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this is d w news live from the russian opposition leader discharged from the hospital but what made him sick his doctors says that he was poisoned but we don't know with what the ball was back in prison is he al the danger also coming up a horrific scene in the 8 year old boy pushed on to train tracks struck and killed by a train. station a suspect has been questioned by police and in china condemning the anti-government protest in hong kong after another weekend of clashes between demonstrators and
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police. it's good to have you with us tonight russia's most prominent opposition leader alexina of all me is back in prison after being rushed to the hospital yesterday his attorneys suspect that a chemical agent was used to poison her client but that has not been confirmed and of all the as one of president vladimir putin's harshest critics he's serving a prison sentence for leading an authorized political protests. i like on his way back to prison one of russia's most prominent opposition figures nevada he was rushed to hospital on sunday after taking ill in his detention cell clinic talk to say nevada he had insufficient allergic reaction but his personal doctor
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isn't convinced speaking to the press she said her client was poisoned and warned he could be in danger if he returns to prison. when you bring up the human. it's unclear whether what he has is contact dermatitis or not but he was in a life threatening condition and now they are sending him back to the same place where that same toxic chemical substance might be again. and this 2nd exposure to whatever it was could have serious consequences for his health he was. in a valley was arrested just days before a number of unauthorized public protests sent thousands to the streets of the russian capital he tried to make light of his arrest you know the biggest i had gone out for a jog and to buy my wife flowers for her birthday happy birthday by the entrance there was a small bus of russian special forces and they arrested me now i look like an idiot
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in shorts in the police station but that's how it is so are you all jews in. the now rejoined some 1400 people who were also to tanks during last week's demonstrations which saw some 20000 people protest the exclusion of dozens of opposition candidates from local elections. the european union criticized the excessive force used by police during the protests saying it undermined the right to freedom of assembly. last weekend's mobilisation was just the latest in a wave of popular dissent to grip the russian capital this year and not likely to be the last organizers have already called for fresh demonstrations next weekend and russian authorities have already started to detain key opposition figures. and for more now we're joined by roman going to go from the w.'s russian and eastern europe service it's going to have you on the show we've been trying to find out what the condition is right now of mr and whether or not it's safe for him to be
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back in prison i mean what do we know tonight. well as far as we know he's back in prison so he was released from hospital and he himself wrote the lone explanation to his supporters on the internet on his blog he describes how fell ill in the night from saturday on sunday and that he was brought to the hospital he never felt allergy and this is something which which everybody is startled by so as a person who is. so who has never had such symptoms before suddenly feels sick son his face was red was itching and with those symptoms he was brought to the hospital here you know says i do not believe that the policeman in the detention facility could have poisoned him but he says maybe someone more was in my detention
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so during the time that i was out so he leaves that question open but as far as i understand at the moment his condition is stable and he's safe. we know that of all the he's in prison right now because of his connections with political protests last week and we saw protests which in this was just the latest in a long line of protests that moscow has seen this year is popular dissent protests is it spreading in russia. well it's spread it's definitely spreading in moscow and what we've seen on the site today was it was very spectacular because. people were told by the you know russian it must go i thought jeez do not go to that rally do not go to that protest because it was no want. to be the rock must go government so you cannot go there but still thousands and knowing that
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they could be beaten by the police and more than a 1000 people were detained so this is a new quality to the postage and russia and behind it is like saying about me because he is now under arrest for calling to the people go to the streets protest for fair elections because in the core we have a protest against for fair elections because some are some people from opposition and yvonne the supporters who are not allowed to take part in the municipal elections in moscow and rome and we know that opposition leaders have called for new demonstrations do you expect a similar crackdown on these new demonstrations briefly please i think the demonstration could be even bigger because many of position politicians are knowledge of change all right to be reporter roman gone cheering for joining us tonight with the latest on the fallout from the apparent poisoning of mr an evolving roman thank you. well here's some of the other stories that we are
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tracking for use scottish 1st minister nicolas sturgeon says the u.k. appears to be heading for an inevitable new deal breaks it after a meeting in britain's new prime minister boris johnson she says breaks it would affect plans for a new referendum on scottish independence a majority of scots voted to remain in the european union brazilian authorities say more than 50 people have died during a prison riot in the north of the country officials say brutal fighting erupted between rival criminal groups at the ultimate europe prison in paris state day the death toll may still rise sudanese as citizens have taken to the streets of the capital khartoum after 4 high school students were shot dead during a protest the country's main opposition group has called for more demonstrations against the military government this comes just weeks after the opposition and the military agreed to an outline of a power sharing agreement and bangladesh over 1000 people have been diagnosed with
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potentially deadly dengue fever the country is suffering its worst ever outbreak of the disease with 8 people dead so far and over 13000 cases reported local media say the number of victims may be much higher. when now to a tragic story here in germany and 8 year old boy died when he was pushed onto the railway tracks and struck by an oncoming train at frankfurt's main station the boy and his mother were both pushed from the platform by a man who fled the scene but bystanders they call the suspect who has now been questioned by police. the attack met with widespread horror across germany. while the 40 year old mother was able to get off the track her son was fatally hit by an incoming high speed train.
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so it securely to the main suspect a 40 year old man fled the scene some eyewitnesses who are part of this to us we were able to track him down with the help of civilians and he was detained near the station he is currently being questions about the incident and his motives at the moment i can't say why you might have done it some of the votes you will not want us to tell happening later kind of for a while a clear motive has not been established police and prosecution are working on an early theory. right now we believe the 2 parties did not know each other that there was no relationship between the victims and the perpetrator so we're still unsure about a possible motive you know people in frankfurt are appalled. all lies by i'm so sorry for the woman the child the bystanders and of course the driver of the train has their eye and i have 3 children myself and the 1st thing i thought was how my daughter is the same age my feeling is indescribable i just can't understand
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how somebody could do something like this kind of besides questioning the suspects police are working with eyewitnesses together more information the mother is being treated in a hospital. she's following the story for. me this is this is a horrific story what more do we know about the investigation. well we know now that the police have actually launched a murder party and the latest now is that hosts the hoffa germany's interior minister has actually now broken off his some a vacation to actually meet with some of germany's top security chiefs this evening to discuss what the interior ministry described as several serious crimes that have happened recently of course we had a similar incident like this one here in germany i'm a little more north from frank that just under 2 weeks ago and a 34 year old mother that was also pushed onto the tracks and she was hit by an
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incoming regional train and also sadly died now because this is being taken very seriously as i say the interior minister will be meeting with germany's top security chiefs and we're expecting to him more from him on tuesday what do we know about the suspect police of question well we know sort of these from the police and from the questioning that the victim and the perpetrator durned appear to have known each other before the incident but we know so far that the suspect is a 40 year old man who is from eritrea that's a fact that the particularly fall by politicians far right commentators have already jumped on particularly on social media using that to fuel their argument in germany's very much on going migration debate of course that's something as well that the german interior ministry will be keen to make sure that that doesn't also
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boil over once again but for now as i say most of the places will be getting will be to morrow now on tuesday and that will be from the interior minister hosts a hope that once he's spoken with those security officials this evening. his tragic story tonight kate thank you. the chinese government has held a news conference to condemn the ongoing unrest in hong kong it comes after another weekend of clashes between police and anti-government protesters calling the turbulence quote horrendous incidents that have seriously damaged the rule of wall beijing also reaffirming its backing for hong kong's chief executive kerry lam. scenes of street protests like this are becoming more and more frequent after an 8 consecutive weekend of demonstrations in hong kong beijing responded with the rest statement. young don't think you should at the end get the recent
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developments in hong kong especially the acts of violence by a small number of radical activists have seriously undermined the territories prosperity and stability and challenge the rule of law and public order yet the lives and property of hong kong residents are under threat. beijing adds that the protests violate the principle of one country 2 systems the marches began over a proposed bill that would allow suspects from hong kong to be extradited to mainland china for trial. the bill was shelved but protesters have not backed down their calling for the resignation of hong kong leader kerry and for greater autonomy. the comments from beijing do not appear to have eased the tension. we wish beijing with a shows will try to understand what hong kong people really want what happened
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in beijing today and this afternoon would actually help fan the fall of what's already been a tsunami of protest and hong kong. what to count as peaceful demonstrations have turned increasingly violent. with protests planned and beijing standing firm behind hong kong lisa a resolution seems a long way off. or fortnight is a wildly popular video game that is played by hundreds of millions of people around the world now it has a 1st ever world champion new york host of the fortnight world cup in new york this weekend with 16 year old child you're sort of seeing right there taking home the top prize of $3000000.00 the american gamer who's known as. was one of many players from around the world competing in a packed stadium but usually host the u.s. open tennis tournaments he's
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