treatment. of the opposition leader to. try to find out what's behind. also coming up the political. protests in the capital a chain of solidarity at the u.n.

is demanding the release of all political prisoners. and some of the biggest wildfire ever to hit california. strikes in the state's governor is blaming climate change. it's great to have you with us russian opposition leader in the. hospital this hour receiving treatment following a suspected poisoning of collapsed and lost consciousness after drinking tea 2 days ago in siberia doctors there initially refused to allow him to be airlifted to germany. the final metres of a journey from siberia to. one that their. own conscious.

not only was flown out on this plane chartered by a berlin and geo his supporters had feared for his life after a suspected poison attack on the opposition leader. in the fall news wife yulia requested treatment in germany but the medical evacuation was only given the green light after a tug of war between russian and german doctors over whether he was fit to fly. not only spokeswoman cure a our mission thanks supporters and said the transfer abroad was a 1st step in what would be a long struggle to restore nepal and his health. a hospital is no stranger to treating kremlin critics who appear to have been poisoned. 2 years ago activists pure treves of love was taken here after showing poisoning symptoms he helped secure the same treatment for an evolving. president vladimir putin's p.r. sr critics the 44 year old former lawyer was barred from challenging putin in the

21000 presidential election since then he has campaigned on behalf of opposition candidates in regional polls. supporters hope that german doctors will be able to get to the bottom of what caused a sudden debilitating illness in a safe environment free of any political interference. and reported. outside the hospital is being treated truly a greetings as we just heard a hospital began treating the comet. can you give us any more details at this point . what the hospital is saying is that they have begun tests they are looking at treatment options and that it will take time for them to determine what exactly happened to him and how to proceed therefore they asked for patience in receiving more details regarding his health condition what we heard from the director of cinema for peace the foundation that brought in of all nature

berlin is that his condition is stable but it is definitely worrying he is not out of the woods. you know it's worth noting that it wasn't the german government that brought novelli here but rather that n.g.o.s that you just referenced can you tell us a little bit more about who they are. cinema for peace is a foundation based in berlin it is financed by philanthropists who supports humanitarian projects especially filmmakers working on social issues they have organized this trip and they said it has been found announced through donor or private donor money they said they did not want to reveal who the donors were and. the chief of the foundation said earlier that he also did not want to reveal how much the trip came to cost he said it was however very expensive also because organized at the last minute. you're really as some might remember that the sheriff

has a history of treating foreign leaders and famous dissidents and we just mentioned that in the piece of course is that why alexei navalny was taken there. certainly the fame of the shot being renowned as a worldwide top class hospital was a reason for me to be brought here his family one of the best care possible for him but also the fact that this similar case from the 12 as you know of who was brought here the pussy riot activists was brought here 2 years ago also for a suspected poisoning gave the hospital a head start on knowing how to deal with these cases and also to give the family the certainty they need that there will be an independent investigation into the causes of his illness. in berlin for us much appreciated julia. to baylor is now where thousands of antigovernment protesters have formed

a chain of solidarity across the capital minsk authorities are holding a one of the leaders of striking factory workers and are 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 protest is 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 the biggest but when you see that you when. you realize that no national guard and no one has stopped to see you when you go to force luka shankar to resign it helps to keep our spirits up and not to get sad since it was the show the beginning we were really enthusiastic now people are starting to say

the protests a calming down to people a 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 lukas shingo is losing his grip on power but the hard line leader insists he will solve the political crisis in the coming days. as highlights some of the other stories making news at this hour. demonstrators in iraq have set fire. to the gates of the parliament building in the southern province of basra which also happens to be the main oil producing region protesters are angry at government

inaction over the assassination of several political and women's rights campaigners . turkish president received earlier one has announced a large natural gas discovery off the black sea coast says the fine will ease turkey's dependence on gas imports and could make it an energy export of analysts say the discovery is significant but not a game changer u.s. postmaster general lewis has appeared before congress amid widespread concerns over postal delay its mail in voting is likely to be a key feature of the november election due to the coronavirus pandemic. staying in the u.s. now the fires raging in northern california have now become some of the largest in state history more than 12000 firefighters are currently battling the blazes that have killed 6 people governor governor gavin newsom said help is arriving from

several u.s. states he also put in a plea for assistance from australia and canada 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 hardiman in northern california she and her family are in they had 2 minutes to evacuate the small farm the full flames obliterated it hardly ever say a thing like it was the whole sky was red and orange i mean if. i don't have it just read 9 and it was coming over the hill. there and it was massive i never saw one like it. 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 there may be next.

i'm really worried. there were birds down there 3 days. by tomorrow maybe you know more but pretty much i'm going to murder. but 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 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 thought they had reined in the virus are seeing a resurgence here in germany we have recorded a spike in new infections with more than 2000 confirmed on saturday that's the

highest number since april it followed 2 other days with well over a 1000 new cases health authorities say they're struggling to process a backlog of tests some blame young people for the resurgence saying they are not sticking to the rules of social distancing a reporter took a tour 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 to some agreed to talk to us but want to stay anonymous we actually understand are you scared to get infected. wells no not at all. then 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 to screw around us and the last so you can 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 on the check out this iconic buy here in berlin before we go in i'm going to put on my must. inside we see that germany street tie jean measures up being upheld people keep that 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 a few around 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 bar you are punished when you stick to the regulations another rule customers ever quiet to fill in these contact forms but then name and telephone number but

that's also a problem. i can't believe that mr donald duck this we had address came to the spa look for yourself. the district of wants to fight the coronavirus by making more random inspections now but they're bring civil society 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 everybody but their presence might remind people of just how serious the situation has become in the end things can only improve if i guess show more responsibility. here's a look at some of the other developments in the current virus pandemic the amount

of covered $900.00 cases worldwide is nearly $23000000.00 with the total amount of deaths reaching almost 800000 this according to the johns hopkins university in the united states south korea said it will roll out tougher social distancing guidelines to curb the spread of coronavirus nationwide as it battles a new outbreak of the disease spreading from the capital seoul and travelers from germany arriving in la via and lithuania will need to undergo a 14 day quarantine as of monday but thought is in both baltic countries just announced. some news now from washington where the national zoo has announced the birth of a panda cub zoo staff say the 22 year old giant panda or mother may shank is off to a good start in his nursing and cuddling the zoo's newest and cutest residents but so far they haven't announced the panda baby's name that's your news update i'll be

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