you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you go to your pod cast you can also find us at. science. oh. this is g.w. news a live shot from berlin and the russians opposition leader alexina vonnie is on his way to germany for medical treatment following a suspected of poisoning and you are looking now at a live picture is of tom's airport one of ali's plane is waiting on the runway he collapsed after drinking tea and is currently in a coma russian doctors at 1st insisted he was too ill to travel but later ashdown

also coming up on the show. protesters envelop form a chain of solidarity as the authorities are cracking down on government opponents the u.n. is demanding of the release of all those detained. and thousands of police some of the biggest wildfires ever to head to california to blazes that were sparked by lightning strikes and of the state's governor is claiming climate change. i'm claire edges and thanks for joining us russian opposition leader alexina vall meat is on his way to germany for medical treatment of following a suspected of poisoning he collapsed after drinking tea and has been in a coma he's now been taken it to the airport and he's heading for berlin.

well russian doctors at 1st said he was too ill to travel but health officials later back to town and said that they would allow me to be transported to germany. 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. know with me he'll come here the

sheraton a hospital in pearl in 2 years ago it's medics 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 an avowal knee and persuade the russians to let him fly the german doctor. a professional medical report which clearly stated that he was able to fly no matter that he's in critical condition unconscious and then to mission and i think this was the most important breakthrough as preparation well joining me for more is you know your reporter katie stevens who has been following this story for us fit what is the latest in this case so no valley has been brought from the hospital in russia where he was receiving treatment by an ambulance to the airport where he is shortly expected to be flown to germany for further medical treatment this is a special medical evacuation plane. so it's key to diet with high level medical

equipment such as ventilators a machine that can do the work of the heart and lungs full in the valley he's currently in a medically induced coma so he'll be under close supervision of the medical experts who are on that plane the german doctors who have flown to russia to collect him and bring him back to bring him to bear then for treatment that flight is expected to last about 5 hours and on arriving in berlin he is set to be transferred directly to the hospital in the center of the city it's a 5 hour flight you say why is he being brought this far all the way to berlin of all the hospitals in europe well his family and his team of really been pushing for this medical evacuation they seem not to trust the doctors in the russian hospital and what they say about his condition in terms of the choice of linen charité in particular it's one of the most highly regarded hospitals in germany and it's used to treating high profile patients including chance. it also has

a long history of treating dissidents and opposition figures from abroad who offered medical treatment to the former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko intented 18. offered medical treatment to peter baz of the russian activist with links to the protest group pussy riot in what was also a suspected poisoning case and back in 2010 it treated 2 russian dissidents a married couple living in berlin for suspected mercury poisoning so it does have a long history and experience in treating these kind of cases yes a world class hospital with specific experience in exactly this kind of case but can we say definitively that this was a poisoning of nirvana well that's certainly what his team is saying his spokeswoman has said that on thursday at the airport he was completely fine he drank a cup of tea that was all he can see at the airport and then suddenly on this flight he was taken extremely ill. his. team and say that support is

a name russian is contradicted that they say they've ruled that it was a poisoning baron said blaming a potential metabolic disorder and say that potentially low blood sugar may have led to the falling unconscious develop these personal doctor says there's no reason to believe this that he was healthy prior to being taken ill so suddenly that he had been undergoing regular medical checks i have no underlying health conditions. his team also point to the fact that he's been jailed several times and last year wealth in prison he was again taken seriously ill and what they also suspect to be a poisoning case so for them this is just the latest in a long line of attempts to potentially silence novelli all right and we will be tracking that flight and bring you all the latest as we get updates katie stevens and thank you so much. well thousands of anti-government protesters have formed a chain of solidarity across the bellerive and capital minsk demonstrators are demanding of the resignation of president alexander lukashenko accusing him of

rigging the election earlier this month the u.n. is calling for the release of all those who've been detained authorities are holding one of the leaders of striking factory workers and are threatening of the demonstrators with a criminal charges. president alexander lukashenko said he would solve the country's political crisis in the coming days but what does he mean by that we put the question to d.w. correspondent nick connelly who isn't meant sq. 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 of the protests of 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 mall should 1000000 march of millions whether or

not they get a 1000000 people together minsk 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. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world it's demonstrators in iraq have set fire to the gates of the parliament building in the southern province of basra the main oil producing region protesters are angry at government in action over the assassination of several political and women's rights

campaigners. turkish president no one has announced a large natural gas discovery off of the black sea coast and i want it says the find will ease it turkey's dependence on gas imports and could make it an energy export our analysts say the discovery is significant but not a game changer. a levy as a un backed government in tripoli and a rival parliament in the east have announced a cease fire administrations say they want to end oil blockade that has been. crippling the economy since at the start of the year. the czech republic has marks the anniversary of the invasion of czechoslovakia the soviet action ended at the 1968 for august bring the brief period of liberalization in the communist state more than 100 people were killed and hundreds injured the tanks world. most of us now where dozens of wildfires are ravaging

a california at least 6 people have been killed while tens of thousands of others have fled to safety the blazes are some of the biggest ever to hit the state they're also threatening renowned wineries in sonoma and napa valley the fires were started by lightning strikes and california's 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 that's it. i don't know they just read 9 and it was coming over the hill. there and it was massive i never saw one like it and it only took a few minutes to get here the flames she describes 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 the next 3 days. by tomorrow maybe you know well no more but pretty much i'm thinking we're going to lose our. fun now it's unpredictable nature of verses and understaffed fire fighting force origins have warned 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. well to lebanon now and in the wake of the deadly explosion that devastated the capital beirut this month we're hearing remarkable stories of everyday heroes there's a pamela's a noon is one such case here behind me you can see her holding of the 3 babies that

she rescued after rushing into their ward amid the confusion after the blast t.w. has her story. this is the inside of beirut st george's hospital now it seems miraculous it's still standing at all. the blast happened it was. about to finish i would shift at 7 so at $630.00. and everything came tumbling down. i was able to remove myself from underneath. to see the babies i saw. bleeding they had. them. i couldn't find the babies they misplaced and everything was on the fluid. on the floor from the ceiling. so i had to

move. 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 to. make it i might slip. from my hands i found myself alone holding these 3 babies. on the floor getting sutured with no anesthesia and it 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 off and giving it to me so i could have the babies and keep them from getting . the babies made it pamela has become

a social media hero and an inspiration. when i see this. hope and i'm happy these kids. i hope this gets just have a better future. well truly an against the odds story of bravery under pressure well it's a change of gear and go to sports now spanish soccer side sylvia have won a record 6 theory europa league title with a thrilling a win over italy's into milan germline superstar romero lu cuckoo drew a foul in the penalty area in the 1st 5 minutes and knocked the ball in from the penalty spot. of assyria responded minutes later with the 1st of 2 perfectly placed headers as the choke the week it was tight to finish up but sylvia won it 32.

and a reminder of the top story we're following for you. russian opposition leader alexina vonnie is on his way to germany for medical treatment following a suspected poisoning you're seeing a live pictures of on scare port where no volleys plane is waiting on the runway to collapse after drinking tea and has been in a coma russian doctors at 1st insisted he was too ill to travel but health officials later said they would allow an avanti to be flown to berlin and. that's a news update at this hour i'm claire richardson in berlin thanks so much for joining us. i'm secure in the fire more than time and in the end this for me you are not allowed to stay here for the most and you. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers with my own sense of the what's your story ready.

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