well while the diplomatic spat between moscow in berlin seems to continue to rumble on alexei novelli has improved dramatically while his condition has anyway he's been posting on social media a picture of himself in what seems to be a burden park and which he says in the post that he will continue to work with physio therapist so it follows on from a statement earlier on wednesday in which the shot at a hospital which had been treating the valley said that he was now well enough to be discharged from the care the patient seat of house has improved to such an extent that acute medical treatment can be ended lexan in any was treated at charity for a total of 32 days 24 days away she was in an intensive care unit physicians considered fool recovery possible based in treatment and the current condition and the long term consequences of the severe poisoning can only be assessed later well it comes as the ministry of justice here in berlin of confirmed that they've received a 2nd official request from the russian senior prosecutors for information relating to tests carried out on alexei no

of blame directly at russia and the russian government for what they say was the poisoning of alexei novelli there were some voices that questioned the official government line not many i have to say but there were some and i mean. if the kremlin really regrets the assassination attempt on alex in the valley and really wants to clear things up why does novell need such a level of protection from a security services political murder is part of the putin system. so not only are the russians supposed to have tried to poison an opponent of the regime with a military nerve agent but they put it in his tea why would the russian government be so stupid them and even let an avanti fly out to germany instead of hiding him in russia it's absurd nord stream too was a big issue on the debate as well basically the german politicians splitting into 3 camps there are those that say it needs to be halted immediately and perhaps canceled altogether there are those that want to wait and see how russia reacts and how this story develops and there are those who are saying that it's simply too important economic

of blame directly at russia and the russian government for what they say was the poisoning of alexei novelli christophe martin shoes a senior figure within the social democratic party saying that the future of the relationship between russia and germany would have to be completely rethought following what he described as this attack on mr novelli there were some voices that question the official government line not many i have to say but there were some poor hampel from the alternative for germany party said that. we did germany think the russian government was so stupid to try and poison alexina valley in the way that would be so easily traced back to them but as i said the majority of the voices worse pointing that finger of blame firmly towards moscow nord stream too was a big issue on the jury in the debate as well basically the german politicians splitting into 3 camps those that want an immediate halt or a stop altogether or work on the gas pipeline that would take russian gas direct from russia into germany under the baltic sea those that want to wait and see what the reaction from ru

well german chancellor angela merkel said that there was clear and unambiguous evidence that alexei novelli the russian opposition figure had been poisoned using a novacek nerve agent she said that this they come to this conclusion following testing of samples taken from alexei in the valley at the bundeswehr institute a german military. tree this is credited certified by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the o.p.c. w. going on to say that this was an attempt to silence alexei novelli and it was a crime against fundamental values now the german chancellor and the german foreign minister heiko mass of both called for arms as in this case it's an informant soon it is over there is that one of the leading opposition figures in russia has been poisoned as specialized laborde 3 of the armed forces came to a clear conclusion and that alex he never in the last poisoned with a substance from the north. he's the victim for crime someone tried to shut him up . we demand an investigation into the poisoning of aleksey now while we condemn this poison elix and in the near future w

when it comes to what's next for alexei novelli well a german government spokesman was asked just that on the web and state he said that he had no further information on the whereabouts of alexei in the valley or what his plans were or idea political analysts arena rothfuss a believes that some in the west are using the novelli case as a pretext to derail the north stream to gas supply project. look into what really is a military nerve agent which is highly highly poisonous and dangerous. if it had been applied not only what has died within several minutes after being in contact with that substance so it's not really likely that novacek really was in the play but not in charge of course plays a great role in the narratives in the media. for me it's more important to look at the geopolitical backgrounds of the anglo-saxon and the us american powers are in panic about the fact that the north st 2 pipeline is about being finished quite soon so they need to give some pretext to the public to oppose the finishing of this major pipeline project because it would bring germany and russia close

tail in excess is to see the test results concerning the alleged poisoning of kremlin critic alexei novelli germany's directed russia to the global chemical weapons watchdog but the i.p.c. wu says it should talk to berlin now the office of russia's prosecutor general has requested sweden and songs the 2 countries germany said vali so opposed to just find it. their excuses are completely contrived germany says it can't tell us anything and direct this to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons we've been to the a p c w several times and they say talk to berlin we are ready to talk to anyone but not when in the absence of facts we are pressured into giving an account of ourselves on the basis of specific clearly formulated concerns we are always ready to have a professional conversation. rusher insists his doctors found no trace of lava chalk when it 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 a costar that

going on to say that this was an attempt to silence alexei novelli and it was a crime against fundamental values now the german chancellor and the german foreign minister heiko mass of both called for in this case since bush took to the informant soon it is all there is that one of the leading opposition figures in russia has been poisoned as specialized laborde 3 of the armed forces came to a clear conclusion and that i mix in never in the last poisoned with a substance from the north he's the victim for crime someone tried to shut him up the aisle for we demand an investigation into the poisoning of our legacy now while we condemn this poison elixir and in the near future will hold consultations and how you are adequately respond to it it will also depend on russia's response to the case of you peter there's been further reaction both within germany and globally as well we've seen statements from several countries on the way well on the merkel said the world was watching the novelli case to find out what happened to him and that's been represented in the reaction we've seen from europea

the stories that shape the week moscow claims it's germany that's not being cooperative in the alexei novelli case after berlin said it was irrefutable the russian opposition leader had been poisoned with an off the chalk in europe agent. a month to the day since the disputed presidential election in belarus since once again take to the streets of minsk in protest we hear from our correspondent at the scene. this is a multistory car park near the hotel when it started raining people so he's running take cover in there spread all over the fools people shouting chums but there's no actual aggression from the crowd. ses it's real.

attempt how the european union is the scribing the poisoning of russian opposition figurehead alexei novelli moscow has reiterated its call for any evidence to be presented to make the incident simply a pretext for citations. opposition leaders and independent journalists in russia are not safe it is time to stop. impudently if there was no new found the they would have come up with another reason to impose additional sanctions. the use foreign minister talks of penalties against the bella russian president over the recent disputed election although seems confused about which country alexander lukashenko is that leader all.

slapped on russia in response to the alleged poisoning attempts made against opposition figurehead alexei novelli moscow responded by saying many politicians in the blog are all too happy to pass premature judgement before any due process has been conducted. the nature of the latest statements coming out of brussels makes us think that our western partners are not interested in stablished of the true measure them home it's common sense will prevail on the un the end and our partners will dish the practice of arbitrary attributing blame and make conclusions based on real and confirmed facts do inform it there but. to all of a has more on the vote in the european parliament on the ramifications of it 532 m. e p's voting in favor of this resolution 84 against with 72 abstentions what it could result in is asset freezes travel bans and other sanctions against those that are featured in alexina volleys on the corruption videos could also lead to they also want to see an international probe into what happened to alexa in a volley when they talk about an international probe that's including the united n

as pressure mounts for the international probing sanctions over the alleged poisoning of alexei novelli russian doctor's office is that a joint commission with the german counterpart. if it turns out he was poisoned spain will initiate a criminal case today russia does not have such evidence. and the mass immigration protesters clashed with police in the u.k. pulls in dover after a spike in illegal crossings they're being less channel from france. thanks for joining us on our team international with a full rundown and announced time. and after a time tim welcome back to a brand new season of going underground still swimming against the current of the mainstream amid the global pandemic orbit civil war in the united states and the impending threat of climate extinction i'm joined now from tucson arizona by one of the most cited intellectuals on earth the father of modern linguistics american dissident you know i'm trying to get you on thanks so much for coming back on the show so what is the global green new deal that's the new book climate crisis and the global green new deal and why is

the russian prosecutors can complete a preliminary pro players when it comes to what's next for alexei novelli well a german government spokesman was asked just that on the web and state he said that he had no further information on the whereabouts of alexei in the valley or what his plans were looking into what really is military nerve agent which is highly highly poisonous and dangerous. if it had been applied not only what has died within several minutes after being in contact with that substance so it's not really likely that novacek really was in the play but not in charge of course plays a great role in the media and it's obvious that if there is clear evidence germany would be interested in sharing this evidence with russia and if it is not there it's of course better to share it with friendly laboratories therefore the total in transparency of the german government also in their press conferences if any reporters ask for more evidence and more proof behind what is publicly being declared there is total silence. this made big news in the week a controversy rocking the finance community

sanctions if russia doesn't clarify the circumstances surrounding the poisoning of opposition leader alexei novelli doctors treating the kremlin critic in berlin say he was poisoned with the nerve agent novi chalk mass spoke of possible consequences affecting the german russian nord stream 2 gas pipeline a police officer has been killed and a 2nd injured in a stabbing attack in the coastal resort of seuss' in tunisia the 3 assailants were shot dead by security forces sue saw tunisia's worst terrorist attack in 2015 when 38 people were killed in a beachside shooting. a 2nd typhoon in a week is moving through east asia with high winds rain and mass evacuations japan has urged residents in the south to prepare for record rain and surging tides as typhoon high shen draws ever closer to its southern island of cuba. the rain has been relentless and the fierce gusting wind terrifying flooding is a certainty in these conditions as a highway possibly a storm surge bringing this a well inland. typhoon high shot is very powerful as the powerful as several typhoons that hit japan last year translating to main

a russian opposition politician alexei novelli has posted on social media for the 1st time since his poisoning last month he shared a picture from the bergen hospital where he's being treated it shows him sitting up in bed surrounded by his family and says he can now breathe on his own doubly reporter jerrod ratings outside the berlin charité hospital where mr valley is being treated welcome jared what else did he say in the sense of ground post. well phil he posted hi it's no valen the i miss you guys then he tweeted a lot of eyes a merge he goes on to say i can still hardly do anything at all but yesterday i was able to breathe by myself for the whole day totally by myself without any help he's known for being somewhat self deprecating and psychotic he goes on to say breathing is a surprising and underrated process i can only recommend that if i do a quick refresh of that post in just a few hours it's been locked around a 1000000 times with some 65000 comments so clearly a lot of good will out there for alexei navalny answer where is the investigation into his poisoning. what we do

doctors have offered to set up a joint commission with the german counterparts over the case of alexei novelli as international pressure continues against russia over the alleged nerve agent poisoning of the prominent opposition figure our correspondent peter all of a husband. there have been international calls for transparency from russia in an investigation into what happened to alexina valmy the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov of has said moscow has nothing to hide when it comes to mist in the valley he says russia is still waiting though for requests for information to be answered. but it's we have already commented on this and said we have nothing to hide the soon as alex in the valley fell ill the plane was grounded and necessary measures rumi julie taken this soon as he was transported to germany those who were demanding information from russia went silent and did not demand anything from berlin this is all following the same old scenario we hear public accusations against russia in the fischel requests to berlin from a prosecutor's office have so far gone unanswered and we were

military grade nerve agent was reportedly used on russian soil to the case of opposition activist alexei novelli russia in turn urged the west to stop politicizing his condition and a message relayed by the country's top diplomat to his german counterparts with more on developments. well at least a phone conversation between the 2 ministers is better than nothing because at one point the talks got canceled altogether when the surrogate chose not to fly to berlin after the russian side realize that high cost decided to cut down the planned time for their conversation to one and a half hours an update on the russian foreign ministry website shows that the chat wasn't easy at all so here are moscow's key points russian officials are and will be open to all 'd kinds of cooperation with germany and european countries on this very difficult incident that of alexei no volleying now russia is still a very keen to get all of that medical data of the tests that are to get to the bottom of this and finally moscow officials keep repeating if you refuse to share the findings that will be taken as a straight

with a nerve agent the german chancellor angela merkel says there is no doubt prominent critic alexei novelli was poisoned russia's leading opposition figure remains in intensive care in a burning hospital the german government says he was poisoned with nerve agent.

being used in what it called an attack against what chancellor merkel called an attack against alexei novelli she said that this was an attempt to silence him and that it was a crime against fundamental values that the chancellor and foreign minister. of called for answers in this case it's still true that in 4 months soon it is over there is that one of the lead in a position figures in russia has been poisoned a specialized the board 3 of the armed forces came to a clear conclusion that alex enough money was poisoned with a substance from the novacek group he's the victim for crime someone tried to shut him up the aisle for doing a book to sleep we demand an investigation into the poisoning of aleksey now while we condemn this boy's name and in the near future will hold consultations and how europe can adequately respond to when it will also depend on russia's response to the case. well it's in a valley has been here in berlin receiving treatment since the 22nd of all. he took ill on a flight from sign bierria to moscow plane to make an emergency landing in the city of all the square the 1s

especially the greens well as germany continues to push russia for an explanation for what happened to alexei novelli the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has said russia still waiting for information it requested from germany but still you sort of your mind of the german representative to the u.n. said the data is no longer a matter for bilateral relations between germany and russia but amounts for multilateral proceedings what kind of proceedings the germans are talking about they were unable to say. in the interests of our german colleagues we urge them to provide mr serry information which might in any way should lights one absolutely unfounded accusations investigators in russia of also being on the search for more information police in the city of thompson which is where all x. in the valley had been he was flying from tomsk to moscow before his plane had to make an emergency landing in the city of school with the lexan of only in extreme distress well placed in tom skipping putting together a timeline of where he was in the lead up to him getting on that plane they've placed miss in the

european union describes the image poisoning of russian opposition figurehead alexei novelli as an assassination attempt while most go calls for evidence to be put forward claiming the incident simply a pretext for sanctions opposition leaders and independent journalists in russia are north sea it is trying to. improve the team if there was no new found the they would have come up with another recent increase additional sanctions. ears foreign minister talks about penalties against the russian president over the recent disputed election although seems confused about which country alexander lukashenko is actually the leader of. the. bridge adventure to greet. the israeli pm signed peace deals with the u.a.e. and bahrain in washington something donald trump called a historic breakthrough but the move is met with outrage in palestine. a warm welcome you watching on t.v. international with mean if you are. the most go house for the alleged poisoning case of opposition figure alexina valmy not to be politicized after talks with his german counterpart russia's top diplomat stressed the need for cooper

the future of nord stream 2 depends on how russia responds to accusations of poisoning against alexei novelli now from the russian side we've heard quite a lot on tuesday coming out of the foreign ministry we heard on monday that requests for information from moscow to berlin would be met that heiko must the german foreign minister had greenlit the process that would see information transferred over to russia however what we're hearing from the russians. it is nothing is being forthcoming just yet we understand the german ambassador to moscow has been invited to the foreign ministry to discuss this matter further maria's account of the russian foreign ministry spokesperson says they've received no information so far from germany and the starting to really want some answers to their requests we expect burden to provide all the data they have to the bundeswehr about results and the evidence in possession of the german foreign ministry it's time for them to show their cards because it's obvious to everyone that the n is bluffing in the interest and due to political racket well alexei navalny was

said that he'd been presented with the alliance of being presented with proof beyond doubt that alexei novelli had been poisoned using a novacek military grade of agent he said that they would have to be a international reaction to this however he wouldn't elaborate on what that would be if the use of chemical of but it's so use of overunity chemical nerve agent which is violating the brew bishan over any use over chemical weapons and the matters for nato we strongly believe that this is a blatant violation of international law so it requires an international response. but i will not now speculate about exactly what kind of international response there's been a lot of talk not only from germany but around the world about transparency coming from the russian side but on friday the german government confirmed that they have received a request from the russian prosecutors general prosecutor general's office for the sharing of test data from alexei navalny tests that were carried out on him for that medical data to be shared with doctors and investigate is in russia now reading between the lines f

demanding action be taken against russia and against russian officials in the alleged poisoning of alexei novelli the 2 main topics that were brought up were a sanctions that would target senior russian officials or 'd the by the pausing or banning altogether stopping altogether the nord stream to gas pipeline project that would take gas directly from russia into germany it's a multinational multi 1000000000 euro project there were some voices though that said well we really need to wait for an investigation before we take any action but those voices were few and far between. next a. name president putin refuses to say out loud opposition leaders and independent journalists in russia are not safe it is time to stop getting this impunity poisoning of not our lives or wake up call to all of us we need to make a deep review of our structure was a russian democracy in russia should be our priority not business as usual of not extreme to type the i don't do it on the sidewalk you know there are people who tier into russia hold a long before anything has been established there are people calling for ne

lot of people on the scene testing the the locations that had visited we haven't seen that with alexei novelli of course he's been under an incredible mount of medical attention since he was transported here to burlington but we haven't seen the same type of of scenes we saw in souls perea couple of years ago. peter you've given us the background on this story and broken down the german response for us but what about the russian official reaction. officially so far all we've heard from kremlin spokesperson to me to the press corps is the early one hasn't been in touch with with moscow on this issue or expecting that to change because what we did hear from us as well as what we've we've just heard just a few moments ago was that the russian ambassador had been summoned to the foreign ministry here in berlin that the ambassador being told in no uncertain terms that a full investigation was needed into what happened to alexa in the valleys so as soon as. has been able to relay that information to moscow will be looking to see if there's any further reaction to this news coming out of burley on we