ends it. malaria must on millions live. this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight in russia the man fighting for the political opposition is fighting for his life after 3 suspected poisoning alexina on the is in a coma and on a ventilator he became ill on a flight to moscow today his spokeswoman says it was a couple of toxic teeth that made move all the sick of all need could be moved to

germany as early as tomorrow also coming up tonight france's president all for ringing of all the asylum in france mccraw met today with germany's chancellor angela merkel she also offered help to the kremlin critic and germany recording its highest number of new corona virus infections in months as coronavirus king says all across europe and in the united states the democrats most unusual convention enters its 4th and final night joe biden is due to formally accept his party's presidential nomination later this evening from his home state of delaware. i'm off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome activists here in germany are tonight planning to send a rescue plane to bring russian opposition leader alexina vallie here to berlin for

medical treatment of all the was on a flight from siberia to moscow today when he lost consciousness he. seat last seen drinking tea at the airport before boarding the plane tea that his spokeswoman says was poisoned and not long afterwards he became so ill that the plane had to land early he was carried off the plane in the city of ohm skin taken to a hospital there the volley is considered one of president vladimir putin's fiercest russian critics he has repeatedly been arrested at political demonstrations or french president emanuel macron in germany's chancellor angela merkel have offered assistance tune of all need they have been holding a summit in the south of france mccrone went as far as to offer asylum to the kremlin critic today here's part of what he said. if you don't we are ready to provide any necessary support for alexander nivana me and his family there for his

health for asylum and for his protection this goes without saying and we discussed it at length and it was. it was french president emanuel mccrone speaking earlier today in of all these supporters say that he has survived several attempts by the russian government to harm him before here's a closer look now at an of all news career and how he rose to become such a strong critic of the kremlin. this isn't the 1st time tina valmy has cried foul in august last year alexina van the said he'd been poisoned with an allergic agent while in jail he'd been detained for calling an authorised protests and his dog eared 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 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 they responded with

defiance. i think you should say that you're looking ok. now these pictures show the opposition leader being transported to hospital in arms it's what supporters are calling the latest in a long series of attempts to silence alexina vonne they. bring in our w. moscow bureau chief yuri rasho he's on the story for us from that side believe me to you yuri what do we know about the leg scene of all these condition to not have one of the doctors at the clinic in peoria when i've only is currently being treated at that his condition had stabilized a little so he did allow himself a glimmer of hope that all his doctor are already pushing for a transfer to europe and that there reportedly has even been talk of the shot and taking it in germany and belly in that could or that would be ready to treat the media reports about the special airplane from germany that would bring the value of

civilian soon obviously the main concern here is not just a stable as i saw people the titian but also to examine these substances that may have poisoned him and european cleanings the german clinics habitate in belize are supposedly better suitable for this year we know that version 4. that the team had been laced with poison but what evidence do we have to prove that this was indeed a poisoning. all we have to wait for the investigation report of course and the question still remains brand what exactly is he is suffering from if he was ready really poisoned and if so what substance was used we can't answer any of these questions at the moment but to many parallels come to mind starting with the poisoning of the former k.g.b. officer living in london for example then the fall my russian spies cryptology souls very pleasant and all the russian political activists got through there is

the love to give the go by the way very easy life was treated in germany and he described his symptoms in an interview with w l a as a very similar to what's happening to not only now so these alleged poisoning has brought back many memories of opposition figures being poisoned or even murder and today we had the french president emmanuel mccrone offering alexina volney asylum during a press conference how is that going to go down with russian president vladimir putin well i think the question is whether he would look forward to an asylum in friends he is solely a russian politician who lives in russia and especially is politically active here on the other hand yes when it's a question of life and death completely different arguments count as to putin's reaction or possible put in resurrection i think he might even be happy if one of these harshest critics left the country kremlin spokesperson that mr biscoe for example said to that president putin knows about the situation surprisingly peskov

said that the author it is in russia would do everything possible to a loan of ali to be transferred to brought in for medical care if necessary and of course you can also criticize putin from abroad but it's a completely different matter when the valise of the country because he support us need him to be in the country to keep the position alive it's true could be doing fujinon a favor with. our it you're a shutter in. your thank you. for the french and german offers of medical assistance to relaxing of all the were made today at the french president summer retreat in the south of france president micron and german chancellor angela merkel discussed many issues including the world of the post and recovery to the political crises in bella ruse and molly but the most pressing subject at the news conference today was the suspected poisoning of the volley. as a medical called for rapid clarification of just how the russian opposition leader

became sick so quickly. if it is wanted for france also goes for germany we will have cool ill health care assistance also in german hospitals but that must of course be requested from there and what is very very important is that it must be urgently clarified how it could come to the situation or we will insist upon that because what we have heard until now very unfortunate circumstances and this must be done ferry very transparently and it was the german chancellor speaking earlier today here at the big table with me now is my colleague political correspondent. so we heard there france and germany are offering assistance to. what's saw and do we have europe sending with it certainly is sending a sign that europe wants to help you've got to are. offering to help if it was

requested but of course that also runs a risk of perhaps russian president vladimir putin interpret in that as europe taking sides that said we do now know that. kraft is actually planning to go and collect. this evening and that's going to be with the team that specialize in tree interest specializes in treating close patients and that's actually being arranged by the foundation cinema for peace foundation which also previously arranged for a kremlin critic who had been poisoned in 2018 to also come to bella and say what we know so far is that no one is expected to then be treated at the sheraton hospital here in berlin in the german capital. we have. with merkel is that correct yes. we are showing that we seek dialogue with russia and if want to with beller us to present so fun not spoken with anyone on

the phone we will of course insist on certain conditions the release of prisoners no violence free speech the right to demonstrate an inclusive dialogue in that country the values which we stand for not just to home but also for those brave people in. investments. so we have there is this europe standing up for its values or is this europe claiming a geo political stake say well all that the european union has tried to do so far is to send a message that makes it clear that they do not have geopolitical interests in bellerive race of course at the same time that putin isn't going to watch buys he knows that that could be part of the race that is looking towards europe right now but this is a very different situation from the one we found ourselves in with ukraine some years ago so it depends where you stand right now but what we heard there from

merkel is very much reiterating what we heard after the e.u. council meeting this week is that you know the european union is ready to have talks both of russia and with bellary says well the president doesn't seem right to be to speak to anyone just yet but even that you and as michael reiterated just now comes with conditions and that means making sure that prisoners are released that there's no more violence on the streets we know that at the moment miracle and . to have these kind of images being shown to the public what's what's the message there is the franco german engine here in europe is it busy working or is it busy demonstrating that it can work well i think is a bit of a bit of both at the moment of course there were a whole plethora of topics that the 2 leaders had to discuss today and also right now. is to. trying to work more cooperatively and more union in a more united way and we've seen that recently as well in the in the response of

financial response to that concern a virus that make and that is seen among the macro on a macro can very much as a success on that pot as well but this wasn't just about. a fad down in that in southern france today they say their car some european white questioning is currently the president of the ever again council as well so this was very much a visit that was very focused as well as somebody to have a working visit in the south of france is a. great he's always good thank you the prosecutors in billu say they've opened a criminal case against leaders of a mass protest movement against president alexander lukashenko well that's after opposition activists set up a council to negotiate a transition of power bill russa's seen more than 10 days of demonstrations in strikes after the president claimed victory and the election that the opposition claims was rigged. let's take

a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world the united states has written to the u.n. security council requesting that u.n. sanctions be reimposed on iran washington insists that tehran is in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal the move is controversial because washington abandoned the nuclear agreement itself 2 years ago south korea's intelligence agency says it has seen signs of a power shift in its reclusive communist neighbor north korea dictator kim jong un is thought to have transferred some of his powers to senior officials most significantly his sister kim jong the move has fueled speculation that she is being groomed as kim's successor. london's central criminal court has handed down a life sentence to the brother of a suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a pop concert in manchester back in 27 c. caution a baby was convicted of murder attempted murder and conspiring to cause explosions

he will spend a minimum of 55 years in prison. germany has confirmed its highest 24 hour total of new corona virus infections in months it stands at now more than $1700.00 new cases in just the past day public health officials say that they remain confident that they can keep the virus in check but the rising numbers are causing concern as children across germany return to school . for. 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 corona virus 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 they really new infections reached an early april but colvin 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've so far made it through so well because we have a strong efficient resilient health care system. and 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 the students and staff once a week they use a self testing kit at home and bring the swab back to have it analyzed. it keeps increasing lead 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. there have 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. staying in the united states presidential candidate joe biden will officially accept the nomination from the democrats later on this 4th and final day of the party's national convention biden would be the oldest president ever elected if he wins in november the democrats' national convention is normally a scene of warring crowds and confetti but it has been relegated to web broadcasts due to the coronavirus and biden accepting the nomination to go against donald

trump comes just one day after some of the hair sufficiently became the democrats' vice presidential candidate making her the 1st black and asian american woman to be on a major presidential ticket. 30 years washington bureau chief in his post she is in wilmington delaware tonight that is joe biden's home base and it's from there where he will make his acceptance speech this evening good evening to you even so what can we expect from this speech which begins the hot phase of this campaign and it wraps up the convention as well. right brian so we're right in front of the hall where he's going to get physics acceptance speech tonight and you know he's known as a very empathetic warm man so i'm sure that's he will play big on that and he also will use the fact that he's delivering this speech here in his home state delaware this is very important for his personality why because he lost his wife and

daughter to a car accident many many years ago and he took the amtrak every day to washington to be able to take care of his 2 sons so that's what he's going to play out showing he is warm he's fit for the job and he's a much more humble and reliable person than president donald trump and we know that by not only needs to galvanize the democrats but he also needs to widen the party's appeal needs to pull in those independents and undecided voters is he on the right path there that is a very good question you just mentioned the last 3 days i mean we saw many many different types of democrats many older statement i mean president obama delivered a an unprecedented speech last night rebuking don't trump in the wave of a president has never done before but what was missing and what is really criticized highly by the rather liberal and draw of the progressive and

a lot of the rather left leaning democrats is that they won something from fair kind of ticket in the game and joe biden doesn't stand for that so it shall be interesting to see how he tries to read out and reach out to that branch of the party it's a very good point and i have to ask you about what we're hearing concerning the former chief white house strategist for donald trump and that is steve bannon today being charged with defrauding dole nerves to a border wall campaign what impact could this have on trump's election chances if any. well we shall see i mean it comes on the heels of the senate intelligence committee report about poll men of fort saying that he kind of delivered data to the russians so that is not a good moment for donald trump on the one hand on the other hand as to be expected he says he has nothing to do with this if he didn't know about it and he hasn't met bennett for for many many months if not years so you know don't jump is known as

teflon don and i think it really won't matter to his voter base all right we'll see if it matters come election day in november in his poll in delaware tonight's indices always thank you. with the pandemic it is reshaping the biotech industry as investors pile in to support small often unproven companies in the hope that they can produce a vaccine one of the firms in this race is the german company cure vaccine c.e.o. as told in w. news that it aims to have a vaccine on the market by the middle of next year. german pharmaceutical company q havoc 20 years old 480 employees and it dreams of changing the water. 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 array somewhere mid next year depending certainly on the date of your running clinical trial which will be prudent after your 1st clinical data it would we expect in september october but it should be affordable so you shouldn't overdo it with the 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 is well so i would guess somewhere between 10 and 15 years when went public in new york on friday it shares rose 249 percent during the fall of trading those who got an early may have struck it rich cure vacas 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 in effect 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 vaccine research is moving faster than ever in normal times it would take 10 to 15 years to get the vaccine to market now some companies have reached a 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 pay year if it's faxing comes to fruition the question is whose will hit the market 1st. well today german chancellor angela merkel met in berlin with

climate activists gratitude barrett and louise annoyed by our they discussed concrete steps to mitigate the effects of climate change and they talked about how to keep the public's attention on the climate despite the coronavirus pandemic. it's been 2 years since we dish climate activists claim to to my bag went on strike from school for the 1st time to call for more action against climate change since then her activism has led to worldwide school strikes but the global current virus pandemic has kept protesters at home a 90 minute meeting with german chancellor angela merkel on thursday provided a chance to refocus attention on the climate change crisis we want people to listen to the science and to act on the signs to act in line with the science. that is all we also that's also in our demands that we should establish annual binding call them budgets based on the contest available science and then of course based on the

budgets which gives us the best chance of staying below 1.5 degrees of global average temperature rise so that is that is what we are all for to merck and the 3 other european activists also delivered an open letter signed by 125000 people to demand stronger environmental legislation from a year's lead as the meeting came as temperatures continue to soar during germany's heat wave the government also confirmed today earlier that it would have missed its 2020 climate goals had it not been for the large drop in greenhouse gases caused by the economic havoc of the current virus pandemic. a pair of spectacles thought to have belonged to the indian independence leader mahatma gandhi are to be auctioned in the english city of bristol on friday the iconic round rimmed glasses were filmed stuffed in the auction houses litter box employees linked them to a local 80 year old man who says that his uncle met the future leader while working

in south africa online bids for the frames have already exceeded 55000 euro. for his. the top story that we're following for you this hour the russian opposition leader alexina volney is in a coma after becoming ill on the flight to moscow today his spokeswoman suspects someone laced his tea with poison german activists say they are planning to send a plane to bring the ball me here chamberlain for medical treatment french president has also offered his country's help including political asylum. but don't forget you can always get your news on the go just after from google play or from the app store to give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you're part of

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