when every. russian opposition politician alexina valmy is in a coma with suspected poisoning he fell ill during a flight to moscow. hello i'm adrian for the get this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. for close to 4 years now he has shown no interest in putting in the work former us president barack obama breaks with tradition and slams donald trump in his support speech the democratic nominee joe biden. iran will never have

a nuclear weapon trump puts pressure on the u.n. to reimpose sanctions on iran after a u.s. attempts to extend an arms embargo was defeated has. come. and opposition supporters in baton rouge say that they will press on with protests despite warnings by the president of another crackdown. we begin with that breaking news out of russia the reports that opposition politician alexina bounty is in a coma in hospital with suspected poisoning. was this was the moments when he fell ill during a flight on its way to moscow his plane made an emergency landing in. the valleys spokeswoman says the poison was mixed into his t.v. a doctor at the hospital where he's being treated though says that it's too early

to say what made him sick. he is. really not sure at the moment that the reason for this condition is poisoning of course we regard poisoning as one of the possible reasons but it could be a list of others as well we check all of them i can't give you more details unfortunately as we have a law which bans me from giving any medical information without the patient's consent we've already made a lot of tests and excluded a number of possible diagnoses journalist alexandra style of it's called far as a journalist is a journalist in moscow and she joins us live from there now alexandra what more do we know about what actually happened this morning. well adrian what we know is there another annie took a plane from the town and said bierria to moscow this morning before death according to his press secretary that was with him all the time he only had a key in the airport of very shortly after boarding that plane according to the eyewitnesses he started sweating and he started feeling really unwell we could hear

him screaming which is a video of one of the best injures on that plane and that is why and then he fell unconscious in the toilet the plane has been diverted and had an emergency landing in on sky where he was urgently hospitalized so far he has not that again his conscious and his condition according to a doctor in the hospital is very serious stable now a he's the press secretary is claiming that he would have been poisoned with that c. that he had since he had nothing else from yesterday and that she is also reacting to certain reports that are coming actually from unnamed unknown sources allegedly in the police stated by the russian news agency that say that the investigators are not taking into account deliberate poisoning this point though the same sources are saying that the initial bag of nails when he was received in the hospital was poisoning with some sort of or an agenda but we want to read or

heard from a doctor is that they're actually running tests and they promise to have some sort of a they are going to says by the end of the day and if he is found to have been poisoned this wouldn't have been the 1st time that it happened. no no indeed he's been suspected of being poisoned last summer in august he's been hospitalized straight from the detention where has been held. doctors then said it might have been an elegy he kept on insisting it's burnt it was that it was a poison and they never find out if it was an allergy what sort of a allergic allergic was more in 2017 he's been attacked the green antiseptic dye has been done in his face which them used his eye and it took him quite a long time to recover to a doctor that needed him and then his personal doctor also says that doctors and

hospital are refusing to give her any details whatsoever and if we broaden a picture a bit then it wouldn't be fit was the poisoning of wouldn't be the 1st time that. people that oppose criminal are critical of the rule of law the mid-court in would have been poisoned we have documented cases of 1st along done ben affleck's on that meeting in co x. k.g.b. agent also in in a great britain and also some journalists here in moscow have been sick with the reasoning that was late at them and that was indeed some sort of some sort of a poison administered to them and xandra style of its god for live in moscow many thanks did xandra marco mickleson as a member of the sturdiest parliament a former director of the baltic center for russian studies he says that the kremlin has long seen the valley as a threat to its authority. there are many reasons that there are pressure on the

wound that he was jailed 30 times during the last several years and and always he's a t.v. across russia fighting against a russian and. against kremlin dictatorship something what powers a lot. of russian power. to speculate their. lips . present tense he tossed in. upcoming elections are are in a horizontal or or so there are. demonstrations. are us loss of voice we might rule early color so we belarus because the bush. people's revolution which is going on in paris east has made very nervous the current russian leadership because they they don't want to see russia equal to.

0 but there was. a fight for freedom former u.s. president barack obama has told the democratic national convention that his successor donald trump has sort need to help himself and his friends one in the nation's top job and he said the trumpet diminished america's reputation abroad came a speech from carla harris joe biden's pick for the vice presidency alan fischer reports these words i accept your nomination for vice president of the united states of america. a moment of history in 188 years of political conventions in america the 1st woman of color to accept a vice presidential nomination for a major political party common the hardest to get the moment to introduce herself to the country but the role of the v.p. candidate is to attack the president his running mate and their record donald

trump's failure of leadership has cost lives and livelihoods if you're a parent struggling with your child's learning or you're a teacher struggling on the other side of that screen you know what we're doing right now is not working and we are a nation that is grieving it's rare for a former president to criticize a sitting president but from the museum of the american revolution in philadelphia and at times emotional the rock obama said that a public created by the movement that moment is in his belief under threat from donald trump donald trump hasn't grown into the job because a kid and the consequences of that failure are severe 170000 americans dead and millions of jobs gone

while those at the top take in more than ever our worst impulses unleashed are proud reputation around the world badly diminished and our democratic institutions threatened like never before. and there was an appearance too from elizabeth warren a darling of the progressive wing of the party and from the defeated democrat last time around hillary clinton who are people to vote noting she'd won the popular vote 4 years ago by 3000000 and still lost the white house the convention also covered issues to be tackled by joe biden if he wins gun control immigration and climate change but this was a night when history was meet and presidents were broken. thursday is joe biden's big day he'll accept his party's nomination to run for president and when he delivers a speech he knows he has to give a positive message a plan for the future he can't just run on being the guy who is not donald trump

alan fischer al-jazeera washington president trump is demanding that or united nations sanctions be reimposed against iran he says that secretary of state mike pompei oh well meet the u.n. secretary general later on thursday to stop the process. iran will never have market market iran will never have a nuclear weapon when the united states entered into the iran deal it was clear that the united states would always have the right to restore the u.n. sanctions that would prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapon we paid a fortune for a failed concept and a failed policy a policy that would have made it impossible to have peace in the middle east and as far as an earlier u.s. failure to extend an arms embargo on iran at the security council but the new proposal will likely face strong political and legal challenges as mike hanna reports now from washington. it's in terms of resolution 2231 which is the one

which actually sets out the or a new nuclear deal that makes very clear that snap back in sanctions can only be called by a country or a member who is a participant in that deal now remember president trump will be us out of that deal back in 2018 so the very strong argument and the legal supposition would be that as no longer a party to that deal by its own definition the us has got no rights to demand anything let alone some kind of snap back like this and one must remember as well that the deal makes very clear that there are certain parameters that iran must stay within to avoid such a snapback the other members the other parties to that deal make very clear that they believe that iran has largely complied with the requirements in terms of that 2015 deal so very difficult to see what president trans basis for this is nevertheless he said to get secretary of state to the u.n.

tomorrow to meet with the secretary-general you'll also be lobbying among other members of the security council to try and get some kind of support for the deal but you remember that iran meeting last friday when the u.s. attempted to extend the arms embargo which expires in october and it was absolutely humiliating only the dominican republic voted with the united states the other normal allies such as france britain germany abstained russia and china didn't even need to use the veto that they threatened iran says it has 2 new missiles ignoring us to months later told its program one is a ballistic surface to surface missile with a range of 1400 kilometers it's named after a custom solomonic the general killed by a u.s. drone strike in january of the 2nd is launched from a submarine and has a range of a 1000 kilometers. the u.s. has suspended 3 extradition and tax agreements with hong kong in response to

china's imposition of a strict national security law on the territory the u.s. has already moved to and hong kong special trade status it's also put sanctions on anyone involved in forcing the new legislation. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then addressing the forced recruitment of children into conflicts colombia opens a tribunals to help overcome policy for. the extreme heat high winds and lightning strikes or stoking hundreds of wildfires in california. we've got a nasty little clutch of storms just around the philippines of the my melissa cloud showing up here particularly into the north of the country just around blues on that will nudge a little further north which as we go on through friday some heavy rain for

a time that little grass the east as we go on through the the last a pothole of the day the usual showers there into malaysia fine and dry for a good parts of indonesia all i want to see he to the shot heat of the day showers just sparking up into the afternoon well the possible strike in not looking too bad but all the weather reaction is further south we're looking at some live the storm some very wet weather some wintry weather as well i'm a tightly packed i suppose so very strong winds this area of low pressure that's going to roll out of the southern ocean push across tasmania on into the tasman as we go through the next couple of days and temperatures really fall and as a result of that basin places the snow there just around the victoria out southern end of the great dividing range and as we go on into saturday that could be a real wintry day even across a good part of new south wales quite a little covering a snow even at lower levels there across the great dividing rice and failing pretty cold could be the coldest day of the year so far for sydney with a top temperature of just 16 degrees.

they come in hope and in search of work to provide a better life for the families they've left behind. but though their labor is vital to italy's food industry they risk exploitation by corporations and organized crime . trapped in a system with little hope of escape people empower investigates its release seeks legs on al-jazeera.

hello again this is al jazeera let's remind you of the main news this hour russian opposition politician alexina valmy is reportedly in a coma with suspected poisoning he was on a flight to moscow when he fell ill. for u.s. president barack obama has used a speech at the democratic national convention to attack president all trump he said the trump was used his term in office to help himself and his friends and the democratic party is officially nominated senator kaamelott horace the vice president she's the 1st black woman on a major u.s. party. opposition supporters and bella roofs so that they'll defy warnings by president alexander lukashenko of a renewed crackdown on dissidents he's ordered security forces to clear the streets after nearly 2 weeks of demonstrations over this month's disputed election because shanker has warned that workers who go on strike could lose their jobs of 07 and

was one of the latest protests in the center of men's. it was a very different mood on the streets of furman's today compared to previous days not much of the euphoria and the festive mood that we felt that people had sort of found a new kind of freedom today it was more dominated by fear and tense because suppress a look at announced a new crackdown he has instructed his ministry to find those who have been organizing the rallies but still defiant protesters are back on the streets and a smaller number but they're here and they're still asking for new elections and to release all the political prisoners. or do something but i mean. it's so more awful. and that this happens despite the threats and

also the risk hundreds of people have gathered here again at the independence square saying the president is fired meanwhile the coordination council set up by the opposition leaders for the kind of guy held its 1st meeting and has issued a manifest calling for a dialogue about a transitional and new elections. that this council illegal i'm going to say that it was planning a coup d'etat but it also says there's nothing illegal they just want to have a guardian with the president you know of course i'm afraid because i know the system used leading us to the present time so very near to where it. was against what was. for me personally. for we want to do a lot we're not propose any legal steps so why should we be punished why that's a challenge for the opposition to keep the same masses on the street they have made

it's clear protesters are not giving up yet but maybe. it's alexander lukashenko. the president looking shanker has warned that any foreign interference will be strong be rebuffed telling even leaders to mind their own business that in baba reports. if alexander lukashenko is feeling the pressure he's not showing it the man he's rubella risk for more than 25 years and officially won this month's election with 80 percent of the vote says his leadership is not in doubt yes we thought that if anyone thinks that the power here is staggering and shaking you're wrong i want to say that the power has someone to rely on so we will not waver we will follow our path as we should i was earlier the losing opposition candidate who fled to lithuania for her own safety and whose husband is in jail in belarus called on european leaders to get tough mr last order a jitter message in the eyes of our nation and. on our

hero i cor here to support. those e.u. leaders gathered online for an emergency meeting convened by shell michel head of the european council after talks broke up he outlined how they'd agreed to respond to an election they say was not free or fair and the subsequent crackdowns on protesters we stand firmly behind the right of the belarusian people to determine their own food and the e.u. will impose shortly sentients on a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence repression and election fruit on top of those sanctions that use making money available for pro-democracy groups in belarus as well as for its health sector. all of this of course is seen by the russian government as meddling a day after president vladimir putin wants his german counterpart not to interfere his foreign minister rejected calls for russia to press president look at shanker

to talk to the opposition to the deals through the roof of his news nice to everybody believing mediation is the only way out i'm ploy of them not to forget the way our western colleagues mediated in 2014 during the my down in kiev when the esteemed representatives of the european union mediated reached an agreement i will remember what that led to. so for now with the president threatening to go after dissenters in belarus and his main ally rejecting outside involvement in dialogue the fear and uncertainty that surrounded the elections still there the debugger al-jazeera at least 45 people including 5 children have died in what the u.n. is calling the deadliest incident of libya's coast this year the victims were refugees and migrants from parts of africa hoping to reach europe boats engine exploded off the port of so wara on monday nearly 40 people were rescued by fishermen and were later detained. opposition leader. says that he'll

step back from politics after meeting soldiers who ousted the president in a coup the new military rulers say that they will oversee elections within a reasonable time frame some nations of announced sanctions on the series i would address reports. jubilation on the streets of by michael after months of demonstrations that resulted in death and injuries to and to government protesters opposition supporters are now ecstatic about the potential for change to the government to feel young and the amount of out of the way this regime fell was a good thing it was good for us so what the military did is not what they did will support the people in order to alleviate the suffering in democracy the power belongs to the people the same people who gave the power to the president but he was unable to achieve what the people expected of him won't the military.

the military needs to organize a transition and that some point they can return it to the civilians to the political parties what yesterday is that is sit down hold talks and find a global solution for the problems of mali. and the. new military rulers a group calling themselves the national committee for the celebration of the people said the intervention was necessary and they vow to return mali to democratic rule mali people of mali we are not holding on to power but we are holding on to the stability of the country which will allow us to organize within an agreed reasonable timeframe general elections to equip mali with strong institutions which are able to better manage our everyday lives and restore confidence between the government and the government. on tuesday the military leaders overthrew president brian katulis government arresting him and members of the cabinet and see the army officers their cues the president and the others are failing to protect and for allowing corruption to flourish. the promise of

a return to constitutional democracy is welcome news to the opposition but there are also concerns that the army to hold on to power something the opposition say they will resist. there was. quite. sure that. international reactions to the coup was swift the united nations france and the united states have condemned the cool with the african union suspending malus membership of the organization the regional bloc they can have a community of west african states and i was to list of sanctions and then air blockade of the landlocked country is in effect it will also restrict financial flows from member states to the country measures that could worsen the already tough living conditions for mandaeans. al-jazeera former commanders of colombia's

fark rebel group gave testimony in front of a peace tribe. there dressed the forced recruitment of children and their ranks during the country's 15 year civil conflict. reports from bogota. he didn't behind tinted windows form a far commander of look at that entered columbia's. head on wednesday he's the 1st of 15 commanders offering testimony behind closed doors on the recruitment in abuse of minors by the former guerrilla group he think its long war against the colombian state. we want to tell the truth i want to tell the truth in the context of building the peace. the fark has long been accused of using child soldiers in hiding abuses such as forced abortions but until now the rebel group has always denied these accusations thing. but things might be changing commander victorious

and the know now a senator was the 1st one to concede that abuses have happened while denying they were fark spa lasy. i recognize this did have happened in our organization i don't know the details but they have happened because we were in the context of war the fisa court offers for our commanders involved in these crimes the possibility to avoid in prison if they confess and acknowledge their responsibility if they can serve alternative sentences such as community services that is if they tell the full truth. alexander virus was just 10 years old when he entered the fark he escaped after losing a leg at 21 to land mine he says many children joined the group to scape poverty their prevention or paramilitary violence but they were also deceived and forced to remain in the ranks against their will i said under the meat of all recruitment is forced because we didn't know our rights because they took advantage of our

innocence of the needs of the poverty of our families to took away our dreams and expectations were lies. many international observers say the fark should take advantage of the opportunity offered by the peace tribunal but he still already you know solid and reliable every day it shows that peace will. usual as well. and i would also wish. terrible wish that you. go. by the commanders. it is important for the country to know all the true. a painful past that is sadly still alive as the remaining armed groups in colombia continue to recruit children in remote parts of the country alison the. flooding in mountainous southwestern china

has washed away roads and forced tens of thousands of people from the homes the water in the world's largest hydroelectric electric project the 3 gorges dam could soon reach its highest level it's been raining hard for weeks now dozens of people have died others are missing. in the u.s. tens of thousands of people in california have been forced from their homes by wildfire as authorities are appealing for extra resources and firefighters battling extreme heat high winds and lightning strikes reports. more than 360 known wildfires are burning the length and breadth of california with nearly 2 dozen major blazes raging from the wine country in the north to the rugged mountains east of los angeles thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes i could see the red glow and i was hearing explosions so hoping to get this thing out before it burns down every day in napa valley this resident tried to

escape the flames but instead wound up driving right through them hundreds of firefighters are battling the blazes struggling to contain fires in the san francisco bay area which have burned at least 18000 hectors california's governor has declared a state of emergency and additional firefighters are being dispatched from as far away as texas what is occurred over the last 72 hours is certainly stretched the resources of this state enormous clouds of smoke mounted into the sky worsening air quality across the region the northern california blazes began with thousands of lightning strikes spawned by an unusual dry thunderstorms hitting on one of the hottest nights of the year in voc avila town of 100000 people midway between san francisco and sacramento residents were roused from their beds overnight by police and firefighters and told to flee immediately an unknown number of houses and other

structures have been destroyed additional fires are raging on the state central coast near monterey and on the outskirts of silicon valley high winds are fanning the flames a resident of last and power. he caught video of this rare funnel shaped fire tornado whirling across burning grasslands california and much of the southwestern united states are in the grip of a brutal heat wave following months of extremely dry weather temperatures soared to over $43.00 degrees celsius in many areas rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. it's good to have you with us hello adrian fenty going to hit doha the headlines from al-jazeera doctors in russia say that opposition politician alexina valley is

quote fighting for his life in a siberian hospital he reportedly fell ill and is in a coma after being off the success spectate poisoning he was on a flight to moscow when he became sick journalist alexandra style novich god forbid as more from moscow he fell sick almost immediately after boarding that plane in. eyewitnesses say he was screaming and then he lost consciousness in the toilet after which the plane made an emergency landing in the square he was urgently hospitalized according to his press secretary. he had nothing but in one of the country's airport that morning so she is saying that they suspect that he's been actually boys and former u.s. president barack obama has used a speech at the democratic national convention to attack president donald trump he said the trump has used his time at office to help himself and his friends

president trump is demanding that all u.n. sanctions be reimposed against iran trump says that secretary of state might pump a oh well meet the u.n. secretary general later on thursday to stop the process. iran says it has 2 new missiles ignoring u.s. demands that it holds its program one is a ballistic surface to surface missile with a range of 1400 kilometers the 2nd has a range of 1000 kilometers opposition supporters in belarus say that they will defy warnings by president alexander lukashenko of renewed of a new crackdown on dissidents he's ordered security forces to clear the streets after nearly 2 weeks of demonstrations over this month's disputed election. when you see here on al-jazeera after people in power next. be the hero the world needs right. washing.

for decades thousands of sikhs from india have migrated to italy to work in the country's agriculture industry the hope is to provide a better life for the families they've left behind but though their labor is vital to italy's food production many get caught in a cycle of exploitation and abuse from which there is little escape we've been to invest ago.