this is news live from berlin russia allows you to be taken to germany for treatment the opposition leader has been fighting for his life in a siberian hospital after suspected poisoning the german medics will now take him to berlin after russian doctors insisted earlier that he was too ill to fly also coming up. joe biden democratic party's nomination for the president to end what he calls a season of darkness in america. great honor and you're out of it i accept

this nomination the president. urges americans to unite and return to optimism. among for joining us we start with breaking news in a dramatic u. turn russian doctors in charge of kremlin critic alexei. says he will be allowed to fly to germany to volunteer he has been in a hospital in arms since collapsing on a plane on thursday his supporters say he was poisoned because of his political activities he's one of russia's most visible dissidents the bonis condition has become an international issue with france and germany offering medical treatment russian doctors had insisted he was too weak to be transferred but suddenly changed

their minds within the last hour german medics were sent to by and n.g.o.s here in berlin say they're ready to fly him out for treatment. a short while ago the deputy chief doctor at the hospital in confirmed that in a volley could be moved. we took the decision not to oppose his transfer to another hospital the one that his relatives indicated to us. that u. turn came just hours after germany's foreign minister heiko mas reaffirmed his government's offer to airlift an avanti to berlin for treatment at a news conference with their slovakian counterpart moss also said it was almost impossible to judge from a distance whether novell knee really was unfit to fly the sheraton hospital in berlin we're treating a volunteer doctors there have experience in treating high profile poisoning victims from russia let's talk now to young

busy who has founded cinema for peace the nongovernmental organization that's due to fly elex a devolved the out of russia russian medics are now saying avani can leave russia what do you think has changed their mind. i think it's been hard work since yesterday to put all this together and when we landed it's 8 o'clock in the morning bill and time there was no patient waiting for us to play new usually would have to turn back and back to bill learn but we decided that the play should stay as long as possible in order to make sure that it's last check only with one patient and it's now only. i think the most decisive thing was that after book 8 german medics were allowed to examine. himself this afternoon and after examination the russian doctor still said at least i'm fit

to fly but in defense of the art of german doctors actually wrote the professional medical report which clearly stated that he's able to fly no matter that he's in critical condition unconscious and then to lation and i think this was the most important breakthrough what might have been also supported by the fact that a lot of people not voting have been working all day on this including the wife of an even sending a writing a personal letter to london you could you. suggest very quickly if you can what what was that one thing you think that turned the tide here i don't think thing it was a combination of many and several things and started august yes it was a great support but when angela merkel and mark my craw gave support saying that they would offer treatments in france and germany and then also the speaker of the kremlin. said yesterday that concerned about the well being of every russian

citizen and obviously they would support the. into another country if this relatives believe that the hospital could be good for him so basically one of the things that happened today was so holds the kremlin accountable for what it promised yesterday right and to make sure to convince a doc that he's able to fly so when do you expect him to fly out. we're working to schedule right now we want to fly as quick this bus will need some permissions medical perpetrations so we know since about an hour that's a struggle and 5 has been successful. so it will happen probably in the next 12 hours obviously flying a man in this condition is a delicate game you've spoken with the german doctors who song of danny what are they telling you about his condition well basically we go by

sexual reports seeing clearly experience medics who've been flying people in very different conditions or people who are in the rush of dying for many years and you have a very clear and the ration of the dangerous and this it clearly it can be done and that they will do it. obviously i'm not a doctor so we have to trust them you know. 2 years ago as you surely know your been ization cinema for peace helped another russian activists if you had traversed a lot from pussy riot to get medical treatment after a suspected poisoning why is your going to zation assisting russian activists. question but if we don't make a difference of it's of use necessity to help it is an american wherever i'm with this or i was working 24 to marry on a demo we. just when it came out of prison and we worked on several things with

them over the years and we also went to the olympics together and made a screening. so embezzler of us isn't it was clear that we would help him immediately of does his vision of his family and not 2 years later when the same thing repeated itself i got a call from tony kind of awful most anxious and pussy riot and peter from moscow asking me if you could how did your friend alexei who got poisoned to so to source of the 11 am yesterday i do need not a clue what was happening on a global station headlines i just said sure if you saw friends and we can do the same thing that strikes obvious it was extremely difficult but it seems like that seems to be working out thank you yukka bizzle founder of cinema for peace and congratulations for all the work in organizations doing thanks very much pleasure to be here. let's now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour. the

excelled bill russian opposition leaders felt lunna took on this has said she will go home when it's safe to do so she fled to lithuania after rejecting the results of the recent election which confirmed a long time leader alexander lukashenko in power she called for more strikes to try to force a new presidential election. in libya both the un supported government and the rival government called the house of representatives have announced a cease fire they both say they want to end in blockaded that has been crippling libya since the start of this year the announcements come amid fears of an escalation in the conflict. in the u.s. joe biden has accepted the democratic party's nomination for the presidency in his speech on the final night of the democratic national convention biden promised leadership that's radically different than that of the republican incumbent donald trump welcome to the 4th night the final night of the virtual democratic national

convention rolled out a show of unity and support from the party's presidential candidates were former rivals for the nominations praised joe biden's leadership and compassion. democrats have build the choice in november as one between biden's empathy and donald trump bullying and chaos at a time of twin health and economic crisis primary against joe biden this is a life changing the election this will determine what america is going to look like for a long long time character is on the ballot compassion is on the ballot decency science democracy they're all on the ballot biden's empathy was underscored i have boy who bonded with the former vice president on the campaign trail over their struggles with stuttering he described by someone who cares biden accepted the nomination bowing to heal a country torn by crises and contempt the current president is called american

darkness for much too long. too much anger too much fear too much division here and now i give you my word if you entrust me with the presidency i will draw on the best of us not the worst i'll be an ally of the light not the darkness it's time for us for we the people to come together and make no mistake united we can and will overcome this season of darkness in america. darkness dominated the picture at a rally held by trump hours before biden's speech evoking scenes of recent unrest he had a warning for voters. if you want a vision of your life under biden presidency think of the smoldering ruins in minneapolis the violent anarky of portland the blood stained sidewalks of chicago and imagined i'm

a ham coming to your town and every single town in america are you not going to have law and order to. biden countered that mood with the aims of hope and unity in a speech that marked the high point of his half century in politics. he now heads into the general election campaign with a clear and steady lead in polls over trump. but after the carefully scripted convention the coming weeks will mark a far less predictable period for joe biden and his democratic party. shifting to sports now in the german city of cologne is hosting their europa league final this evening between spanish clubs and italy's into milan are the masters of this competition they've won a record 5 times and have never lost in the final into milan meanwhile are in their 1st european final since their triple trophy season in 2010 since then they've fallen on hard times they have they haven't won

a trophy for 9 years. that's now here from the into milan coach antonio conte he knows all about the importance of winning. i played many finals i won but i also lost a lot. i realised that people only remember when when the champions league i want to champions league but i lost in 3 finals in history only victories remain. here and it's been 4 years since germany's a very good one gold in beach volleyball at the rio olympics ludwig is now playing with a new partner margarette a close look a former indoor volleyball player after a long pause due to the pandemic the 2 are now hitting the big. time this to see who spoke more on i'm sure it was. a take competition wherever they can get it but finally they're back on the fans and then pick gold medalist fake and her new

partner map ecosoc as i found them when the decision to suspend the olympics was signed and. i was like was everything we did for nothing so several weeks of training. there was no pressure and. the pandemic stirred up fears from her past to nightmares even panic attacks. that's a part of my life i realized during that experience what really went through. with that fear for years sporters helped by putting her to the test every day feed me whether i was missing something why am i in security it's hard because eventually you just have to deal with yourself and with. the return of beach volleyball tournament qualifying event for september's german championship is

important for both. think even if only their coaches were out to watch. beach volleyball is of course also about the music player. you actually feel like a gladiator. but the qualifying events and how played in lost against former partner with whom she won. they also lost their next match. and we have to i don't know if i can say this on camera. because this. german championship next month will be the 1st real test of their aggressive ness. and they'll be more about the latest in the virus pandemic in. right after this program. this is deja news in berlin don't forget you can always get all the latest

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