this is the new news a live from berlin doctors here in germany's capital battle to save the life of russian dissident alexina valmy specialists are trying to find out why the opposition leader collapsed and fell into a coma after drinking tea his supporters say he was poisoned of all neighbors airlifted to berlin on saturday from siberia also coming out hundreds of mass volunteers turned out for a concert experiment in germany scientists hope it will reveal new insights into how the clone a virus spreads at indoor events are removed order was banned. and lonely in

lisbon no fans in the stands for the biggest game of the year in european football the champions league final find munich and. hours away from their natural home here from west. a michael oku it's great to have you with us doctors here in berlin or trying to save the life of russian opposition leader alexina vonnie he arrived in the german capital on saturday morning from siberia 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 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 their boundaries life his health has become a political and diplomatic issue the world is watching. germany's president called for an urgent explanation. was a live look 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 a regional elections coming up in 3 weeks from now not only has developed how to be effective strategy for abortion there wouldn't bark 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 and i've only was it 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 angola 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 found in this isolation post obviously did not share the russian diagnosis of blood pressure problems. earlier we talked to john and then so val a former d.w. journalist and a co-founder of the boris nemtsov foundation for freedom named after her father the russian opposition politician who was assassinated on a bridge in moscow back in february 25th we asked her if she thinks that this

attack an avanti which once again reveals how dangerous it can be to speak out and russia is going to discourage the opposition movement they are not all witness in are those massive progress in the mellow rules and i think it was one of the reasons why. my deep poisoned because after the presidential elections we saw massive fraud us and despised state sponsored very cruel drool repression and now we've been on sunday a big march against. whom i personally regard as former president because he lost the elections so and i think that of those people in the kremlin included like him or putin they're all frightened by these few days from belo rules and they might think that this same

can happen in russia in the past the march of any elections and you know within the heaven i think i'm in the elections on their 13th of september and alex in a highly is very active and he introduced his role in tactic of 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 i say we descend growing discontent with the poorest. of the russian government and especially growing discontent was the fact that fortune is going to be in office full live as here earlier this year change the constitution and now it for me is here to stay full life insights into alexina volleys alleged poisoning from john and them sort of a whose own father was assassinated in moscow in 2015 now let's take

a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour opposition supporters and delivers a readying for another day of mass protest they accuse president alexander lukashenko of stealing last month's elections and are demanding that he step down because franco has sent military vehicles to the capital mins ahead of sunday's opposition rally police in the u.s. city of portland oregon have forced protesters to disperse after they were hit with rocks and bottles during demonstrations portland has been gripped by weeks of protests fueled in part by what many see as the heavy handed police response in the city. in the german city of leipzig music fans have done something that didn't used to be newsworthy they went to a concert but this was no ordinary show it was a scientific experiment the 1st of its kind in the world to test if large indoor events can be held safely during the pandemic concert promoters and live music fans

everywhere are eager to see the results. roxburgh was there. it's like a blast from a not so distant past 1500 people packed together in an indoor arena in leipzig for a concert of german singer songwriter tim band sco the fans here are volunteers part of restart 19 a study to see if and how big events can be held safely in the era of cope at 19. that's right most of my questions have been made to have a concert going as my hobby i go to 2030 concerts a year and now that it's not possible because of corona i want to support the study to help find out how we can still hold concerts on pointing out the. safety measures including a negative corona test and a thermal scan are needed to get inside. everyone taking part in this experiment even the press have been given these medical grade face masks and been ordered to come on at all times we've also been given

bottles of disinfectant which we used to clean our hands as often as possible. contact tracers worn around the neck tracked the distance between concert goers to identify where in the area fans group too closely together. it doesn't sound very rock'n'roll but the one pop star present was satisfied with the results. this summer we had to endure drive in concerts so for us this feels like the 1st step towards normality if you want to ask you should to. restart 1000 is not a perfect experiment wearing masks at a concert and keeping social distance are not real world conditions. this is so this is adding to s. to show that this is the 1st step you can either say we have no data got or you can

say we have done at that doesn't quite correspond to everyday life but yet you have to weigh their time and going half way is. better than not going forward at all. singer tim ben sco and the scientists carrying out this experiment don't think it's the answer to all our corona problems but the results of this study expected in about 6 to 8 weeks could make it possible to hold concerts why sports and other big public events again and to do so safely. from d w a culture i am now joined by scott who was there in leipzig of course you just heard from scott scott it's good to see you it probably was really nice to see live music again but you know people wearing masks is sitting there like they're an anchor on a set or trying to get a loan from a bank or i mean did it feel like a real concert not really i mean the 1st thing i noticed walking in is. the smell

of disinfectant where were you to expect like oh you know the smell of marijuana. but so it did have a bit of a it is an experiment and i had a bit of that feel i mean tibet's good is the best and when the lights went out the music the music oh you could almost with imagine oh you might be in a real music concert but i should be clear that the people carrying out this experiment they're not trying to say this is how spirit calls it's going to look like the future you know we're all going have to wear masks and be a metre and a half away from each other they did it in order to conduct an experiment that was safe for everybody involved in old catch the virus but would also provide some useful information about how people do interact in concerts how crowds gather and move around at events like this and i hope with that information that they'll be able to be able to hold real foxes future i'm curious who paid for this it's the states to do to east german states saxony where leipzig was located and the neighboring state of saxony i hold in both east and germany and they it's pretty

expensive actually they paid about a 1000000 euros for the whole experiment but they said the whole thing as an investment. i think that if they can get a scientific basis for a risk in events like this the maybe they can help their event groups in their states get started again and get literally thousands of people back to work we just have a minute now but i want to get something clear here i know that the music and culture industries have taken a huge hit during this pandemic and clearly they're going to be watching to see the results of this experiment what is the data that they're looking for and do you think it's going to be helpful especially the data they're going to look at is where are the risks at the moment they don't know when you have events like this they want to see where are the hot spots where it's dangerous for people to gather in concepts like this and what happens when people gather concepts like this with that data they'll be able to make some sort of risk assessment to say this type of

event is safe this type it isn't this have been is a bit risky but maybe it's ok if you're an area that doesn't have a high level of. those that have the things we're looking at they're basically looking to get a basis to make a plan for the future because of the moment they have no idea what's going to happen. for them to culture really appreciate it. to sport and what could be the most watched event on the planet tonight from lisbon the europeans champion champions league final germany's by munich play french side . and byron story revolves around new coach huns the flick who turned things around for the club by pushing an attacking style of play under flick byron have won 28 of their last 29 matches but they're up against p.s. fees famous line of goal scores including neymar and. he has no plans to be cautious he's not. beat of course p.s.g. have a lot of pace in their side they're a top team with some incredible play is and it will be

a very exciting match that said in our games 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 for an talks. on the course within them. and each of these 4 it's done your best alone to ease in lisbon she's been covering the run up to the champions league final a match that will be played without spectators 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 we hear all the commands on the on the pitch

i mean that's interesting but also you miss all this exciting atmosphere from his friends especially in such a game 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 what i listen. out favorite. cd. and we are spending some holy of this and of course we are also been fico fans and to know that the m.p.'s your playing in our favorite stadium we we want to be here even if we don't can see them out and play a specialist you hear for our team in the history books will still be going to be with 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 worth as much. for me it's better than what he was like no terms of fun so i would take it right through it. so by i need

a campaign since 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. that's the job for its correspondent done your purse alone or in lisbon. that's your news update at this hour in berlin for the entire news team here thanks for watching more news and. i'm nothing out. because sometimes i am placed on nothing with the. things deep into german culture. new don't seem to take this drama you because it's all about who they know i'm right so join me for me to funkytown. it is for. me just for. this for how.