hope wish we could move through slowly. this is d.w. newsline from girlie and lxi novell me arrives in germany for emergency medical treatment doctors at a talk clinic here in pearl green are standing by for the russian opposition leader minutes after his plane touched down the kremlin critic fell unconscious 2 dimes ago after drinking what he supporters believe was poisoned. also coming up the political crisis in bellary state pens as the authorities cracked down on

government opponents protesters in the capital minsk form a china of solidarity and the u.s. and is demanding the release of all political prisoners. plus thousands flee some of the biggest wildfires ever to hit california the places were sparked by lightning strikes in the state's governor is blaming climate change. i'm jared reed it's great to have you read this russian opposition leader alexei no valmy has arrived in germany for medical treatment following a suspected poisoning a plane carrying a valid need took off earlier on saturday morning from inside syria before that an ambulance brought the russian opposition politician from the hospital he'd been in the care of russian doctors this in another flight he was on was forced to make an

emergency landing 2 days ago now to vomit collapsed after drinking tea and has been unconscious on a ventilator his supporters say they believe he was deliberately poisoned. russian doctors at 1st said novelle me was too ill to travel but then health officials later backed down and said that 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 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 medic said. 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 went 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 they hand my husband over who will not believe me he'll come here the sheriff's a hospital in 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. vessel off the group flown vessel off out sent medics to go get novelli and persuade the russians to let him fly as we mentioned a little bit earlier alexei navalny has just landed in berlin he'll be treated at a hospital here d.w. reporter julie is outside the hospital hi there julia good to see you what's expected to happen now. so the unexpectedly landed at the airport which is closer to the center here arrived at the military and diplomatic side of the airport and he will now be transported here to in an

ambulance the dr should take around 1520 minutes he will then be taken into the hospital and doctors can start to evaluate his condition and start investigating the cause of his illness what we know is that the press person from the cinema for peace foundation who brought in of all new to berlin said that his condition is currently stable and just to clarify he was taken to teagle airport rather than shwe in the field which is where we were told he was landing berlin has to. tell us why was alexina valmy brought here to believe in the 1st place. so this shocking to a hospital is obviously a renowned hospital worldwide but it also already has experience in treating cases like this 2 years ago. the vets you know off was brought here to berlin to be treated for another suspected poisoning and. these family really wanted him to be treated outside of russia and one in the investigation into the cause of his health

condition to be done by independent doctors outside of russia and we should make it clear that it isn't the german government bringing me here but and. cinema for peace is a foundation based here in berlin it is financed through philanthropists who supports humanitarian projects in particular focusing on filmmakers who look at social issues and also organizes award ceremonies for movies here in berlin also that are focused on social and political causes the foundation says that the trip in of all these trips here to berlin was financed through private donors and the foundation obviously use its experience organizing the trip for seeds of. these case to julie briefly if you could on friday there was a tug of war between russian doctors who were treating. and german doctors who

wanted to bring him to berlin what persuaded the russian doctors to allow him to leave in the end. there was pressure mounting also from a letter written by now of all these wife to put in to urge russian authorities to let him go and finally german doctors were allowed to visit him and declared him fit to travel and at that point russian doctors went with this decision and said that if the family was willing to take the risk they would let him fly. reporter julia daily in front of the hospital here in berlin thank you julie. to belarus now where thousands of anti-government protesters have formed a chain of solidarity across the capital minsk authorities are holding one of the leaders of striking factory workers and they're threatening demonstrators with criminal charges the u.n. is calling for the release of all those who've been to time and. shoulder to shoulder in support protestors again standing firm in minsk. a chain of

solidarity stretching kilometers through the bella racine capital as far as the detention center where anti-government protesters have been held since the disputed election nothing after that when you see that you when. you realize that no national learn and no one has stopped to see you when you go to for solution card to resign it helps to keep our spirits up and not to get sad. it was the show the beginning we were really enthusiastic now people are starting to say that 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 huon is calling for all political prisoners to be released bellary soon authorities say nearly all have been freed.

from groups or many are hoping luka shimko is losing his grip on power but the hard line leader insists he will solve the political crisis in the coming days. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world today u.s. post master general louis to joy has appeared before congress amid widespread concerns over postal delays mail in voting is likely to be a king feature of the november election jus to the coronavirus and him. 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 inaction over the assassination of several political and women's rights campaigners. turkish president redshift tayyip erdogan has announced a large natural gas discovery off the black sea coast one says the find will ease

turkey's dependence on gas imports and could make it an energy exporter up but analysts say the discovery is significant but not a game changer. the fires raging in northern california have now become some of the largest in state history more than 12000 firefighters the current lay battling the blazes that have killed 6 people governor governor route newsom said help is arriving from several u.s. states also put in a plea for mrs jones from australia and canada. support. the fires were started by lightning strikes and have forced tens of thousands to flee to safety. this is all that's left of karen hansen's farm 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 it only took a few minutes to get here the flames she describes the 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. over. there 3 days. by tomorrow maybe. more but pretty much. now it's unpredictable nature of the understaffed fire fighting. 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 just fight cases rising around the world even some countries who thought they had reined in the virus a seeing a resurgence germany has recorded and spike a new infections with more than 2000 confirmed on saturday that's the highest number since i it followed 2 other debuts with well over 1000 new cases health authorities say they're struggling to process a backlog of tests some blame young people for the resurgence saying they're not sticking to the rules on social distancing well our reporter took a tour of berlin's most popular bars and clubs we are in the center of a possible corona hotspot but lynn 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 we actually

understand. the scam 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 in 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't just keep being scared like. yeah all the time so infections and rising and rising fast potties on the street problem the boss and best friends are in the spotlight we're going to check out this iconic buy you're in but listen 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 to stay quite amount of your khyber everyone wears a face mask when moving around inside the customers are allowed to take it off when seated at

a table. but that seems to scare people off. snide only if you 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 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 spa look for yourself so. you have all. the district of the limits of one stupid fight the coronavirus by making more random inspection it's no but there bring sources are limited explains them then. 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 every bar 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. all right let's change gears now and go to sports spanish soccer side seville have won a record 6 europa league title with a thrilling when i've eaten into milan superstar who drew a foul in the penalty area in the 1st 5 minutes and knocked the ball in from the penalty spot looked to young of severe responded minutes later with the 1st of 2 perfectly placed headers and sylvia took the lead it was a tot to the finish but sylvia won it 32. let's get a recap now of the top story we're following for you russian opposition leader down the valley has arrived in berlin for emergency medical treatment doctors at the shop have taken to make a standing by off to his plane came in from siberia wait been hospitalized

following us. suspected poisoning. and that's your news update at this hour for the latest headlines remember you can download. or go to g.w. dot com. thanks for watching. him in. beethoven the justice. did is just about a 60. true. many rubber bands of stolen beethoven. and.