well let's welcome onto the program now author unless martin mccauley martin always good to see you the european commission president essentially lashed out at rush over its alleged interference in other country's affairs but at the same time martin the e.u.'s calling for a fresh election in belarus on this quite forwardly bucking the opposition council . yes the european commission is and has decided that you support gore did encourage will perhaps period. as the proper representative of the girl russian people. that's all they can say they can say that a traditional russian and so on but they don't have the power to intervene then these are only words there from the parliament you know the european commission kind of like make statements like this and criticize russia pretty putin. saying that publicly that when looking at president putin in sochi the other day. the better rouge as well were granted a loan of $1500000000.00 to keep the state going to pay for all. of the police the security officials and the military and so on and so the european commission would regard that as interfe

ok let's get the thoughts now of russia and with martin. mccauley martin good often ain't he we were hearing that armenia has mobilized the entire country and says you know it's preparing itself for potentially a full scale conflict or sure if this high far away away from that potentially happening. unfortunately we're pretty new to it because i've been in azerbaijan and armenia and when you talk to them they're maximalist their meaning so that's not penetrate and we want it back and the as a release a note was our territory we want to control it and there's no you can't really discuss it with them they are maximalist this late one side says it's owns the other side says it's ours so therefore it's a situation which unfortunately has not given right rise to more conflict we've had this before it broke out in the soviet union in 1908 when most chris paul was declining and the armenians thought that they could actually take human to go to a court of law. and that war lost the until not you know the floor unfortunately we've had security as every since

russia analyst martin mccauley says it's down to armenia and azerbaijan alone to resolve their differences it's up to the general staff the government knows about john and me to decide when you talk a little the maximalist their military that's not wanted back. we want to control the now for the situation which unfortunately has now given us the right rise to more conflict and they want to have to stay for us to dissolve because they're wasting resources which are vitally needed for the development of their country and their economies and you can see this through them of what they say we must defend. despite some global skepticism over russia's new coronavirus vaccine a flood of appeared in this week declared it reliable safe and effective he told the un general assembly that such jobs must be made freely accessible to everybody if the world hopes to end the covert crisis and they offered free doses to un star what would you do with them but we are ready to sure experience and continue to cooperate with all countries and international organizations this includes the distribution of russian

russia unless martin mccauley says it's down to armenia and azerbaijan alone to resolve their differences it's up to the general staff the government knows about john and me to decide and when you talk a little the maximalist there 1000000 say that's not we want it back. really saying no it's our territory we want to control it so therefore it's a situation which unfortunately has not given that right rise to more conflict and they want to have their view and they want to ensure that they will from their point of view from a point of view to dissolve because they're wasting resources which are likely needed for the development of their country and their economies and you can see this to them but they say we must defend. despite some global skepticism over russia's new coronavirus vaccine flood i'm a poet in this we declared it we're liable for safe and effective he told the un general assembly that such jobs must be made freely accessible to everybody if the boat hopes to end the covert crisis and he offered free doses to un stop. what would you do. with them but we are ready to sure expe

russia analyst martin mccauley says that it's down to armenia and azerbaijan alone to resolve their differences. it's up to the general staff the government knows about john and in a meeting to decide and when you talk a little they're maximalist their 1000000 say that's our territory and we want it back and the as a release a no it's our territory we want to control it so therefore it's a situation which unfortunately has now given us right rise to more conflict and they want to have their view and they want to ensure that they will from their point of view from blue state point of view to disaster because they're wasting resources which are likely needed for the development of their countries and their economies and you can see this to them of what they say we must defend. countries across europe are seeing a resurgence of covert 19 with record numbers of daily cases some of resorted to ring imposing lock downs and other restrictions in the worst affected areas auntie's europe correspondent charlotte devinsky has details. well there's a warning that france faces months of 19 problems that's b

defense has announced that such an army is continuing its successful campaign russia analyst martin mccauley says it's down to armenia and azerbaijan alone to resolve their differences it's up to the general staff the government knows about john and me to decide when you talk to lose their maximalist their millions. we want it back. no it's our territory we want to control it so therefore this is a situation which unfortunately has not given us right rise to more conflict and they want to have their view and they want to ensure that they will from their point of view stay for years to disaster because they're wasting resources which are likely needed for the development of their countries and their economies and you can see this to them of what they say we must defend. for the weeks headline news now and despite some global skepticism over russia's new coronavirus vaccine said this week declared it reliable safe and effective he told the un general assembly that such jobs must be made freely accessible to everybody if the world hopes to end the covert crisis he offered free doses to go and s

by clashes and police brutality the demonstrations are now largely peaceful political analyst martin mccauley believes washington will stop short of any trust. jack said against the terrorists. i think of you he expected you know the e.u. and the americans to impose sanctions georgian news to him only saying i'm staying i'm not going anywhere because i regard most of his illegitimate president. the americans if we go to google not to do anything which will in turn. push them towards. because the americans would like to present situation there to continue with delusions if you like seated so there's a gateway or a way house between moscow and the west they would like to continue but the present it to asia is very very difficult and the americans have been very careful in the language or you know what we actually do you know to leave me you wish to send position. and find me if you have a suspected amazon's alexa of voice assistant of listening in to your conversations edward snowden says you might now have reason to be worried the n.s.a. whistleblower spoke out on wednesday after his former sp

or 3rd russia analyst martin mccauley believes that thursday's resolution draws parallels with the west stance on venice wheeler last year. there's a parallel in there because one guy i do is recognized by the united states brazil and most of the e.u. states including britain and france germany as illegitimate president of venezuela now. is still in power in caracas the doer and knows that if he has enough money to pay for his security services he can keep going and you will then look at the door and say well he's still in power he's got the money he can get international loans china russia and other countries i've known him a lot of money russia no no need money i can pay the security services and the military and there's no reason why they should change their. he's being called on for frequently making gaffes on the campaign trail and joe biden's confused around under a rock when talking to veterans about where they had fought in battle. u.s. troops died in a room in afghanistan. parliament iran's parliament voted to reject all americans and coalition forces from the country we tried

author and russia analyst martin mccauley thank you for your time and your comments thank you . let's have a look at chicago has been inaugurated as president of belarus a month earlier than expected the event had not been announced and many have questioned holding the ceremony in the midst of anti-government rallies taking place across the country now that their money was held in the capital's independence palace and they're starting to get video footage of the event from local media looks like go could be seen reciting the oath on the constitution and signing and i graciously the 1st he later gave a speech thanking supporters and stating that the country had prevented a so-called color revolution meaning an uprising against the government. without bringing our course. what more do we know about the celebration today. but as you mentioned preparations carried out in complete secret it was a complete surprise to everybody in belarus the 1st warning that something was up was convoys of police blocking off road streets and driving to and fro around the city then the presidential c

russia analyst martin mccauley says it's down to armenia and azerbaijan alone to resolve their differences. it's up to the general staff the government knows about john and me to decide and when you talk a little the maximalist there 1000000 say that's our territory we want it back as a release a no it's our territory we want to control it so therefore it's a situation which unfortunately has now given us right rise to more conflict and they want to have their view and they want to ensure that they will from their point of view from blue state probably go to disaster because they're wasting resources which are of likely needed for the development of their countries and their economies and you can see this to them of what they say we must defend. despite some global skepticism over russia's new coronavirus vaccine front of a pit in this week declared it we're liable safe and effective he told the un general assembly that such jobs left be made freely accessible to everybody if the world hopes to end the covert crisis and he offered free doses to un staff. but already to share experience and

clashes and police brutality the demonstrations are now large meetings for political analyst martin mccauley believes washington will stop short of any drastic action against bella ruse. i think all of you here expect the e.u. and the american. georgia news. only saying i'm staying i'm not going anywhere because i regard most of was a legitimate president of. the americans if we're going to avoid not to do anything which will intervene in our own. rooms and push them towards. because of the americans would like to present situation to continue with if you like seated so there's a gateway or a way house between moscow and the west they would like to continue but the present situation is very very difficult and the americans have been very careful in the leg and what do you know to leave any you reduce in position. if you've ever suspected amazon's alexa voice assessment of listening in to your conversations edward snowden says he might now have reason to be worried the n.s.a. whistleblower spoke out on wednesday after his former spy boss keith alexander was appointed to amazon's board of dire

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very very severely political analyst martin mccauley thank you for finding the time to join us on the program today thank you. if you've ever suspected your amazon alexa of listening into your conversations edward snowden says you're right to be worried the n.s.a. whistleblower spoke out on wednesday after his former spy boss keith alexander was appointed to the amazon board of directors it turns out hey alexy is short for hey keith alexander yes the keith alexander personally responsible for the unlawful mass surveillance programs the caused global scandal and amazon web services has 6 percent of all web sites alexander was n.s.a. director in 2013 when snowden leaked thousands of documents exposing the agency's mass surveillance practices human rights lawyer dan kadlec says amazon want his knowledge on how to influence people's voting decisions we should stress that these are his own opinions and amazon has denied claims of snooping via its home assistant devices. i would assume they picked him for his expertise and that is his ability to gather. intelligence from people in this case

back some little bit later but we did get some thoughts i can tell you from political analyst martin mccauley he notes apparently serious inconsistency in the claims that a volley was poisoned with a novacek like a nerve agent we'll go back to peter all over and talk about the nordstrom thing just a bit but let's hear this other side of it next because the script. pollution obviously was affected and it wouldn't take to the unfortunately she died and now we have a situation where. didn't in fact anyone else know what it was quite strange so that's what may be a different nerve agent than the one which i think the script. the general. understanding of the group which is. this. belongs is that it affects other people's work people around you and so on and they are in danger well but this is different this is one of the questions which must be resolved in the investigation to be investigated how is it possible that only one person apparently the ground meat was infected and not anybody else. plus the question is further mr cole is there let's go back to a peter all over in berlin peter big quest

and they get some reaction to this breaking news story we cross live to martin mccauley author and political analyst the russian prosecutor general's office says it's just sent a request to the german government for full information on the on these test results they expect germany to comply with that request. yes generally will comply because they've already said they're not sure shocked and condemned the country gaijin which is related to the no because group penetrated not in this body and they would like to discover how that happened therefore the germans are seeking information from russia and the russians are seeking information from berlin what are the actually found you have to do certain that it is a member of the no other called group would you please provide the shine to the evidence medical evidence show that it is and if it is the germans would then like russia to look at it and say how is it possible that this nerve agent penetrated. into into new un these body over 2 weeks ago. still in the kobus and therefore our job is it better very serious never hated and therefore the germ

oh author and political analyst martin mccauley told us that not only speedy recovery calls into question the claims that he was poisoned with a military grade nerve agent. we know looking at a situation where several 30 in western europe recognize it as a nerve agent blowing to the north and your group. is now up and walking and really going into convolutions it's a remarkable recovery because people were talking about super among being in hospital for several months and suddenly being released the key thing here is of course that. most crew at present doesn't have to sample the moment your nerve agent and that is the most difficult thing for them because how do you investigated if you don't know what it is. all developing now crowds have gathered immense for yet another protest against the belarusian president 20 people have reportedly been arrested it comes course just hours after alexander lukashenko was sworn in for a 6th term our senior correspondent is in minsk. very tense now police have just fired water cannon behind us they're still firing mortar kavin there's a line of policema