one of the journey is to story. where the late mr september 16th. you. play. player. play. this is g.w. new the lives are from birth that doctors in the german capital battle to save the lives of russians just don't alexina specialists are trying to find out why the opposition leader collapsed and fell into a coma after trying to keep his supporters say he was poisoned also coming up valerie says embattled leader puts the army on a large and president alexander lukashenko accuses nato of massing troops near the

border claims at the alliance tonight. and scientists in germany hope a concert good i'm talking new insight into containing the coronavirus hundreds of master volunteers turned out to help study how the virus spread or a man could be experimented for like a brain surgeon. a or. i'm clear richards and welcome to the show doctors here in berlin are trying to save the life of russian opposition leader alexey 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 russia russia and germany argued about whether he was fit enough to fly. it took 2 full days of frantic diplomacy to get

him transferred to berlin. all the action now is here while doctors at berlin charity hospital try to save alexei nerve on these life his health has become a political and diplomatic issue the world is watching. germany's president called for an urgent explanation of the us i live no good at 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 highly effective strategy for abortion there wouldn't bark 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 spend so much time

in jail last year and apparently government was very nervous regarding the election there this coming up not only was it still is a very fact of communicator his you tube channel his weekly you tube channel is a voice very 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 angola merkel's party also suspects foul play. but as far as the external signs are concerned it looks as if it's another case of attempted murder and a message to the opposition we'll get you the german medics who transported in the valley and this isolation pod obviously did not share the russian diagnosis of blood pressure problems. ditto the news was out for lindsay sharon tate hospital covering alexina von these arrival we caught up with easel founder of the cinema for peace foundation which paid for the airlift we asked him how and of all these

family are feeling well i think they're relieved that it's to be an odyssey house and it's a relief to be in a 1st class hospital to have a good treatments and obviously 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 as we see for from the doctors if they would have not been to submerge still many noms if they would have tried to fly on to moscow he would have died. that was jacobi's all founder of the cinema for peace foundation which organized alexina volleys transfer to berlin isabella roost now where government government opponents are preparing for another day of mass protests there accusing president aleksander of the question of stealing recent elections and demanding that he step down because she claims the protests are being steered from abroad and

says nato is massing troops near the border claims the alliance vehemently denies. putting on a show of force bellerose president alexander lucas and co told his military commanders to use the toughest measures possible to protect the country and spirits he claims enemies are at the border as for opponents inside he's threatened to close factories if strikes against his regime continue. but look at his rule is drawing to an end so says exiled opposition leader 50 taken no sky. anyway even if we there. this moment will slow down or or calm down i don't want by the people. they don't want to accept our president anymore we have changed our minds have changed and will not be able to be under this president or under this authority small will struggle to

a world with true till the real good changes in our country. the struggle continued on saturday women took a stand against the violent repression of protests. ignoring official warnings. and more crowds gathered in central minsk study into the nice. national we are many peace impossible to silence to fire and to imprison everyone if they jail a 100 people 200 will protest tomorrow because people can't stand it anymore we've reached our limits. they are shaken of fear and sense hopes alive a victory even if nothing else changes. well let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world's u.s. lawmakers in the house of representatives have passed

a bill providing $25000000000.00 in emergency funding to give us a little service the democratic backed legislation aims to make sure mail and boats arrive on time no elections but it's unlikely to pass a republican controlled senate. a social media platform to talk says it will sue the trump administration over the president's plan to ban the popular video app in the u.s. talk is owned by a chinese company bite stance trump is trying to force tech talk to sell its u.s. operations citing concerns that user data could be shared with the chinese government. well california governor gavin newsom has asked canada and australia to help fight hundreds of wildfires are raging across the states use them has a blame the blazes on climate change most were started by lightning strikes thousands have fled their homes and at least 6 people have been killed. west african

leaders are holding talks in mali to push for a speedy return to civilian rule following a military coup the delegation is meeting with the rebels who took power as well as ousted in mali and president. while his neighbors a fear the political upheaval could allow islamist extremists to again again ground in the region. a hasty arrival on an urgent mission with representatives from the economic community of west african states touched down in bomb. headed by former nigerian president goodluck jonathan 5 rushed to mali in capital in response to the ousting of president evo him because by the military. we are here to disperse or that you stick with us leave at the end of the come up with some 2 days with and then you wait. for. the delegation held talks with the head of the military john into his goal to

reinstate president. the west african bloc was quick to condemn his ouster expelling mali from the organization closing its borders and ordering sanctions. there is widespread support for the change of power and opposition movement had been protesting against cards of for months and good by his inability to kickstart the economy tackle corruption and defeated jihadist insurgency. agenda has held talks with the opposition promising to install a new interim president ahead of new elections. i would turn buy kites a hose less appeal here in mali than it does abroad. well here in germany researchers have put on a concert in the name of science hundreds of volunteers a fills a stadium in the city of lights for an experiment testing whether indoor events can

be held safely during the pandemic there's also will be closely watched by using fans and concert promoters around the world. 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 pen demick and 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 light cigarettes 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. we need to heat 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 the human lives that is needed is one. german singer tim benn 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 endure drive in concerts so for us this feels like the 1st step towards normality we can normally kid the results of the study are high. really and to supported by research has found a concert there was around the world. well here's another form of entertainment for you a hotly anticipated german t.v. series that makes its global debut this week on streaming service netflix bio hackers is about ambitious science students with the power to reshape life at the

molecular level but with its broader strokes it's also a warning about the dangers of experimenting with genetic material but what about eyes can see in the dark what if our fingers were magnetic what about d.n.a. was perfect bio hackers is the new netflix series that explores that solved experiment an ambitious professor and 6 intrepid students trying to polish up their genome to your team mates megalomania the data should be all of the mass on sundays suck so shut up. they've got a telescope. president they love to do nothing but his eyes often look either doesn't. come if there's a mannequin feel that the feel of entire cast was from under the bridge to go down . so far optimization taken to the extreme this series addresses a highly topical subject biohacking is booming instructions are available on the internet and research as far. as everything show is really possible and conceivable

not science fiction but 5 minutes into the future. which up to this i meant the script and i thought it's funny what they've come up with these dogs good doc i saw a documentary and thought funny but it's true that all the doctors will say seems out of sorts which is science taking us in this fast paced series director christian does her illustrates the dangers that lurk when mankind wants to play god . in the series does not demonize science on the contrary it shows how dependent we are on research usually because our biochemist say whether humanity survives or not is a fact. of biochemistry and for to have people. yet bio had his makes it clear that it's extremely dangerous to experiment with genetic material. diseases olson's otoh psychotically saw scenes with the 5. well let's go to

sports now and a buyer in your neck have made it to the football champions league final against french side at p.s.g. thanks to largely to their attacking prowess that's not likely to change in the big game according to coach hudson flick under flicka biron have won $28.00 of their last $29.00 matches averaging more than 3 goals per game but their attacking play has at some times left them vulnerable to offense despite facing a players as such as neymar and pay in lisbon flick says he has no plans to be more cautious recently overdoses if use of course p.s.g. have a lot of pace in their side if there are a top team of some incredible players and it will be a very exciting match that said in all games 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 and that was

byron you know coach hans if like we end in nigeria with the heartwarming story of a young man whose dancing has captivated millions of people around the worlds 11 year old ballet student anthony was so mad it went viral with this video of him dancing barefoot in the rain it got the attention of american ballet theatre which offered him a scholarship in new york next year he's already started classes with them online. that's the news that day at this hour and they're at it then in berlin thanks so much for joining us. to. kill the fire more than tired and in the end this is a me you're not a lot of the year and more we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers who lives in the what's your story. 'd

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