i. this is due w. news live from berlin doctors here in germany's capital battled to save the life of russian jews don't i like saying the valmy specialists are trying to find out why the opposition leader collapsed and fell into a column of off to drinking tea the supporters saying he was poisoned the valley was airlifted to birthing on saturday from siberia also coming out of the embattled leader of the army on the lurch we have borders to protect an authoritarian president alexander lukashenko accused of massing troops near the border claims the

alliance denies. and this just hours to go before the biggest match of the year in european football the champions league final game of course played in an mostly empty stadium in portugal features some of the biggest names in the sport has by unique take on how they use on schumacher look at the lowdown from this with. great it's great to have you with this doctors here in berlin the trying to save the life of russian opposition leader. he arrived in the german capital on saturday morning from siberia 2 days after becoming seriously ill on a flight in russia now he supporters allege he was poisoned european leaders made public office of support as doctors from germany and russia ah good about whether he was fit enough to fly it took 2 full days of frantic diplomacy to get him

transferred. 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. as i live i hope that 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 for 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 there will embark in those elections 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 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 and this isolation pod obviously did not share the russian diagnosis of blood pressure problems. for more let's bring in john a name server she's a former d.w. journalist and the co-founder of the boris nemtsov foundation for freedom that's named after her father the russian opposition politician who was assassinated in

moscow back in 2015 is on a welcome you know like saying of ali and his family personally and you'll father was a close friend of his who or what do you think is responsible for what happened to him. so far i'm actually thank you for inviting me and i'm actually a wage in for the results of the test to reach being conducted in believe in and i couldn't tell who quotes from sharia tear they're going to reveal some of their sliming so on monday what my feeling is they act now violently was poisoned. i think or are you guys and responsibility you know that in russia now there are a lot of political prisoners. are put his critics are being hauled over there are some of them were killed my father was killed just 500 mirrors

are away from the kremlin wall he is caves has never been sold and will never been sold and despite all our efforts i'm certain jump in this case i'm sorry to jump in you believe alexei navalny was poisoned who or what do you think poisoned him who did it. this i cannot answer this question by the way i can say if they have to because number one is them worst paul full i was in russia i think that at least putin like him or present president of russia holds political responsibility for his poisoning and we waited for 2 days before he was transported to the believe and i think that high rent in a few shells tried to block his transportation to

a billy how confident are you that we'll get to the bottom of exactly what happened to alexina valmy after role you criticize the investigation into your father's killing you called it an imitation so i did not criticize it it wasn't an investigation because it wasn't cool it wasn't transparent and they are failed to identify them washed the minds of those who killed my father and moreover they failed to i didn't if why then would t.v. knee high end my fathers and the nation and it was of course i'm pretty sure epilate eclair mad invaded murder rigo i did not while it is far as i know the central investigative committee is not going to open in the investigation into why lee's case. and now all depends on the germans doctors

whether they will be able to find out what psi abstinence was he used to try to attempt to kill alex in iran. and we will wait for that diagnosis here in europe more than once we've seen how dangerous dangerous it is to to speak out in russia is this going to discourage the opposition movements that. it's different to predict and we are not all witness in are those massive tried as well rules and i think it was one of the reasons why now why lee might be poisoned because after the presidential elections we saw massive plautus and despite state sponsored very cruel drool repression and now we've been on sunday every big march against. whom

i personally regard as former president of valerie's because he lost the elections so and i think that those people in the kremlin included like him or putin they're all frightened by these days from belo rules and they might think that the same can happen in russia in the aftermath of any elections and you know that there have been upcoming elections on their 13th of september and alex in a valley is very active and he introduced his role in tech tick off smart loot it's called in russia and it's proved to be very effective last year and i don't think that russian people are going to be discouraged because we as we descend growing discontent was the poor mrs of the russian government and especially growing discontent was the fact that putin is going to be in office full life as

here earlier this year change the constitution and not a permit him to stay full life and russians don't like list john and i'm sorry i'm afraid we're going to have to leave it there that's john and i'm sorry from the forest and sort of sunday sion for freedom thank you thank you. government opponents in bella reuss are readying for another day of mass protests accusing president alexander lukashenko of stealing last month's elections and demanding that he step down now claims the protests are being stede from abroad and there's night oh is massing troops near the border claims that the alliance has vehemently denied. putting on a show of force bellerose president alexander lucas schenker told his military commanders to use the toughest measures possible to protect the country he claims

enemies are at the border as well 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 to can no sky. anyway even if there. this movement will slow down or calm down don't look good but our people. they don't want to accept our president more we have changed our minds have changed and will not be able to be under this president to war under this authorities who will struggle to . treat 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 nars. national we are many it's 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 own limits. they have shaken our fear and search hopes a lot of victory even if nothing else changes. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world india has the possible 3000000 mark in the number of corona virus cases in the country logged the world's biggest dialing rise in new infections in 3 weeks now 30 say the virus is increasingly spreading to india south floods triggered by monsoon rains have affected nearly one 3rd of bangladesh forcing millions to flee their homes

floodwaters showing no sign of abating winds more rainfall cost local media say some 160 people have died in this season's flooding. and in the united states a change in the weather is threatening to spot a new wildfire as in northern california we have high winds temperatures and a lot full cost firefighters have been battling 3 huge blazes almost a week the fires have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced tens of thousands to flee. just bought by munich have made it to the football champions league final against french side. thanks largely to their attacking prowess that's not likely to change in the big game according to coach and see flick and afflicted by and have won 20 out of their last 29 matches averaging more than 3 goals per game but their attacking play has sometimes left them vulnerable in defense. of the best goalscorers in the world. and killian.

and w.'s done. using lisbon she's been covering the run up to the champions league final a match that will be played without because of the pandemic. walking around lisbon besides what you see behind me there are almost no signs that the biggest match in club football is about to take place here as we already know there'll be no fans allowed inside the stadium for the champions league final but some fans have made their way to the portuguese capital anyway we've been asking them how they feel about the big game and about football's new normal it's a different thing you know i mean now i hear all the commands on the phone the pitch i mean it's interesting but also you you miss all this exciting atmosphere with friends especially in such a game that in the semifinals or the finals i can't imagine any finals with all that many fans but as i said better this than nothing till i take a listen blown out favorite. city. and

we are spending some money at this and of course we are also been secret plans and to know that then p.s. your playing in our favorite stadium we want to be here even if we can see the match and play especially still here for our team here in the history books we still be the same as we will. but it won't feel the same if it's real like everyone would say it's like a one size mountain so it's not as much as you look for me it's better than i would even know what i was like no terms and so will i would take it through it. so by a new day campaign stand your man fans have mixed feelings one thing is certain whatever happens on the pitch on sunday night the atmosphere that usually accompanies a champions league final will be missing from the streets of lisbon. a quick recap now of our top story doctors in berlin a baffling to science a lot of russian dissident. your arrived in the german capital on saturday 2 days

after becoming seriously ill on a flight in russia you supporters say he was placed. that's your news update at this hour there's more on the details when you stop on our website. i'm jarred brain and to watch. a male tom did not complete the 2nd season on the front of the planet on the brink of disaster we did long in-depth interviews experts about one question how to change the focus of a loser.