chief negotiator david frost has stressed the two sides can no longer afford to go over well trodden grounund and that progrs needs to be made. some diplomats have accused the u.k. of plain brexit chicken, saying westminster is threatening to collapse the process by trying to cajole the eu into compromising. this is after the u.k. suggested it could undermine the exit agreememt on lest free tried terms are grgroup -- trade terms are agreed to. we can bring in our correspondent who is following this and brussels. there is a lot to discuss. what are the main sticking popoints looking ahead this wee? there is the kind of nitty-grit

nato says russia must allow an international investigation into the poisoning of alexei navalny, a leading critic of the kremlin afternoon. the government has admitted the difference in new uk quarantine rules is ‘confusing' for travellers. many holidaymakers and travel companies have said they're frustrated and angry after wales and scotland imposed new quarantine restrictions on people coming back from portugal and parts of greece, while england and northern ireland didn't make any changes. 0ur europe correspondent, gavin lee, s in faro with the latest. people going on holiday have become used to this weekly decision, usually the uk as a whole whether it is for spain or france or croatia, people have to go back and quarantine. we have seen the rush weekly. today however things are different, more complicated, because suddenly wales, scotland saying portugal is an absolute now goes down because of covid—19 and england and northern down because of covid—i9 and england and northern ireland site is currently safe. the effect on the ground, we have been taking a look. back to britain from faro airport this morning

barbara: the berlin hospital treating kremlin critic alexey navalny said his condition has improved,llowing doctors to take him out of an induced,. he was fun to germany last month after falling ill amid a flight in russia. poisoned with was a nerve agent. a statement from the hospital said he is now responding to speech and they are trying to wean off the chemical ventilation. the uk's foreign minister has summoned the russian ambassador to the u.k. but expresses concern over what happened to navalny. the poison was used by a russian agent two years ago. and a video message calls for criminal investigation in russia. he is a citizen of russia, so the authorities should investigate why he has gone into a, and who poisoned him. because it was an attempt to kill a politician in russia. is very upsetting for our country that such obvious truths need to be spoken aloud and repeated, but i will repeat, i demand an investigation takes place in the attempted murder of a public figure. barbara: india has overtaken brazil to become the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus inf

in the strongest possible terms what they have described as the confirmed poisoning of kremlin critic alexey navalnychief is urging moscow to investigate the attack. navalny is out of a medically-induced coma and is responding to doctors. german experts say he was poisoned by the nerve agent novichok. >> in light of the assertion by german specialists that they have "unequivocal proof" that the highas poisoned, commissioner is urging the government of the russian federation to carry out or fully cooperate with a thorough, transparent, and independent investigation. the number of cases of poisoning or other forms of targeted assassination of current or former russian citizens either within russia itself or on foreign soil over the past two decades is disturbing. barbara: many have called it genocide. now to soldiers from myanmar may have provided the evidence needed to bring a case to the international criminal court. there are reports the two men are in the hague in what could be a breakthrough in the search for justice for the killing of roy inge muslims. fortify rights says it has seen taped confe

the good nor loupe new york times is talking about how the kremlin won't even mention the name of alexei navalnys kind of, they talk about lord baltimore figure from harry potter. the arch enemy of vladimir putin. tell us a little bit what the paper is talking about. —— lord voldermort. the kremlin has been digging for dirt on him. they can't even find that. it is like a character that is really wants to expose the truth. what does the papersay expose the truth. what does the paper say about him? it is interesting this paper has done, it is on the front page rather than leading with the accusation to angela merkel has made today, which are quite astounding, they have trolled the archives to see often his name has appeared on the criminal website or even in the amount the president putin in terms of the speeches he has given forth of the speeches he has given forth of and really he has been airbrushed from russian history. his name has not appeared anywhere. it is quite interesting and they chosen to do that because it is quite clear from the response to navalny over the yea rs the response to na

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alexei navalny. german experts say the kremlin critic — who's in a coma — was poisoned with a soviet era nerve agent.ad happened to mr navalny — before suggesting that reporters should focus their criticism on china. so, i don't know exactly what happened. i think it's tragic, it's terrible. it shouldn't happen. we haven't had any proof yet, but i will take a look. it is interesting that everybody‘s always mentioning russia. and i don't mind you mentioning russia, but i think probably china at this point is a nation that you should be talking about much more so than russia, because the things that china's doing are far worse — if you take a look at what's happening with the world, look at what happened with the china virus. look at what they did by not keeping that within the confines of china. they should've kept it in the confines of china. look what they've done to i88 countries all over the world. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal is in washington with more about president trump's comments. he's not really come out and condemned russia the way other people have. he said that he had no reason to doubt

chasing its tail and its assets to see the test results concerning the alleged poisoning of kremlin critic alexei navalny germany's directed russia to the global chemical weapons watchdog but the o.p.c. w. says it should talk to berlin now the office of russia's prosecutor general has requested sweden and france the 2 countries germany had certain of on these samples to to share their findings. their excuses are completely contrived germany says it can't tell us anything in direct says to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons we've been to the w several times and they say. we are ready to talk to anyone we want not when the absence of facts we are pressured into giving an account of ourselves but on the basis of specific clearly formulated concerns which we are always ready to have a professional conversation. russia insists its doctors found no trace of nava choco novelli was in their care moscow has repeatedly stressed its willingness to cooperate with germany in order to establish exactly what happened independent tests by france and sweden confirms the presence of the nerve agent i

but allies of poisoned opposition leader and kremlin critic alexei navalny say they've secured city councilce in 41 of the country's 85 regions to decide lawmakers in regional and city legislatures, including regional governors. one of the highest—profile campaigns took place in novosibirsk, russia's third—largest city, and in neighbouring tomsk. in both contests, opposition candidates claim they secured city council seats. joining me now is maria snegovaya. she's a fellow at the centre for european policy analysis and an expert on russian politics. she joins us from washington. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. first off, just how significant are these wins being claimed by the opposition? the very promising results that navalny‘s campaign have demonstrated today is that, actually, they do quite well on the local level. as of now, in the city where navalny has been poisoned, we see that the opposition has been able to win 16 out of 27 districts, and united russia as of 110w districts, and united russia as of now only wins three districts, so h 01’ now only wins three districts, so

germany is threatening to pull the pipeline over the poisoning of kremlin critic alexei navalny.s recovering in a berlin hospital. doctors there say he ingested the nerve agent novacek. ryg g himandhe ltnitn.>> doctoae the slept lator but at this point they say it's too early to tell whether there's any long-term damage from what they calle a severe poisoning. out of a comb but not out of trouble, he's the victim of a chemical nerve agent attack november chuck. his team believes someone slipped patchy into his tea before his flight to siberia. on board passengers said he started screaming and mowning in they fou unequivocal proof he was poisoned with novacek. one of a group of a nerve agents developed solely in russian labs says he. >> i think the world is looking at the russian regime. it has all the hallmarks, all the operating procedures of a russian state sponsored designation or just to get this fellow out of the way. >> the 44-year-old opposition leader has been a thorn in the side of president putin for years. he's been arrested more than a dozen times organizing anti-puti

and in the latest sign of his recovery the poison kremlin critic alexei navalny posts a photo on social media saying he's being breathing unaided. time now for a check of the top business news stories at kate moody said hi that kate let us begin in united kingdom because the unemployment rate has edged to its highest level in two years and there are warnings that it could even double but by the end of the year yet nearly seven hundred thousand jobs have been cut since march. despite the government sponsored a furlough program which supported nearly ten million people at its height now the government says it will wind up that support by the end of october amid warnings of significant job cuts in the months to come. the trigger reports. when the corona virus pandemic began the u. k. government tax it introducicing the job retention scheme that sort pay most of the salaries of workers followed. keeping millions for redundancy. but it was never going to last forever. we know that that the d i schcheme online in octotober but we've also seen. people moving off the fat a scam going back into

government says there is unequivocal evidence that the russian opposition leader alexei navalny was poisoned with novichok. the kremlin claim. does the sex of your leader have an effect on how well your country has responded to the coronavirus pandemic? it might surprise you to learn that researchers say female presidents and prime ministers coped better — with the key difference being putting a lockdown in place earlier than their male counterparts. according to recent research by the universities of liverpool and reading, countries led by women had fewer covid deaths than those led by men. the study looked at the number of covid—19 cases and deaths in 194 countries of which only 19 were led by women. here's how three female leaders made their mark. taiwan's president tsai ing—wen imposed a swift response to the outbreak, keeping the number of deaths down to just seven. new zealand, led byjacinda ardern, has also suffered only a handful of covid—related deaths. some point out that the country's geographical location has also been a factor. and chancellor angela merkel‘s government has seen germany suffer far less tha

russia is facing demands for a full investigation into what happened to the outspoken kremlin critic alexei navalny. the german government is saying it has unequivocal proof he was poisoned with a novichok nerve agent — the same substance used in the attack on the skripals in salisbury in 2018. 1a people have gone on trial in paris charged with helping the gunmen who attacked the french satirical magazine charlie hebdo and a jewish supermarket five years ago. over a three day period, three men killed 17 people before being shot dead by police. an international team of scientists has detected a huge gravitational shockwave caused, they believe, by the merging of two black holes. the discovery challenges current theories of physics, raising the possibility that black holes merge often across the vastness of space. the number of people under 25 who are on universal credit has doubled since march. the government has now launched a scheme called kickstart, with a £2 billion fund to help create hundreds of thousands of work placements for those aged 16 to 2a who are at risk of long term unemployment. min

russia is facing demands for a full investigation into what happened to the outspoken kremlin critic, alexei navalny. germany says it has proven he was poisoned with a novichok nerve agent — the same type of substance used in an attack in salisbury in 2018. 1a people have gone on trial in paris, charged with helping the gunmen who carried out attacks on french satirical magazine, charlie hebdo, and a jewish supermarket five years ago. three men killed 17 people across a three—day period before being shot dead by police. scientists have discovered a black hole so large that it challenges current theories of physics. it's more than 100 times the mass of the sun, and will change our understanding of how black holes are created. those are the headlines on bbc news. mike will be here at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, hardtalk. zeinab badawi speaks to the secretary general of the un, antonio guterres. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. the un general assembly gets under way this month and it will be one like no other. it will be mostly a virtual summit because of covid—19. my guest is the

russia is facing demands for a full investigation into what happened to the outspoken kremlin critic alexei navalny. the german government is saying it has unequivocal proof he was poisoned with a novichok nerve agent, the same substance used in the attack on the skripals in salisbury in 2018. 1a people have gone on trial in paris charged with helping the gunmen who attacked the french satirical magazine, charlie hebdo and a jewish supermarket five years ago. over a 3—day period, three men killed 17 people before being shot dead by police. an international team of scientists has detected a huge gravitational shockwave caused, they believe, by the merging of two black holes. the discovery challenges current theories of physics, raising the possibility that black holes merge often across the vastness of space. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. the un general assembly gets under way this month and it will be one like no other. it will be mostly a virtual summit because of covid—19. my guest is the secretary general of the united nations, antonio guterres. in a year

into what happened to the outspoken kremlin critic, alexei navalny. the german government is saying it has unequivocal proof he was poisoned with a novichok nerve agent — the same substance used in the attack on the skripals in salisbury in 2018. 1a people have gone on trial in paris charged with helping the gunmen who attacked the french satirical magazine, charlie hebdo, and ajewish supermarket five years ago. over a three day period, three men killed 17 people before being shot dead by police. an international team of scientists has detected a huge gravitational shockwave caused, they believe, by the merging of two black holes. the discovery challenges current theories of physics, raising the possibility that black holes merge often across the vastness of space. it is about 2:30am. time now for wednesday in parliament. hello, and welcome to wednesday in parliament, as labour tells the prime minister to get a grip. this has been a wasted summer. the government should spend preparing for the autumn and winter, instead they lurched from crisis to cris

into what happened to the outspoken kremlin critic, alexei navalny. germany says it has proven he was poisoned with a novichok nerve agent — the same substance used in an attack in salisbury in 2018. 1a people have gone on trial in paris charged with helping the gunmen who carried out attacks on french satirical magazine, charlie hebdo, and a jewish supermarket, five years ago. three men killed 17 people across a three day period — before being shot dead by police. scientists have discovered a black hole so large that it challenges current theories of physics. it theories of physics. raises the possibility that black it raises the possibility that black holes merge often crossed the vastness of space. the number of people under 25 who are on universal credit has doubled since march. the government has now launched a scheme called kickstart, with a £2 billion fundto help create hundreds of thousands of work placements for those aged 16 to 2a who are on universal credit and at risk of long—term unemployment. ministers are urging firms to sign up from to

now, on wednesday, germany said the russian opposition politician alexey navalny had been poisoned. today, the kremlinhaving an to do with it. >> i would be careful talking aboutppitions against russia. there are no grounds to -- the ssian state, and we are not inclined to accept any allegations in th respect. but there i a serious question about how much they sway president putin. the chrf germany's foreign affairs committee wants to stop the north stream two gas pipeline. keep in mind, nord stream 2 will double the amount of rsian gas wouring germany, so that be extraordinary, but we are not there yet at all. angela merkel says she is waiting on further investigations by the and here she is with her swedish counterpart. n thiske earlier subjec >> it is clear that the russian goveswment has some s to deliver. we must investigate the matter thoroughly and transparently. use of chemical weapons under any circumstances is a breach of united in the response, and we need to be also ready to act further. ros: as i was mentioning, joe biden is in wisconsin, responding to the unrest we have seenhe, and also