everyone has the right to. this is g.w. news a lot about from berlin and russia allows kremlin critic alexina vania to be taken to germany for treatment the opposition leader collapsed after a suspected of poisoning russian doctors earlier insisted he was going to ill to travel also coming up on the show protesters in bellerose of form a chain of solidarity as the authorities a crackdown on government opponents the un is demanding the release of all those

detained. and at thousands of pleas some of the biggest wildfires ever to hit california the blazes were sparked by lightning strikes and of the state's governor is claiming a climate change. i'm player edges and thanks for joining us a russian opposition leader alexina vonnie is expected to leave russia in the next few hours for treatment in berlin following a tussle between his team and doctors in siberia he collapsed on a plane on thursday and was taken at to a hospital in the city of sc where he is currently in a coma his supporters say he was poisoned the local doctors initially had said he was too ill to be moved but a german ngo flew medics in an air ambulance to pick him up and in a remarkable turnaround the russians said he couldn't leave after all. we

took the decision not to oppose his transfer to another hospital the one that his relatives indicated to us. that was one of these wife yulia had been desperate to hear she had 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 in the hospital and we demand that their hand my husband over. with me he'll come here the sheraton 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.

a vessel off the group flown vessel off out sent medics to go get novelli 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 to a ship and i think this was the most important breakthrough as preparations are made in to take him to germany the question of what he was that turned alexei navalny from this on thursday morning to this on thursday evening remains unanswered. where earlier we asked a g.w. political correspondent kate brady how involved the german government has been in organizing around these evacuation this was organized this flight by the ngo or not by the german governments of course germany did put their offer on the table by the

angle. merkel and master german foreign minister saying that medical assistance would be there if moscow indeed asked for it and of course too much action from the german government could have indeed seen this medical and humanitarian situation quickly develop into a into a diplomatic challenge and. well thousands of anti-government protesters meanwhile have formed a chain of solidarity across the capital minsk demonstrators are demanding of the resignation of president alexander lukashenko accusing him of a rigging of the election earlier this month the u.n. is calling for the release of all those who have been detained meanwhile authorities are holding one of the leaders of striking factory workers and are threatening of the demonstrators with criminal charges. and president alexander lukashenko said he would solve the country's political crisis in the coming days but what does he mean by that let's put the question to d.w.

correspondent nick connelly who's following this for us in minsk it does sound very much like a crackdown i'm standing here 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 having said that you don't feel a lot of fear on the streets here mintz of the protests not just being in the main square where again thousands of people gathered for the night and the protest ahead of sunday's bigger protest that's being called the mall should 1000000 march of millions whether or not they get a 1000000 people together 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 off to ordinary protest is 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. nick connelly in amends let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world demonstrators in iraq have set fire to the gates of the parliament building in the southern province of basra the mail the main oil producing region protesters there are angry at government inaction over the assassination of several political and women's rights campaigners. libya's a un back to government in tripoli and the rival parliament in the east of the country have announced a cease fire both administrations a say they want to end an oil blockade and that has been crippling of the economy since the start of the year. the czech republic has marked the anniversary of the invasion of czechoslovakia the soviet action ended in the 1968 prague spring the

brief period of liberalization in the then communist state more than a 100 people were killed and hundreds injured when the tanks world. let's go to the u.s. now where dozens of wildfires are ravaging california tens of thousands of residents have a fled to safety and at least 6 other people have been killed some of the biggest blazes ever to hit the state are threatening renowned wineries in sonoma and napa valley the fires were started by lightning strikes california governor is blaming climate change. this is all that's left of karen hansen's parliament 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 if. i don't know they just read 9 and it was coming over the hill. 4 and it was massive i never saw.

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 worth. their birds down there for 3 days. by tomorrow maybe you know but pretty much i'm thinking we're going to. now it's unpredictable nature of the 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. on this of course in the midst of

a pandemic the world health organization is hoping that the coronavirus crisis can be brought under control within 2 years that's just like he's rising around the world even some countries that thought they had reined in the virus are seeing a resurgence in germany more than 700 new infections were confirmed on thursday the high is a daily figure since the end of april the government says it's a worrying development although it's still well below the infection numbers at the start of the lock down in march some people are blaming a young people for the resurgence saying they're not sticking to the rules on social distancing the reporter took a tour of berlin is a most popular bars and clubs we are in the center of a possible corona hotspot butlins 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 some agreed to talk to us but want to stay anonymous reality unsuspecting. scared to get infected this well no not at all i would rather avoid. them we don't think about it at all we just want to go out they said that a 2nd wave would come and so why would it be triggered by people going out we don't know how long time his coronas going to last so you can just keep being scared like . yeah all the time so infections and rising and they're rising fast potties on the street problem the boss and best friends are in the spotlight work on the check out this iconic buy here and but before we go in i'm going to put up my mosque. inside we see that germany's strict hygiene measures up being upheld people keep that distance and just a great amount of your khyber everyone wears a face mask when moving abroad outside of customers are allowed to take it off once

. at the table. but that seems to scare people off to night only a few guests are out when coming in their guests to say next i didn't have to worry of mosque i hear then they turn around and leave so my feeling is that as a you are punished when you stick to the regulations another rule customers are required to fill in these contact forms but then name and telephone number but that's also a problem. call business does my company leave that mr donald duck with this weird address came to the spa look for yourself so. you have all. the district of once to fight the coronavirus by making more random inspections no but they're bringing sources 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 surprise checks. on 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 gifts show more responsibility for one. well as beirut continues to clear the rubble from the deadly explosions that devastated the lebanese capital this month we're hearing that remarkable stories of heroism behind me you can see nurse pamela is a new holding of the 3 newborn babies she rescued after rushing into their ward amid the confusion she of you has been talking with her. this is the inside of beirut st george's hospital now it seems miraculous it's still standing at all. when the blast happened it was a very human baby we waited about to finish i would say that 7 so it takes 30.

we heard the very loud noises and just us and everything came tumbling down. i was able to remove myself from underneath. to see the babies i saw. bleeding they had cuts everywhere they wouldn't respond to me i was screaming at them. i couldn't find the babies they misplaced and everything was on the fluid. on the floor from the ceiling blast everywhere so i had to move from. the incubator and pick up the babies hold them the city of them and get back to safety. pamela kept her cool during a harrowing scene. i was really afraid i was willing the babies and. the babies will not make it i might slip and. from my hands i found myself

alone holding these 3 babies. screaming everywhere also patients on the floor getting sutured with no anesthesia and there was no electricity finally she made her way outside but her journey was far from over. as i was walking people started asking me how can we help you. i started telling them please give me something to cover the babies they started to take their t. shirts off and giving it to me so i could have the babies and keep them from getting. i worked at around 5 kilometers. the babies made it and pamela has become a social media hero and an inspiration. when i see this. hope and i'm happy these good sort of i. i hope this gives just have a better future. and a reminder now of the top story that we're following for you russian doctors have

given a permission to to evacuate the opposition leader of next scene avani to germany for medical treatment of all me is currently in a coma in the city of arms and will be taken into the airport few hours time. that's a news update at this hour remember you can always stay up to date on our website w dot com all of us on twitter or instagram after you have unions and courage as an umbrella and thanks for watching. us and it's us of grave she could agree about i'm going to hold forth over the russian home the 4th i'm cleaning the whole of the most recent article about. the ballets at the austin dragons which word has called the home for 3 years and degree of books on. how to draw my

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