this is d.w. news live from berlin fears that russia's most prominent opposition figure has been poisoned a spokeswoman for alexina folly says he is in a coma and at a siberian hospital after drinking tea the flight he was on had to make an emergency landing when he started to feel sick. also coming up democrat come on harris makes history becoming the 1st woman of color on a major party ticket to accept your nomination for vice president of the united states of america. together with joe biden harris now wants to convince

americans that they can heal our country devastated by the pandemic and deeply divided the politics of president trucks. and e.u. leaders back to the opposition and balance refusing to recognize the election that chapter president go into power and promising sanctions on top officials german chancellor angela merkel says to me you wants talks between the 2 sides. i'm sumi so much god it's good to have you with us russian opposition leader alexei in a volley is on caution unconscious in the hospital after allegedly being poisoned doctors at this hospital in the siberian city of on disk told reporters that he wasn't grave yet stable condition the politician started to feel sick while he was on a flight for. siberia back to moscow prompting the plane to make an emergency

landing of ali a lawyer and take a russian activist as well known for his outspoken criticism of russian president vladimir putin he has served several students in prison for organizing anti kremlin protests. and let's bring in our moscow correspondent emily sure win with the latest hi emily are there any new developments. well we've heard a statement from the deputy head doctor of the hospital and squared of on the is at the moment and he's talked about the politicians condition as being serious but stable he also said that. there is no diagnosis yet of what happened to me and the causes of his current condition and that we could expect that later today he said that doctors at the hospital are considering poisoning as one of the possible explanations for these current condition now and the violence press secretary has

talked about this being a poisoning and she said that he has only had 2 today so she said that the theory one theory is that perhaps the poison or a poison may have been in his t.v. but we don't know of course whether that is the truth w. spoke to these personal doctor on the sea of a cd of earlier today and she said that she's on her way to almost at the moment she said that the doctors at the hospital are refusing to speak to her and that she will when she sees me trying to decide whether he needs to be transferred to another hospital she told you that it's that we need to save him now there are reports that there are police at the hospital at the moment and also that now via me was in siberia to investigate. new corruption for a new corruption blog or a new video that he may be publishing we don't know what that investigation was

about at the moment tell us more about why alexina all these an important figure in russia. alex in the money is a well known opposition politician here in russia he campaigned to take part in the presidential elections in 2018 he's also a very well known anti corruption blogger he regularly publishes videos investigating politicians here in russia kind of talking about their riches and the sources of their riches he for example publish one video on meet the needs of the port former president and former prime minister which has received millions of views online and he also has or has or organized opposition protests in the past and that work that he does has made him a target in the past as well he's been arrested dozens of times and just last year he actually also reported that he was poisoned when he was in prison after calling

for an unauthorized protest he had kind of a rash a horrible skin rash and was taken to hospital but it seems that his condition now is much more serious and we still don't know if this was a poisoning but there is some speculation over the timing of this i mean what are you hearing on that. well it's all just speculation at the moment especially because. so far has been tight lipped about what work he was actually doing in siberia and whether that was it was really a corruption investigation that he was carrying out and and if so what the topic of that investigation is in recent days we have however heard. these name mentioned in in connection to the huge protests that we've been seeing in neighboring bella ruse president alexander lukashenko himself mentioned me as one of the possible russian

opposition figures who may be behind the protests he's been kind of throwing these accusations around of foreign meddling in the protests but that seems rather unlikely it seems more likely that these conditions could be connected in some way to this investigation but we don't know at the moment. when reporting from moscow thank you. well opposition leaders invalid welcomed a unanimous decision by european union leaders to reject the results of the election that kept president lukashenko in power national leaders and top officials from the e.u. held a video conference and announced sanctions against a large number of individuals involved in alleged voting fraud and violence against protesters. this is not lunch time well the end of a shift this is another nail in the coffin of credibility. of a state run chemicals factory. threats have no power over them anymore. protestors

urged workers at one of the country's fine track to factories to join them but some decide to keep their jobs. thank you. very outsiders to rally across the industrial heartlands of balor us rejection of ricocheting cuz regime has gone nationwide and on wednesday that rejection officially went international a clear message from the european union we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic transition of power and bellows. germany's angela merkel has spoken with russia's putin but said lukas shanker wouldn't take her calls for middle income only mediate if one is in contact with all sides but we will do everything we can from our side to promote a national dialogue. in security council meeting the talk

was of no talk. the leaders of the western countries offer us negotiations conversations and at this time they continue to push their line we can see it we understand it but we do not accept it i want them to hear that solution. but those filling the streets across speller us day and night are desperate for dialogue one of their leaders told you they want everyone to help you out if is possible that the e.u. states the russian federation and ukraine can help us to organize a dialogue within the country and with external partners so that the transfer of power happens and we listen to each other i would always support it this is a decisive moment for us. we must be. decisive not only because putin has remained tight lipped but decisive because they have the support of the european union and decisive because now their fear has gone.

let's get some other headlines from around the world now a man who left 6 people injured after allegedly ramming into their vehicles on a berlin highway is being sent to a psychiatric unit officials say the 30 year old is a suspected islam mystic stream ist who showed signs of mental instability on tuesday evening of the suspect struck 3 motorbikes on the road before claiming he was carrying explosives. leaders of the coup when mali have met with top civil servants and opposition representatives and pledged to hold elections within what they call a reasonable time the u.n. security council has demanded the release of mali's deposed president ibrahim. and all other detained officials the coup follows weeks of growing political tensions and anti-government protests. and u.s. media say the state of michigan has reached a $600000000.00 agreement to compensate residents of flint over lead tainted drinking water lead began leaking into the water from aging pipes after the city

changed its supply in 2014 making local children sick thousands of residents filed lawsuits against the state. harris has accepted the democratic party's nomination for vice president of the us the senator from california became the 1st woman of color on a major party ticket democrats are hoping that alongside presidential nominee joe biden harris will galvanize voters to unseat donald trump harris said trump's presidency has cost lives and livelihoods. a historic 1st for the democrats and for america come along horace is the 1st black and the 1st asian american woman on a presidential ticket and she's my god her vision for the nation we can do better and deserve so much more. we must elect a president who will bring something different something better and do the

important work a president who will bring all of us together black white latino asian indigenous to achieve the future we collectively want. democrats are positioning biden harris as a chance to really gain a foothold in a time of. the evening centered on strong female voices united behind the pair have a bridging of the democratic old guard with a new after the last election parag used his address to rebuke trump saying he never took the job seriously read criticism of a sitting president by his predecessor for close to 4 years now here is shown no interest in putting in the work no interest in finding common ground no interest in using the awesome power of his office to help anyone but himself and his friends.

no interest in treating the presidency as anything but one more reality show that he can use to get the attention increase. on the morn's the future of democracy in the us is at stake biden alongside harrison said is the change the country needs right now. and come a harris focused on unifying the us that seems to be the theme of this democratic convention earlier i asked you to be a stephanie months to tell us more about her speech yes to the right that is the overarching theme of the democratic convention which we witnessed now it's in his thirty's and tomorrow lasts with. presidential candidate joe biden but now this was our it was a one of the most important speeches at this point in her career i bet and she did the job remember everything here every word anybody says here on stage or in vs is

scripted highly scripted there's a lot of people who think about what to say how to say it is that ground then of course the candidates in this case come out of her as are others have a final draft or a final look at it so anyhow it was historic absolutely it was historic also not just because they is as you said a person of color the 1st time on this the vice presidential ticket it is also because she was able to actually paint a different picture to create a different vision in her speech for america and introduce herself by doing so and with doing so to the american people that was her her main stick tonight and had to be she has to introduce herself and the line of the night here in the united states from carla harris was there is no vaccine for racism and that's a hint she is going to build up from her background as prosecutor

as attorney general and district attorney in california to go after structural and systemic racism big issue for the for the harris ticket. but let's get a quick look now at some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic india has recorded another record number of new infections with almost 70000 new cases reported on thursday and the country is now ramped up testing to more than 900000 a day germany has seen just over 1700 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours that is the highest daily number since april when the pandemic was considered to be at its peak italy has also posted its highest new caseload since may when the country emerged from one of the longest lockdowns in the world authorities there reported $642.00 new infections on wednesday and south korea has warned a recent outbreak from a church in the capital seoul could spread nationwide the government has warned if

name posed the highest level of restrictions if the numbers continue to rise. that's our news update at this hour thank you for watching good of you sir calley will be here at the top of the hour state don't. go there so that's what people experience is when their parents and she's taken from them countless cultural artifacts want to still learn from africa by colonialists and carted off to europe to. do. what should be done with the still north from africa.