thank. you. this is d.w. news live from berlin russia's opposition leader alexina valmy will soon arrive in germany for medical treatment following a standoff over his condition he is now in a plane on its way to berlin and from the russian city of arms the kremlin critic fell unconscious 2 days ago talk to drinking what he used to porters believe was poisoned teen. also coming up the political crisis can build a routine pins as the authorities crack down on government opponents protesters in

the capital minsk form a chain of solar down or sea and if you win is demanding the release of all political prisoners. plus thousands fleeing some of the biggest wildfires give it a hit california the blazes were sparked by lightning strikes and the state's governor is blaming climate change. i'm jared reed it's great to have you with us russian opposition leader alexina valmy is due to land in germany shortly for medical treatment following a suspected poisoning a plane carrying the valley took off early on saturday morning from inside syria before that an ambulance brought the island russian opposition politician from the hospital had been in the care of russian doctors there since another flight he was on was forced to make an emergency landing 2 days ago now only collapsed after

drinking tea and has been unconscious on a ventilator his supporters say they believe he was deliberately poisoned. or russian doctors that 1st said novelli was too ill to travel but health officials later backed down and said they would allow him 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 his 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. with me will come here the sheriff's a hospital and perlin 2 years ago it's medic successfully treated another russian dissident who seem to have been poisoned that was pussy riot activists p.r. to vessel off the group it flown vessel off out sent medics to go get neville me and persuade the russians to let him fly ok i'm joined now by do w. reporter julia so dearly who's in front of berlin's hospital where alexina valmy will be treated after he lands in a short time from now good to see you there you will julio why is alexina valmy being brought to berlin in the 1st place. well we expect a novel need to land in berlin in around 45 minutes time he is being brought here because obviously the shah is a very renowned hospital worldwide but also because as we heard it has already

treated a similar case. came here 2 years ago also after a suspected poisoning and he was brought to full health again and these family want to see that for him too they also want to see an independent investigation carried out into what might be the cause of his ill health and they expect that to happen here in berlin ok so an investigation as to the cause what do we know about the specific condition of alexina valmy at the moment. what we know is that he is in a coma we've seen pictures of him being carried into the airplane in a covered gurney an enclosed gurney he is certainly stable enough to fly but his family spokesperson is saying that obviously it's not just a trip for him to get better but it is a trip to save his life so his condition is still serious it appears ok so still in a serious condition i guess we should make it clear that it is that the german government is bringing novell needs to germany and in geo.

so cinema for peace is a berlin based in geo a foundation they promote movies that are socially important politically involved and they also organize awards ceremonies for for movies they have already carried out the transport of. 2 years ago so they have almost an expertise in this field and it was vance you know who alerted them to know the situation on behalf of the family and who got cinema for peace involved this time to. ok julie on friday there was a tug of war between the russian doctors treating alexina valmy and the german doctors who wanted to bring him to berlin do we know what persuaded the russian doctors to allow him to leave in the end well certainly the pressure made by the families are trying to get him to get in of all need to leave russia had an impact

his wife wrote an open letter to putting urging the russian authorities to let him go and also the fact that german doctors were able to visit and of ali and to assert that in their opinion he was stable enough to fly ultimately led to the russian doctors to say ok we are ok with this as long as the family is aware of the risks of him flying to berlin ok reporter julie estelle daily in front of the hospital in berlin thank you julie. it's now where thousands of anti-government protesters have formed a chain of solidarity across the capital minsk authorities are holding one of the lead striking factory workers and they're threatening the demonstrators with criminal charges the u.n. is calling for the release of all those who've been detained. shoulder to shoulder in support protesters again standing firm in minsk. a chain of

solidarity stretching kilometers through the bellary seen capital as far as the detention center where anti-government protesters have been held since the disputed election not by after. when you see that you're not alone you realize that no national guard and no one has stopped pursuing a goal to force her to resign it helps to keep our spirits up and not to get sad. was the show the beginning we were really enthusiastic now people are starting to say the protests a calming down the people are pessimistic we have to remember that the regime had ruled for 26 years it's impossible to overturn in just 10 days. the opposition is still encouraging people to attend mass demonstrations and urging the authorities not to use force and the u.n. is calling for all political prisoners to be released bellary soon authorities say

nearly all have been freed. for good for many a hoping lucas shingo is losing his grip on power but the hard line leader insists it was solve the political crisis in the coming days. let's bring you up to date now with some of the other stories making news around the world demonstrators in iraq have set fire to the gates of the palm and building in the southern province of basra oil producing region protesters angry at government in action over the assassinate. of several political and women's rights campaigners. turkish president red chip time has announced a large natural gas discovery off the black sea coast to one says the find will ease turkey's dependence on gas imports and could make it an energy exporter analysts say the discovery is significant but not a game changer. libya's un backed government in tripoli and arrival pollin into the

east have announced a cease fire both of ministration say they want an end an oil black bloc that has been crippling the economy since the start of the. to the u.s. now where dozens of wildfires are ravaging 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 states and they're threatening renowned wineries in sauna and napa valley the fires were started by lightning strikes and california's government 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 and hardly ever say a thing like it was the whole sky was red and orange i mean that if. i have just read 9 and it was coming over the hill. there and it was massive i've never

seen anything like it and 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 there may be next. harm really were. there were birds down there 3 days. by tomorrow maybe you know all no more but pretty much i'm thinking miners are out. but now it's unpredictable nature of this is an understaffed fire fighting force. 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. the world health

organization is hoping the coronavirus crisis can be brought under control within 2 years that's despite cases rising around the world even some countries that he thought they'd reined in the virus seeing a resurgence germany has recorded a spike in new infections more than 2000 confirmed on saturday that's the highest number since april 2 other days with well over 1000 new cases health authorities say they're struggling to process a backlog of terrorists. some blame young people for the resurgence saying they're not sticking to the rules on social distancing a reporter took a 2 of berlin's 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 about some agreed to talk to us but want to stay anonymous i don't

understand how you scared to get infected. wells no not at all i would not go. in there 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 has come around us and the last so you can just keep being scared like. yeah all the time so infections and germany are rising and they're rising fast parties on the street problem the bars and restaurants are in the spotlight we're going to check out this iconic buy here in berlin before we go in i'm going to put on my mask. inside we see that germany's strict hygiene measures are being upheld people keep their distance and just khyber everyone wears a face mask when moving around inside the bar customers are allowed to take it off one seated at a table. but that seems to scare people off tonight only

a few sorrow 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 are required to fill in these contact forms with their name and telephone number but that's also a problem. i can't believe that mr donald duck this we had a day. yes came to the spot but look for yourself so it's. on your mind so you have all. the district of the limiter ones to fight the coronavirus by making more random inspections now but their resources are limited explains them that. 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. 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 gas show more responsibility. let's get a recap now of the top story we're following for you this hour russian opposition leader alexei no farming is expected shortly to infer the full medical treatment is plane took off from the city of skin siberia where he'd been hospitalized following a suspected poisoning. don't forget you can always 50 w. news on the go just download our apps for google play it all from the app store so it gives you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for breaking news and if you're part of a news story you can also use the up to send us photos and videos of what's happening. that's your news update it was down for the latest headlines you can

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