this is the doubling years lie from birth in russia allows alexina valley to be taken to germany for treatment the opposition leader is in a coma in a siberian hospital after a suspected poisoning german medics were not taken to by lead up to russian doctors previously insisted he was too ill to fly also on the program. the government of bella russo widens its crackdown on the opposition forces detain one of the leaders of a factory strike and threaten protesters with criminal charges as the country's exiled opposition leader vows to return. the fast moving wildfire sweep across

california the bases of already killed several people forced tens of thousands to flee their homes. until gal welcome to the program russian opposition leader alexei the valley's expected to leave the country in the next few hours following a tussle between his team and doctors in siberia he collapsed on a plane on thursday i was taken to hospital in ohms where he's in a coma his supporters say he was poisoned local doctors initially said he was too ill to be moved by the german n.g.o.s flew medics in an ambulance to fetch him and in a remarkable turnaround russian doctors that said they could take him away after no . money and we took the decision not to oppose his. transferred to another hospital

the one that his relatives indicated to us. that was one of these wife yulia had been desperate to hear she'd been fighting since arriving at the hospital on thursday 1st to get her husband's own doctor to see him then to get the german medics then. we believe that the doctors that deliberately delaying so that the chemical substance in my husband alexei's metabolism has time to disappear that's why they won't let him leave the hospital alex says health situation is probably very bad so we don't believe the doctors and the hospital and we demand that their hand my husband over. the hill come here the sheriff's a hospital in perlin 2 years ago its medic successfully treated another russian dissident who seem to have been poisoned that was pussy riot activists p.r. vessel off the group it flown vessel off out sent medics to go get neville me and

persuade the russians to let him fly the german doctors. the professional medical report which clearly stated that he was able to fly no matter that he's in critical condition unconscious and then delusion and i think this was the most important breakthrough as preparations in maiden aunts to take him to germany the question of what it was that turned alexei navalny from this on thursday morning to this on thursday evening remains unanswered. political correspondent kate to brady told me what's awaiting alex in the valley at the charity hospital in birmingham. the charity hospital here in berlin certainly has a history of treating both foreign leaders and also dissidents just a couple of years ago back in 2018 that's a lot of was also transferred to berlin charity hospital to be treated after he was

poisoned so there will be certainly specialized treatment awaiting me when he if and when he arrives here in the german capital and how involved the german government be in getting him to brother. well the flight that's been organized that went out earlier today to on screen is hoping to bring him back as we heard there from his from the from the founder of the ngo that's organizing this he should be heading here within the next 12 hours and but this was organized this flight by the ngo or not by the german governments of course germany did put that offer on the table by the angler machall and master german foreign minister saying that medical assistance would be there if moscow indeed asked for it and i think that certainly did put some pressure on the kremlin as well it held them to account as well especially after the kremlin spokes person did say that moscow was not

going to stand in the way of novelli being transferred to germany for treatment so how is this german intervention likely to affect berlin's relationship with moscow . well you just to remind ourselves again it is the ngo bill him based ngo that is organized this flight that could bring a violently to berlin and not the government and of course too much action from the german government could indeed seen this medical and humanitarian situation quickly develop into a into a diplomatic challenge and that as well comes right now during the situation that we that germany finds itself in with the e.u. and the situation in belo bruce and both germany and the e.u. is very keen right now to ensure that russia doesn't deploy any kind of military in belem recent is only involved in any potential negotiations on that path. that the e.u.

is hoping valorise is going to be able to steer itself on and what its future might look like so lots of thin diplomatic lines for germany to be trading with with russia right now. political correspondent kate brady thank you. in baton rouge have detained one of the leaders of striking factory workers and threatened demonstrators with criminal charges this latest crackdown comes on the 13th day of protests calling for president alexander lukashenko to step down on the recent presidential election protesters have been joined by strikes at state and factories and fueled by svetlana chicana skya who lost the election and was forced to flee the country and she said she plans to return home when she feels safe despite the protests president lukashenko has said that he'll settle balun russia's political crisis in the coming days meanwhile in the capital minsk people gathered to support the opposition's newly formed coordination council to oath or it is a criminal case accusing them of attempting to seize power or. be

doubly correspondent nic connelly is in minsk i asked him what president look meant when he said he would solve the country's political crisis in the coming days it does sound very much like a crackdown and standing in front of the k.g.b. building in the center of minsk and for now the security service is staying largely loyal to the regime how he said that you don't feel a lot of fear on the streets of the protests not just being in the main square where again thousands of people gathered for the nightly protest ahead of sunday's big protest that's being called the march of millions march of millions whether or not they get a 1000000 people together means is questionable but it definitely looks set to be at least as big as last week's protests we've heard today from opposition leaders that they are trying to engage with those security services trying to convince them not to use force against the protesters we heard from the looks government said

that they will also be going after ordinary protesters that even just taking part in a protest will be deemed a criminal offense given that they are not sanctioned there is no clear path forward here no one can tell where this is going there is no road map but the sense here is that this is not the end and that this is just getting going. i think only in minsk now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world demonstrators in iraq have set fire to the at the gates of the parliament building in the southern province of bastrop the area that produces most of the country's crude oil for export angry at the failure of the government to act after several political and women's rights campaigners resuscitated. in the united states joe biden has accepted the democratic party's nomination for the presidency in his speech on the final night of the virtual a democratic national convention he promised to unite the country and end what he

called the doctors of donald trump's presidency. a stay in the u.s. dozens of wildfires are burning out of control in the state of california the fires have been blamed for the deaths of at least 6 people on a forced tens of thousands more to flee to safety in the last few hours the blazes have doubled in size making them some of the biggest in the state's history. this is all that's left of karen hansen's hardiman in northern california she and her family are in they had 2 minutes to evacuate the small farm the full flames obliterated it behind never say a thing like it was the whole sky was red and orange i mean that's it. i don't have to just read 9 and it was coming over the hill. 4 and it was massive i've never seen one like it only took a few minutes to get here the flames she describes a still making their way across california in the form of hundreds of separate

fires they were sparked by thousands of lightning strikes and fanned by record breaking hate with more than 3000 square kilometers of land destroyed many fear their plots may be next. are really were. they were birds down the next 3 days. by tomorrow maybe you know more but pretty much i'm thinking we're going to lose our. fun now it's unpredictable nature of this is an understaffed fire fighting force. that much of what will happen next depends on weather conditions as the heat wave continues across california many more properties a likely to succumb to the flames. the world health organization says it hopes the coronavirus crisis can be brought under control within 2 years despite the fact that cases continue to rise around the world even

some countries that thought they had reined in the virus to seeing a resurgence in germany more than 1700 new infections were confirmed them thursday the high stadium 8 since the end of april the german government says it's a worrying development over current levels are a long way below the infection rate at the start of the locked up in some plain young people for the recession saying they're not sticking to rules about social distancing a reporter has taken a tour most popular boss and clubs we are in the center of a possible corona hot spot but central this neighborhood popular for its bozza nightlife is now seeing a rise in infections we are still around but most young people didn't seem to be worried to some agreed to talk to us but want to stay anonymous and i understand you scared to get infected. no not at all because.

we don't think about it at all we just want to go out they said that the 2nd wave would come so why would it be triggered by people going out we don't know how long time is corona's going to last so you can just keep being scared like. yeah all the time so infections in germany are rising and they're rising fast potties on the street problem the boss and best friends are in the spotlight we're going to check out this iconic by your employer lynn before we go in i'm going to put on my must. inside we see that germany's strict tightening measures are being upheld people keep their distance and just a great amount of your khyber everyone wears a face mask when moving around inside the customers are allowed to take it off one seated at a table. but that seems to scare people off tonight only if you guess. when coming in their guests to say next door i didn't have to wear a mosque i hear then they turn around and leave so my feeling is that as

a bar you are punished when you stick to the regulations another rule customers ever quiet to fill in these contact forms with then name and telephone number but that's also a problem. i can't believe that mr donald duck with this weird address came to the spot look for yourself so. you have all. the district of the ones to fight the coronavirus by making more random inspections now but every source is a limited explains the name. we can only do so much that we have just under 50 employees they walk in shifts 7 days a week but we can't do more than just surprised checks. one of the inspectors come check everybody but their presence might remind people of just how serious the situation has become in the end things can only improve if guess show more

responsibility. in sports spanish club severe have added to their record breaking championship total in the europa league with a 6 in the final match at cologne germany so intimate on superstar romelu lukaku draw a foul penalty at the 1st 5 minutes not before then from the penalty spot to young severe responded just 8 minutes later with the 1st of 2 perfectly placed happens to be took the lead it was tied to the finish so that the spaniards again took the rope the trophy thanks to a $32.00 win. it reminded of the top story this hour. doctors in russia have given permission for the opposition leader i'm not saying nothing to leave just to germany for medical treatment he's currently in

a coma in the city of albums come home taken to the air force in a few hours. to check up on surveys out we'll have more world news for you at the top of the hour was his full. business update in just a bit at the 1st. up today don't miss our highlights. program online w dot com highlights. that 77 percent topic are younger than think. that's me and me and.