this is news alive from. his opposition turns out for a show of force against president alexander lukashenko thousands of demonstrators are already on the streets of minsk for a mass protest 2 weeks after an election was stolen. valor to put an end to the beefed up security. to our correspondent on the scene.

in berlin battle to save the life of a russian dissident say. the opposition leader fell into a coma after drinking tea his supporters say he was poisoned of all nate was airlifted to berlin on saturday. and lonely in lisbon no fans in the stands for the biggest game of the year in european football the champions league final in munich . are hours away from their match we'll hear from lisbon. welcome to news i'm michael tens of thousands of protesters in baylor is have taken to the streets of minsk and other cities for a 2nd sunday in a row they're demanding president alexander resignation. and accusing him of

rigging elections 2 weeks ago because franco who has ruled bellerose for 26 years has accused nato of trying to split up believes he's ordered the army to mobilize saying the country was at risk of imminent attack. putting on a show of force bellerose president alexander look at shinnecock told his military commanders to use the toughest measures possible to protect the country 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 chicken or sky. anyway even if we there. this moment will slow down or calm down. but our people. they don't

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 as we will struggle to. true. true. 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 staying into the nice. 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 down limits. they've shaken our fear and set hopes a light of victory even if nothing else changes.

from minsk i am joined by d.w. correspondent nick connelly on the telephone nic i'm happy that we have a connection but what's going on there right now. i don't think michael weinstein just off independence square the main square here in minsk that is just a white and red protest flag as you mentioned and no signal on the square that being a government tactic and recently cutting off mobile internet prevent footage of all of this getting out that you don't get a sense of people here that they really had the police we have. been getting out with megaphone telling people reminding them that these protests were illegal that taking part in these protests was an illegal act and they will doubt you can get the sense that anyone wants to keep scared of them all the protests is optional that there are. people in civilian clothes filming is going through the crowd trying to work out do. anything with this but it was the regime right now these

mass protests seem to be uncoordinated that are happening spontaneously. the regime's crackdown on people another detail we've seen restrictions on today roads leading to the capital being all being restricted to the. documents being checked generally as a way of trying to cool down the countdown comes the turnout for this demonstration but it doesn't seem to have what i think huge immigration is something that frankly would be unthinkable in dollars just a few months ago spontaneous but certainly massive images huge gatherings of what appear to be pretty resolute people standing their ground there the failure says defense minister victor says authorities will deploy in minsk to protect monuments implying of course that they would potentially use the army against these demonstrators it sounds to me nic as if the government tactic is to show a strong hand rather than to comment citizens. well quite and they seem so now to

being counterproductive people are outraged the one reading the news in the recent minutes that you need only came out about an hour ago that the army would now be forced out on the streets in potentially to a stop again on the protected so far only right. during the protests whether or not those still were really really. a good. question we've already had reports several to do. regarding they refuse to get into it and now it does seem like the issue of the country only going to think about it if you don't very scary time here in the other 3 he would be all be good in the country you don't prevent it but talking to people looking at them you don't get that often now chicky white there you go you can get into the region called the red everyone come out the numbers that you see. as

the. doctors here in berlin trying to save the life. of. a morning from siberia 2 days after becoming seriously ill on a flight in russia his supporters allege he was poison. 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 transfer. all the action now is here. life has become a political and diplomatic issue the world is watching. gemini's president. explanation. you 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 they 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 not 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 the 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 valley in this isolation pod obviously did not share the russian diagnosis of blood pressure problems. earlier we spoke talked to john and m. sofa a former d.w. journalists and the co-founder of the boris nemtsov foundation for freedom named after her father the russian opposition politician who was a satirist assassinated on a bridge in moscow back in february 25th and we asked her if she thinks that this apparent attack in of all name once again reveals how dangerous it can be to speak out in russia is going to discourage the opposition movement they are not all weakness in are those massive progress in malibu and i think it was one of the reasons why. my be poisoned because after the presidential

elections we saw massive plautus and despite our state's poor service very cruel drool repression and now we've been on sunday eg big march against. whom i personally regard as former president of the rules because he lost the elections so and i think that those people in the kremlin included like him are put in there 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 within that have an upcoming 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 it's proved to be very effective last year and i don't think that russian people are going to be discouraged because we are we to send growing discontent with the poor this is of the russian government and especially growing discontent was the fact that putin is going to be in office full life as he is at this year change the constitution and not permit him to stay full life. insights into alexina vonnie alleged poisoning from zana whose own father was assassinated in moscow in 2015 now let's take a look at some of the other stories that are making news around the world at this hour police in the u.s. city of portland oregon have forced protesters to disperse after they were hit with rocks and bottles during demonstrations cortland 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 u.s. a change in the weather is threatening to spark new wildfires in northern california with higher winds temperatures and lightning forecast firefighters have been babbling 3 huge blazes for almost a week the fires have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced tens of thousands to flee. to sport and what could be the most watched event on the planet tonight from lisbon the european champions league final germany's behind 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 were up against p.s. he's famous line of goal scorers including neymar and. flick says he has no plans to be cautions he's not. beat off course p.s.g.

have a lot of pace in that side and there are a top team of some incredible play is and it will be a very exciting match said in all 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 at all to mostly we've got some good results doing that so we went change too much on vote for an. event on the course within them. and sports. burst alone 8 years 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 you know you're all the commands on the on the pitch i mean that's interesting but also you you miss all this exciting atmosphere with 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. city. and we spend 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 can see them out and play a specialist you hear for our team get 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 as much. for me it's better than what he was

like no terms of fun so we'll i would take it through it. so by needing a campaign change your mind 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. i frankly cannot wait for its correspondent done yet barcelona in lisbon that's your news update at this hour coming up after a short break our documentary film and. asking whether europe is the cradle of humanity or using for the fun. of a meal and i'm dead welcome to the 2nd season of on the fence of the planet on the brink of disaster we did long in-depth interviews with experts about one question how all of the change was such a long recess.