this is the news live from berlin russia's most prominent opposition figure is unconscious in hospital amid fears that he's been poisoned a spokeswoman for election if he says he fell ill during the flight the plane had to make an emergency landing and doctors say they're working to save his life also on the program democrats makes history as the 1st woman of color on a major u.s. party ticket. your nomination for vice president

of the united states of america. along with joe biden she has to convince americans that they can hear the country. divided on the politics of president from. germany because it's highest number of new infections in corona virus cases across europe spike. welcome to the program russian opposition leader alexina valmy is unconscious in hospital and on a ventilator following a suspected poisoning was on a flight it was on a flight from siberia to moscow when he lost consciousness the plane landed in gone he was carried off and taken to hospital for treatment the doctor that described him as being in a serious but stable condition his press secretary said something a proper. be important to the team he drunk at the airport before the flight. is

considered one of president putin's fiercest russian critics and has been repeatedly arrested at demonstrations its supporters say here survives several attempts to injure him. this isn't the 1st time tina valmy has cried foul in august last year alexina van they 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 and here is 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 now finally responded with defiance. this is for sure. now as these pictures show the opposition leader being transported to

a hospital in on. it's what supporters are calling the latest in a long series of attempts to silence alexina vuln the. i'll ask the latest from t.w. our moscow correspondent emily showing welcome emily what's the latest august on the valleys condition. well there's been another statement from the deputy head doctor at the cost little where none 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 not find 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 me was or was not still in a coma so we don't know about that he did say earlier on that that 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 and that's the c.e.o. of a seed of a has now arrived in and she says that she's not being given access to none 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 or isn't. well the kremlin's spokes person to me bischoff 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 me

to europe for medical care if necessary as he said and now a doctor has actually officially old 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 cough also said that if it is confirmed through the doctor's diagnosis that nonviolent had indeed been poisoned that that would mean that there should be an investigation and now by news team has already called on the investigative committee to look into this case as a case of an attempted an attempt on the vine these life. will do for the family surely must go. so how likely is this to ban a poisoning well vez in office another russian opposition figure he says he was poisoned by kremlin agents last year and that his experience mirrors and i soon found this

1st of all we the symptoms are very close to what i have experienced when i was poisoned exactly 2 years ago in september 2018 i also lost my eyesight lost record in asian ability to move around a lot of my consciousness very quickly i was and when i was. i was in the intensive care units were for a long time and during that period my. friends and family they didn't have any adequate access to medical documents and it was said that i would not receive adequate treatment and care in moscow so decision was made to move me to europe to lend to sherry to clinic for the treatment we believe that because no molly's policing is also definitely a political poisoning like in my case the pattern here of behavior by russian

doctors in russian on force and officials is very similar so there is definitely a threat to nepal the while he's in the russian medical system. further vassal off that the bell ruse where prosecutors say they have opened a criminal case against leaders of a mass protest movement against president alexander lukashenko as after 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 and election the opposition say was rigged. well let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world german chancellor angela merkel has met the young climate activists gratitude and burke and we said no about him but lead the campaign has delivered a petition signed by 25000 people demanding stronger environmental legislation from a youth leaders germany currently holds the e.u. rotating presidency i have to say it will make climate policy

a central focus. luncheons 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 passion a baby was convicted of murder and attempted murder in conspiring to cause explosions you'll spend a minimum of 55 years in prison. south korea's intelligence agency says it has seen signs of a power shift in its reclusive communist neighbor north korean dictator kim jong only sort of transferred some of his powers to senior officials most significantly so he fits that came he came joe the move has fueled speculation that she's being groomed as his successor. well u.s. president donald trump's former chief white house strategist and prominent right wing figure steve allen has been arrested and charged with fraud federal prosecutors in new york allege mr ballen and 3 others orchestrated

a scheme to defraud to defraud hundreds of thousands of dollars and gave money to an online crowd funding campaign it raised more than $25000000.00 supposedly to build a worrier along the u.s. is southern border to stop migrants entering the country smaller than new york a camera cobbler 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 are hoping that alongside presidential nominee joe biden harris will galvanize voters to unseat donald trump she said mr trump's presidency would cost lives and livelihoods. every story 1st for the democrats and for america come along 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 are positioning biden and 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 puracal bomb and 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 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 we're all the show that we can use to get the attention he craves. or warns the future of democracy in the us is at stake. in alongside harris he said is the change the country needs right now. and germany has just confirmed the highest 24 hour total of new infections for months of more than $1700.00 authorities say they're confident they can keep the virus in check but the numbers that rising numbers are causing concern and children across the country return to school. germans are coming home from their vacations abroad and are returning to school and work but just as the country goes back to its daily routines

a new spike in coronavirus cases is causing alarm. over 1700 new infections were confirmed on thursday the highest rate since the end of april the number of new cases had been falling over the summer but the trend has recently reversed the situation is still far from the peak of over $6000.00 daily new infections reached an early april but cova 19 is far from gone. we're still in the middle of a pandemic it's not over yet we don't know what's yet to come but without a doubt we have so far made it through so well because we have a strong efficient resilient health care system. even with the well prepared health care sector the aim remains to keep the virus from spreading out of control. this berlin secondary school is counting on widespread testing to prevent any major outbreaks the school is one of just 3 in germany to offer free coronavirus tests to

all students and staff once a week they use a self testing kit at home and bring the swab back to have it analyzed. skippers people are increasingly taking part in these tests more than 1060 out of 1300 people who work and study here are regularly taking the tests every week and the trend is on the up. toward the sky there has been no positive test results in the 1st 3 weeks the hope is that any infections can be detected swiftly so the school can remain open after spending months studying alone at home students don't want to miss out on learning in the classroom with their friends in football munich beaten french club to secure a place in the final of the champions league search now british scored twice in the 1st half to give the variance

a comfortable 2 mil hof time lead the result was sealed by a late header from a robot levodopa scheme a 3 mil win means the german champions will beat perry sancerre not in sunday's final in lisbon. a situ up today at the top of the hour rob what's how's your d w business news update in just. a good. thing up today don't miss our highlights. program online w dot com highlights. they've been robbed of their soul that's what are people experiences when their heritage is taken from them. countless cultural bridges were brutally stolen from africa and carted off to europe by colonialists.

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