mr september 16th to tell you. this is due to be your news a live shot from berlin doctors in the german capital battle to save the life of russian descent like sane avanti specialists are trying to find out why the opposition leader collapsed and fell into a coma 103 feet his supporters are saying he was poisoned also coming up. the u.s. house of representatives in washington has tossed as billet to inject a 1000000000 to u.s. postal service after just ructions to mail delivery bomb makers want to make sure

vital mail in votes are delivered on time november's election. and scientists in germany hope pop concert could unlock new insights into into the coronavirus hundreds of damascus volunteers turned out to study how the virus spreads at indoor events could the experimenter provide a break from british. empire riches and welcome to the show doctors here in berlin are trying to save the life of russian opposition leader alexei navalny he arrived in the german capital on saturday morning 2 days after becoming seriously ill on a flight in russia his supporters allege he was poisoned european leaders made public offers of support as doctors from germany and russia argued about whether he was fit enough to fly. he took 2 full days

a frantic diplomacy to get him transferred here. all the action now is here while doctors at berlin charité hospital try to save alexei their values life his health has become a political and diplomatic issue the world is watching. germany's president called for an urgent explanation call for his alibi oh good all those who can contribute something to clear this up do that to no valley had been in the siberian city of thompson talking loudly about corrupt russian elites and rallying those who might vote against the russian government there will be regional elections coming up in 3 weeks from now not only has developed a fairly effective strategy for a pause in their will in part in those so actions it happened last year last year was extremely. important breakthrough in various regional elections including in

moscow and that's why not only spent so much time in jail last year and apparently government was very nervous regarding the election there this coming up number only was still is a very fact of communicator his you tube channel his weekly you tube channel is watched by millions of people in of course government didn't want him to be on air in the coming weeks. until this election a senior german m.p. from angela merkel's party also suspects foul play. as far as the external signs are concerned it looks as if it's another case of attempted murder and a message the opposition will get you. the german medics who transported in the valley in this isolation pod obviously did not share the russian diagnosis of blood pressure problems. and you know the news was at berlin's at charity hospital covering alexina arrival we caught up with easel founder of a cinema for peace foundation which paid for the airlift we asked him how and of

all these family are feeling when i think they're relieved it is to be an odyssey house and that's a relief to be in a 1st class hospital to have a good treatments and obvious you know it will be the question what the doctors can do and have to do. and. i mean apparently it is it's not a thing for a few days as we're probably a long procedure and it's a long way to go i mean it's we assume 1st from the doctors if they would have not been submerged to learning in arms if they would have tried to fly on to moscow he would have died. while i was at the cell founder of the cinema for peace foundation which organized alexina volleys transfer to berlin let's go now to some of the other stories making news around the worlds. a hardline president of bellerose has ordered the army and she use the most stringent measures to protect the nation outside of the made the comments as he was speaking at a military base government opponents accuse him of stealing the last month's

elections they're planning the latest in a series of mass rallies later on sunday. west african leaders are holding talks in mali to push for a speedy return to civilian rule following a military coup the delegation led by nigerian president goodluck jonathan are meeting with the rebels who took power as well as ousted mali and president you've got to move a cocktail into. a social media platform take chalk says it will sue the trumpet ministration over the president's plan it to ban the popular video af in the united states to talk is owned by chinese company a bite dance trump is trying to force to talk to sell its u.s. operations citing concerns about user data could be shared with the chinese government where u.s. lawmakers in the house of representatives have passed a bill providing $25000000000.00 in emergency funding to the u.s. postal service in time for november's elections the democratic backed legislation

is aimed at preventing delays as millions of americans vote by mail this year because of the coronavirus endemic to the postal service has been under scrutiny after president donald trump repeated unfounded claims that mail in voting needs to run and fraud. let's get more on this now from correspondent carla liker who is following the story for us from washington carla these emergency funds despite being passed in the house are looking unlikely to actually pass into law how is it that the u.s. it got to this point with less than 3 months to go until election day. well the u.s. postal service and how well it can really pull through this mail in the elections that has been a point of contention for a while and the u.s. house of representatives has has actually voted on more funds for the postal

service before in may they passed the hero's acts which was another coronavirus relief package and that included $25000000000.00 for the postal service but the bill never made it to the senate floor. are and the u.s. postal service has been traditionally a fairly enjoyed bipartisan support let's say but the postmaster general is a trump appointee who has donated millions of dollars to the republican party and under pressure he said on friday that it was his priority to have election mail delivered on time do you think democrats are buying that no democrats have not been convinced by what they heard on friday they still think that it was massive general detroit is incompetent and they're saying they're already seeing shocking delays in mail delivery before any ballots even come into play they share that they have heard from constituents who are not getting vital

medication that they should be receiving in the mail 1 that there's you know several weeks sometimes for that small businesses are suffering because they can't deliver their products to customers on time so democrats do not believe that with the way the postal service is run right now that it can pull of a perfect fair election one trump has a long claims about postal voting it can lead to fraud but let's set the record straight is there any evidence to this claim. no there's not many experts have spoken i wouldn't have said voting by mail is no way any more susceptible to fraud than going to vote and person and they're saying the reason that trump keeps pushing pushing this message is that he has something to point to the elections and his favor so then he can say see it's fraught i've told you from the very beginning all right and that will be watched closely as we go toward

november's elections carla biker in washington d.c. thank you. well scientists here in germany have put on a whole concert to study how the corona virus can spread at indoor events hundreds of volunteers filled a stadium in the city of lights for the experiments they were tracking devices to monitor their movements and use fluorescent disinfectant to identify high touch surfaces researchers hope to find out how to safely hold future events during the pandemic. was standing in line for an experiment more than one and a half 1000 people have come to participate in a test to determine how concert halls and sports stadiums might be used during the coronavirus pandemic. or whatever we want to do our part to help fight the pet demick i with basketball fans from dresden and we're hoping that when winter comes we can go back into the stadium. everyone here is wearing a tracer that will record their movements around the lot sigurd rina there are 3

scenarios one with social distancing one with some distancing and one with strict distancing participants were tested for the virus before coming still they must wear high standard protective masks researchers hope the study will help make public events possible and safe as. we are made to piece up we will have to bring this pandemic under control and make sure that people don't become seriously ill from the virus but we also have to make sure that life in the meantime is still worth living by to human lives that is needed in the. german sing it to embed scope played along with the experiment from a distance it could all pass for a normal concert. in the middle multiple kentucky this summer we had to ensure drive in concerts so for us this feels like the 1st step towards normality hooted

off the shit we can normally kids the results of the study are highly anticipated by researches at the concert goers around the world. well in many african countries artists are playing a leading role in preventing the spread of the coronavirus as everywhere that means a social distancing washing hands and especially wearing masks and in togo the delivery of that crucial public health information is particularly colorful. a wool paint and a message these graffiti artists are in their element right next to a busy street in togo's capital loman josie and wilson and her collaborators paint to educate them these paintings are supposed to help make people stick to the hygiene roles. they show how people can protect themselves and others from the coronavirus not shaking hands keeping a physical distance and sneezing into elbows they also thank those on the frontline

in the fight against covert 19 health care workers. everything that's important for protecting people against. the project was started by the graffiti artist collective for the going graphic heard they encourage autists from across targer to do the same on social media. it's a real honor for me to be part of the project to raise awareness and support people in the pandemic without hot and to give some space to go to target and generally in africa. on the record about. the messages have been received well especially by young people. the money you have read the pictures show all the hygiene roles even someone who conned hero speak could understand the messages and stick to the roles. that you are to make in the. heartland

when it's against the coronavirus when you go pasta and see it then you start to think more about protecting yourself paying attention to the rules wearing mosques washing. hands and using disinfectant regularly good. as long as there is no vaccine prevention is the only way to fight the pandemic so the artists will keep painting their crucial message around togo. all right well let's go to sports now and a buyer munich have made it to the football champions league final against french side p.s.g. thanks to largely it to their attacking prowess that's not likely to change in the big game according to coach hides the flick under flick of byron have won it $28.00 of their last $29.00 matches averaging more than 3 goals per game but their attacking play has sometimes left of them vulnerable in defense despite facing the players such as neymar and pay in lisbon flicka says he has no plans to be more

cautious as material witnesses if you speak of course p.s.g. have a lot of pace and best side they're a top team with some incredible players and it'll be a very exciting much said in our game sort of the last 10 months we've always tried to impose our style of play we've always played with a high line against the opposition and ultimately we've got some good results doing that so we won't change too much on vote for until it's. been done the course was in them. well it's all different in the women's game defending champions only on our through to the semifinals of the champions league after knocking out byron munich england striker in the key to paris a gave way on the lead in the 1st half another goal followed after half time and although biron pulled one goal back the french side held on the results reads of all spark as the last remaining german team in the competition. that is your news

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