this is d.w. news live from berlin a couple has fallen ill in the english city of songs very close to the side where the former russian spy sergei screwball and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent no big shock last march once again the incident took place in an italian restaurant so this time a different establishment. also coming up another case of a suspect in closing the kremlin critic is being treated here in germany following a suspected poisoning in moscow there are various aloft as one of the more closely

riot protesters who stormed the pitch during this year's world cup final in the russian capital. and lewis hamilton takes another step towards retaining his formula one a world title the briton dominates under the lights on the streets of singapore. thanks for joining us i'm marion and stand. we begin this hour with breaking news coming in from solsbury in southwest england police there have cordoned off parts of the city center after two people became ill at an italian restaurant chain called press the news has spread quickly across social media now this tweet is from a woman who says she was near the couple at the time of the incident she writes feeling

a little apprehensive saul's very leaps to action again when two russians are taken ill and pretz is showing the same symptoms as before and we were sitting next to them now under police supervision waiting for of medical team to give us the all clear while the restaurant in question this evening is just a few hundred meters away from another eatery called the z this is where former russian agents are good script ball and his daughter yulia were poisoned last march . correspondent beer good mosque is covering this unfolding story for us and she joins us now from london hello to you barrett what more can you tell us about this latest incident and saulsbury. well it's still something that the police haven't really released very much information about we know that two people who were full of the ambulances will call this afternoon and then about an hour

later the police will also of course called on to see them police are still there from eyewitness reports we know that they're wearing mosques and that they take this incident quite seriously also fire engines on the scene we don't know yet anything about the identity of these two people that have fallen ill thoughts of course for the people and souls quite worrying. to take one of those quite seriously. are a very good well why don't we take a look now at where this latest incident is taking place in relation to the script fall poisoning case now the z. is an italian restaurant chain on the high street in saul's very city center and the scribbles had eaten there last march and were later found slumped on a public bench outside the nearby sainsbury's supermarket and now this latest incident happened at another italian restaurant chain called pretz so and it's just

a stone's throw away from the scene of this crippled case. so beer gets this all seems to be just too much of a coincidence or do you feel that this is just a case of media frenzy looking at the fact that we also had this poisoning of sergei script all and his daughter just a few months ago. well the police so that the ambulances so it's not something that's being whipped up by the media of course all the conclusions people who are on social media might draw a small thing that we can move and say it's true books obviously something that people will be worried about because it's the thought that poisoning that's happening in salisbury we had to squeeze paul's but then we had also two other people who would fall in the and one of them later died and as it seems as accidentally coming and talk with no we talk so it's the fat in salisbury. really

worrying for the people in salzburg but also for the you can government well now of course with the media has been reporting on is that two russian men have been accused of carrying out the scriptural poisoning they deny this categorically but what would be the implications if this incident tonight turns out to be another poisoning. the relations between the u.k. and russia really dropped quotes and we've had these two suspects appear on russian television and explained that they just went to visit the cathedral i don't think many people here in the u.k. believe that the russian the u.k. government believes that they are all somehow linked to the kremlin the russian state is implicated in this type so you know two states really at odds with each

other at big antagonism and this was to be something that's linked to these other two poisonings very very severe for u.k. russian relations indeed. very good maass reporting from london thank you so very much well now to another case of a mysterious illness a russian anti government activist who was jailed earlier this year for protesting at the world cup final has now been brought to berlin for medical treatment coach of various aloft who has dual russian and canadian citizenship was flown to the german capital after a suspected poisoning in moscow the member of the pussy riot punk group fell ill after a court hearing he's now being treated at the shaggy tate hospital friends describe his condition as serious his wife in a dish. says it may have been attempted murder. for more on the story we're joined now by d.w.

correspondent. who's standing by outside the chateau tate hospital in the heart of berlin good evening to you nina so what more do we know about. current condition has the hospital released any information. we're expecting the berlin doctors in the charlie teo hospital behind me to make a statement on monday so at the moment we can only rely on the information that's being given by his supporters and fellow activists according to them his condition deteriorated very fast in the past few days to a point where he was no longer able to speak or walk and so he was flown to berlin for treatment a friend who was with him in the hospital room on the sunday said that his life is no longer in danger but his condition is still very critical all right well as we mentioned he was flown in to berlin china found airport late on saturday but who

was that that actually brought him here to germany for treatment. there is a foundation here in berlin that calls itself the cinema for peace foundation and they are a cult cultural activists but they also have supported pussy riot and other political activists in the past they also take part in berlin's biggest film festival the belly nala every year and they say that they received a call for help by vessel of family in moscow when his condition deteriorated we have to keep in mind that he's a healthy young man of thirty years and so the family were very worried call them for help they are family friends essentially the cinema for peace man is and he said he got money together and organized the plane and he said he did that in coordination with the chance three and the foreign office here in germany so the authorities were informed all right so the german authorities as you say were

informed so is there any kind of diplomatic aspect to this story i mean this man is known to be a quite outspoken critic of the kremlin. exactly and cinema for peace say that there suspecting this to be revenge acts by russian authorities for storming the football pitch during the world cup final in moscow they say that it was definitely poisoning bought so far the german authorities have not commented neither have the doctors so the case is still very much shrouded in mystery and we'll simply have to wait for more information what is the case of course is that if it does happen to be poisoning then they sense the potential for a very very big political route between germany and russia whose relationship has been very strained in recent months and years and you've mentioned it already he's

also a canadian citizen so three countries would be involved in a very serious political row all right our correspondent standing outside the shot at a hospital in berlin. thank you very much now to some of the other stories making news around the world and german chancellor angela merkel and her austrian counterpart the bus and courts have called for the e.u. to tighten border security also agree the e.u. must avoid britain a leaving the block without a trade deal of course was in berlin ahead of a summit of e.u. leaders in austria later this week but as transit cyclists took over central brussels on sunday as the city banned private automobiles from most of its streets for the day paris also had a car free day the mayors of both cities called on europe to hold an annual car free day to ease air pollution. and other news typhoon mangku does now hitting southern china battering hong kong and one province with

a gale force winds and torrential rain the super storm has already caused major destruction in the philippines forty's there say dozens are feared dead in flooding landslides and collapsed buildings. nature lashes the coast of hong kong with full force and these people got to witness it firsthand. as hong kong issued a maximum alert for typhoon man good the territories government warned people to prepare for the worst. storm surges were expected to raise water levels by up to four meters. hundreds of residents have been evacuated to shelters while others hope to ride it out. almost all flights in and out of the city's airport have been canceled so for anyone who

hopes to leave hong kong before the storm there was little option but to keep out of harm's way and stay put. i didn't expect to get caught up in a typhoon when i booked a trip to hong kong. i've had to scrap all my sightseeing plans i can't go out the subways closed buses have stopped running and there's no ferry service at all. of the west the gambling hub of macau closed the doors to its casinos for the first time in history ahead of the storm. authorities here faced criticism for failing to pad residents for a deadly typhoon last year now they face another huge challenge just said to be the strongest typhoon to hit the region this year. well at least fifteen people have died in the u.s. as massive amounts of rain from florence caused severe flooding in north and south carolina tens of thousands of homes have been inundated and worst flooding could be

ahead as rivers fill to the bursting point florence has weakened to a tropical depression but further rain of up to twenty five centimeters is expected nearly seven hundred thousand homes and businesses are still without power in afflicted areas authorities say the devastation is far from over there warning residents not to attempt returning to their homes. world racing champion lewis hamilton has jumped forty points ahead of germany's the bus and federal at the top of the formula one standings the briton secured victory under the lights at the singapore grand prix for his fourth win in five races. lewis hamilton started on pole and made sure he stayed up to the first corner on the tight single street circuit. that was in the drama of the with sergio perez pushing his own forcing a teammate and stumbled into the wound on the opening lap. the yellow flags came

out and sparks flew literally bouncing. back to stop and to ground seconds. then could see it first. and when destruction stopped he managed to emerge just ahead of the german in a classic ding dong bi polar. bear is his day went from bad to worse when you're about to get into cigars so right kim williams hamilton had no such problems a ski post it's a victory we had a great start the team just never given up faith and belief in me and an invalid three and in our ability and it was a real blessing was a long race. that's twenty five points for the week gives them a sadie's driver a full two point lead over vettel which six races left. and

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