discovery. with all the. time for 68. this is the line from there to russia's most prominent opposition figure. in hospital amid fears that he's been poisoned a spokeswoman for the says he fell sick during a flight to drinking on the plane had to make an emergency landing there working to save his life also on the program the opposition groups welcomes the e.u. decision the decision to project the outcome of this month's presidential election

but a defiant president authorizes a criminal case against opposition leaders as german chancellor i'm going back to the vote is not a free no fat. in the united states. makes history as the 1st woman of color. except your nomination for vice president of the united states of america. joe biden she has to convince americans that they can kill a country ravaged by the pandemic and divide it over the politics of president. i'm for welcome to the program russian opposition leader is unconscious in hospital and on a ventilator following a suspected poisoning he was on

a flight from siberia to moscow when he lost consciousness his press secretary said something had probably been added to tea that he drank. alexina valmy he is considered one president putin's 5th sister russian critics. this isn't the 1st time tina valmy has cried foul in august last year alexina vanny said he'd been poisoned with an allergic agent while in jail he'd been detained for calling an authorised protests and his dog ate resistance to kremlin control has long made him one of president vladimir putin's biggest nemeses. no vanity rose to prominence with his exposure of corruption at russian state controlled companies at rallies he took direct aim at the kremlin and its occupants dubbing putin's united russia party the party of crooks and thieves. as he began proving his pulling power

with opposition supporters stints in jail and the courtroom became a regular feature. charges of embezzlement in the city of kirov in 2013 saw him banned from entering the political process and running for office. in 2017 moscow saw some of the biggest anti corruption rallies it had seen in years thousands were detained along with the violently he went behind bars for 15 days for his part in organizing them. that same year he was hit with chemical green dye and hospitalized leaving him partially blind in his right eye more arrests and more jail sentences followed in 2018 but as ever only responded with defiance. this is for sure. now these pictures show the opposition leader being transported to hospital in on

sc it's what supporters are calling the latest in a long series of attempts to silence alexina van the. let's get the latest from t.w. our moscow correspondent emily show and welcome emily what's the latest on the stern of ali's condition. well there's been another statement from the deputy head doctor at the hospital where now is at the moment and he said that he was making a careful statement that these condition had stabilized somewhat especially as he said considering the condition that he was in when he arrived at the hospital he said that doctors would continue to monitor these health and his condition going forward but that he had all the care and all the expertise that he needed he didn't confirm that viny was or was not still in a coma so we don't know about that he did say earlier on that the doctors were

still trying to figure out what caused his current condition and that one of the versions that they're considering is that he may have been poisoned but we aren't likely to get a kind of diagnosis until later on now meanwhile now vine these doctor on the seat of a seat of a has now arrived in and she says that she's not being given access to number in the at all or to any documentation on his medical condition but she's insisting that he needs to be transferred to a specialist center of some sort in europe and there's even been talk of him potentially being transferred to germany doctors and are saying however that he cannot be transferred at the moment and what is the kremlin saying about this alleged poisoning. well the kremlin's spokes person to me to keep this cough made a statement saying that he's monitoring the situation closely and that he wishes me a speedy recovery he even offered kind of help to transfer

a nonviolent me to europe for medical care if necessary as he said and now these doctor has actually officially oh well she said that on twitter she officially calls on that help that the kremlin had offered so we'll have to see what happens there now his calls also said that if it is confirmed through the doctor's diagnosis that you had indeed been poisoned that that would mean that there should be an investigation and now finally steam has already called on the investigative committee to look into this case as a case of attempted an attempt on the vine these life. will do you for sure live in moscow. now to bella ruse prosecutors say they have opened a criminal case against leaders of a mass protest movement against president alexander lukashenko

a soft opposition activists set up a council to negotiate a transition of power to see more than 10 days of demonstrations and strikes after the president claimed victory in an election the opposition say was rigged. calmly has been out on the streets of the capital minsk and joins us now welcome nic what do you say. well i'm out here on independence avenue main street and in the process of the last half an hour or so they've being . big groups of protesters with flags with flowers in their hands walking up and down because driving past beeping their horns in support seconds you just a flavor for quite how diffuse this protest is there is no central protest camp protests erupt all across the city as well as across the country and they go away as fast as they gather i mean that's part of the strategy to the police time to

detain them to identify the protesters but it's a very difficult situation to monitor what's very fast moving but people do seem to have lost their fear of challenging this regime out in the open i'm standing opposite the k.g.b. building the main security service here people walking past making gestures taking selfies in front of it something that was probably pretty unthinkable just a few months ago the president has threatened a further crackdown against protesters is there any sign of that yeah. well there's definitely been a hardening of the rhetoric yesterday we heard from him where he basically said that these protests were financed from abroad from europe and he said that this was all something coming from outside the country something was inspired by foreign powers and as a result he would now be taking measures to make it more difficult than money. to be sent from abroad to better use the allegation being that these parts will find out just by european grants as it were so far we haven't seen more people arrested

indeed people who were arrested in the bigger protests in the last few weeks have now been released but the real test will be this weekend's protests opposition here hoping to get potentially a 1000000 people out onto the streets of minsk on sunday after the big march on past sunday which so about 200000 people gather here in minsk and tell us about this new investigation that's been ordered into opposition activists. i think feel this danger was always there this is essentially a political decision i think the legal niceties are less important here we've already seen. the presidential candidates essentially being bundled away to look out of the country they were living with this risk and i think it will only depend on the personal decision of president whether or not he sees the opposition as big enough a threat to his power whether this case will move on but i think the interesting thing here is how independent let's these protests are sure you hear people chanting to the last guys name some of these protests but actually lots of this is

organized horizontally by people who know each other through social media lots of smaller groups across the country so even if some of these opposition figures were to end up in jail i don't think that's anywhere near enough to put an end to these protests and indeed for many it seems like you get the sense from people here they see this is the beginning rather than at the end of any of these protests against 26 years in power. in minsk thank you for that. right now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world london central criminal court has handed down a life sentence for the brother of a suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a pop concert in manchester in 2017 asham a baby was convicted of murder attempted murder and conspiring to cause explosions will spend a minimum of 55 years in prison. german chancellor angela merkel has met the young climate activists aggressive totenberg and doing noise about lead the campaign has

delivered a petition signed by a 125000 people demanding stronger environmental legislation from e.u. leaders germany currently holds the e.u.'s rotating presidency and has said it will make it climate policy a central focus. a man who left 6 people injured after allegedly bribing into their vehicles on a berlin highway is being sent to a psychiatric unit officials say the 30 year old is a suspected islam is the extremist who shows signs of mental instability on tuesday evening a suspect is said to have struck 3 motorbikes on the road before claiming he was carrying explosives. a line of food ordering company delivery hero is to replace why a card in germany's blue chip dax index the berlin based company owned some of the world's biggest the deliberate brands wild card will leave the dax next week following the scandal over a 2000000000 euro hole in its finances this is. a couple of harris has

accepted the democratic party's nomination for vice president of the united states the senator from california became the 1st woman of color on a major party ticket democrats hoping that alongside presidential nominee joe biden will galvanize voters to unseat donald trump and she said mr trump's presidency had cost lives and livelihoods. a historic 1st for the democrats and for america. harris is the 1st black and the 1st asian american woman on a presidential ticket and she laid out 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 and positioning biden harris as a chance to really gain a foothold in a time of chaos 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 he has 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 he craves. on the warns the future of

democracy in the u.s. is at stake fighting alongside harris he said is the change the country needs right now. so let's take a closer look of the battleground states in november's election pennsylvania democrats are hoping to get the state back in their column after donald trump won it narrowly in 26 states hoping come what harris can boost enthusiasm amongst black versus black voters in philadelphia could be among the kingmakers in the november election president trump carried the state of pennsylvania only by a slim point 7 percent margin in 2016 less than 45000 votes this time around democrats hope the nomination of come on harris as vice presidential candidate will tip the scale in their favor. nominee goss is already vice president of she can win an organization that supports women running for political office for her harris

is the best role model she can think of. for many women that are seeking to run for office she is what you would want to kind of try that poor maintain that level headedness and i'm sure that there is a ton of for a very personal level. to finally see someone. who comes from similar backgrounds who comes from a similar understanding culture to the position to actually make some change as a culture and as a people i think when we see. you know our per our people rise in our women in such a way you feel connected you just instantly want to support them but not every black voter thinks that way reverend todd johnson has been a pastor in philadelphia's black communities for 30 years and he's one of the very few staunch black republicans for him harris is little more than

a publicity stunt by democrats. looking for a person of color to appease their base and they were looking for somebody of a female gender so that they could appease their base and say ok we've got to check but i don't think we should be choosing people for positions based on their gender or based on their race that to me is this i don't want that. you want to get a job because of your color and because of your gender but many in philadelphia see more income on harris than just a candidate who was chosen for her race and gender i think is the best thing that's happened to this country not only that she's a woman but she's and she's a boy. but she is a woman that's want to make a change she shows. ambition you know like don't give up on your dreams by people always telling you you can be nothing you can do things you know

is good to see people to shows that you can be anything you want and do anything. in philadelphia the black community many are enthusiastic about the 1st woman of color our presidential ticket the question for democrats is will that be enough to carry them across the finish line. take a look at some law but there is top stories start in south korea where the intelligence agency says it has seen signs of a power shift in its reclusive communist neighbor north korea dictator kim jong un is sort of transferred some of his powers to senior officials most significantly to his sister came you know john the move has fueled speculation that she is being groomed as his successor. leaders of the coup in mali have met with top civil servants and opposition representatives and pledged to hold elections but

then what they call a reasonable time the u.n. security council has demanded the release of moderates deposed president abraham kiter and other detained deficients the coup follows weeks of growing political tensions and anti-government protests. the helicopter pilot has died in a crash while battling california's wildfires hundreds of fires are blazing across the state forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes a lightning strike sparked blazes a drive vegetation during our breath code breaking heat wave now into its 2nd week . now here in germany the number of corona virus that cases is on the rise with authours this recording just over 1700 new infections in the last 24 hours that's the highest daily figure since april when the pandemic was considered to be at its peak the search. has been blamed on holiday makers returning home as well as parties and family gatherings and in this month germany introduced

a free man the tree tests for anyone returning from areas deemed to be high risk covered 90 infections. well a pandemic is reshaping the biotech industry as investors pile into support small often imprudent at companies in the hope they can produce a vaccine one of the firms in this race is german biotech company. whose c.e.o. has told the w that its aim to have a vaccine on the market by the middle of next year. german pharmaceutical company q have act 20 years old $480.00 employees and it dreams of changing the world it has sights set on the most sought after of prices a coronavirus vaccine and the newly listed company is making progress we are planning to have the vaccine are ready somewhere mid next year depending certainly

on the data we are running clinical trial it will be prudent after 1st clinical data it would we expect in september october but it should be affordable so you shouldn't overdo it with a price there are certain settings already done we are in a very low base cost of goods and should be reflected in the price there as well so i would guess somewhere between 10 and 15 years when cure of went public in new york on friday it shares rose 249 percent during the far city of trading those who got an hourly may have struck it rich. cure back is just one of many corbett vaccine hopefuls $170.00 companies from all over the world including the u.s. china japan the u.k. and india are also in the race. last week russia claimed a breakthrough president vladimir putin proudly declared they were the 1st to approve a vaccine which he said his own daughter had been vaccinated but scientists doubt

the russian vaccine named sputnik 5 is really ready. what's beyond doubt is that thanks to high tech methods used by the likes of cure or vaccine research is moving faster than ever in normal times it would take 10 to 15 years to get a vaccine to market now some companies have reached the clinical trial phase in a matter of months regulators are expecting a breakthrough as early as next year no other product in the world has a larger potential market many nations have already placed orders for hundreds of millions of doses cure back plans to produce a 1000000000 per year if its vaccine comes to fruition the question is whose will hit the market 1st to china where the yangtze river has risen to dangerous levels after some of the heaviest rainfall in recent memory southwest and central regions have borne the brunt of flooding under the thousands of local residents have been

evacuated from low lying areas. the mighty yangtze swollen to historic levels southwest and central china has been hit with some of its heaviest rainfall on record causing hundreds of rivers to burst their banks. for the 1st time sichuan province has declared a level one flood response the highest on a 40 year scale. emergency teams are battling treacherous conditions in men young city that were forced to abandon their trucks and move door to door on foot to risking trapped residents. there were scenes repeated in villages towns and cities across the region as tens of thousands flee the rising water. in many areas boats are the only way to navigate the flooded streets. it's a race against time to pluck stranded residents from danger. these men were found

exhausted clean to a roadside. communities in the water low country side also face another has it. the street in long known city was turned into a raging torrent a severe mudslides tore through southern gansu province. a nearby bridge was swept away in the search. for. those who couldn't escape in time had to be hoisted by helicopter from the rooftops . as well as the dangers to life and property china's cultural heritage is also under threat the 1300 year old lush on buddha is now surrounded by floodwaters at one point the statues toys are under water the 1st time that's happened in 70 years. good line of sports by munich has beaten french

club a limb picked leo to secure a place in the final of the champions league a search not great i scored twice in the 1st half to give the barrett's a comfortable to nil half time late the result was sealed late header from robot 11 dusky the 3 no wind means that german champions will meet. a sunday's final in this . $100.00 pair of spectacles thought to have belonged to mahatma gandhi ought to be auctioned in the english city of bristol on friday iconic round rooms were found stuffed in the option boxes letterbox. employees connected them to a local 80 year old man who says his uncle met the future indian independence leader while working in south africa for b.p. oil producer b.p. on line beds for the frames of pasta 50000 euros.

as a reminder of our top stories at this hour a spokeswoman for russian opposition leader i've seen the family says he is unconscious in a hospital in siberia following a suspected poison it became sick during a flight all spittles chief doctor has confirmed that they have spoken to trump the critics condition is serious. and prosecutors in belarus say they're open to criminal case against leaders of a mass protest movement against president alexander lukashenko a soft opposition activists set up a council to negotiate a transition of power following the president's disputed election victory. and to come here is accepting the democratic party's nomination asa vice presidential candidate in the event this u.s. connections the status of from california is the 1st woman of color to join a major posses presidential ticket the democrats are hopeful alongside presidential nominee joe biden how does will galvanize the versions to unseat the truck.

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