show force against president alexander. thousands of demonstrators are already on the streets of minsk for a mass protest 2 weeks after an election they say was. valid to put an end to the unrest and beefed up security we'll go live to our correspondent in the capital. battle to save the life of russian dissident. the opposition leader fell into a coma after drinking tea his supporters say he was poisoned. to berlin on saturday

. and lonely and no fans in the stands for the biggest game of the year in european football the champions league final. are hours away from there we'll hear from. i'm glad to have you with us tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of minsk and other cities for a 2nd sunday in a row they're demanding president alexander lukashenko resignation accusing him of rigging elections 2 weeks ago. who has ruled for 26 years has accused nato of trying to split up he's ordered the army saying the country was at risk of imminent

attack. from minsk i am joined by correspondent nick connelly on the telephone nic i'm happy that we have a connection but what's going on there right now. the michael weinstein just off independence square the main square here in minsk that is just to see white and red protest flags as you mentioned and no signal on the square that's been a government tactic in recent weeks cutting off mobile internet prevent footage of all of this getting out but you don't get a sense of people here that they really see the police we have police getting out with megaphone telling people reminding them that these protests were illegal but taking part in these protests was an illegal act and they were moved out you didn't get any sense if anyone was sick you scared them or their protest is off shore that there are. people in civilian clothes filming is going through the crowd trying to work out do. anything with this but that was the regime right now these mass protests seem to be on coordinated that are happening spontaneously so it's not

easy for the regime to crack down on people another interesting detail we've seen the restrictions on today roads leading to the capital being i've shot or being restricted to the. documents being checked separately as a way of trying to cool down the count out 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 viktor 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 nick as if the government's tactic is to show a strong hand rather than to comment citizens. well quite in this scene from now to being counterproductive people are outraged that one got voted you've been reading

the news in the recent minutes that is new when it came out about an hour ago that the army would now be brought out on the streets essentially to stop again on the home protected so far only rightly. during the protests whether or not those soldiers will really be willing. to get the big question we've already had reports several men do. reporting they refuse to get into it and now it does seem like the issue. on going to think about it if you know very scary time you're in for 3 weeks the only good in the country you don't want them to talk to people looking at them you don't get the tip off and now you see white difficulty if you go you can pick a number of getting to the region called the red everyone who came out the numbers that you see. as the day develops

greatly. doctors here in berlin are 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 his supporters alleged 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. only action now is here. to save. life his health has become a political and diplomatic issue the world is watching. gemini's presidents called for an explanation. all those who can come to peace summit. 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 elections 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 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 america party also suspect 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 the opposition will get you the german medics who transported in the valley in this isolation part obviously did not share the russian diagnosis of blood pressure problems. earlier we talked to john and so a former d.w. journalist and the co-founder of the boy's name saul foundation for freedom named after her father the russian opposition politician who was assassinated on a bridge in moscow back in february 25th teen we asked her if she thinks that this apparent attack and avani which once again reveals how dangerous it can be to speak out in russia is going to discourage the opposition movement they are not all witness in are those massive progress in the mail or rules and i think it was one of the reasons why not wisely might be poisoned because after the presidential elections was so massive for the us and this part states poor 3rd 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 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 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 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 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 his alleged poisoning there from. them sofa 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 at least 13 people have been killed during a police raid on a nightclub in peru's capital lima some were reportedly crushed to death in a stampede others suffocated the party which was organized on social media was being held in violation of corona virus restrictions peru has been badly hit by the pandemic and has reimposed stricter rules volcano in western indonesia

has unleashed an avalanche of scorching clouds authorities or closely monitoring mount cinnabon on sumatra one of indonesia's main islands after the volcano started spewing smoke and ash more than 1000 meters into the air villagers have been advised to stay away from the slopes. 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 a heavy handed police response in the city. in the u.s. state of california forecasters warn weather conditions are likely to worsen the wildfires raging across the state tens of thousands of residents have had to evacuate their homes ahead of the advancing flames california authorities have

requested help even from as far away as australia. it's only from the air that the true scope of california's wildfires becomes apparent. more than a 1000000 acres of forest including many of the state's engines redwoods turned to ash in a matter of days. and that ash and smoke is only making matters worse. poor visibility has grounded many tanker planes. clipping the wings of one of the chief weapons in the fight against the fires. more than 13000 firefighters are on the front lines here working 72 hour shifts to beat back the blaze. but despite the massive show of force more than 700 homes have already been lost. as the fires threaten new communities many are saving what they can. an act that's

become a sad tradition as california's wildfires season grows more intense 5 years back. every year and now it seems like every year's record record. dry weather and lightning storms are in the forecast for the coming days and with hundreds of fires still raging california's fire service is warning that the worst is yet to come. but shift a sport now and what could be the most watched event on the planet tonight from lisbon the european champions league final germany's byron munich play french side . and byron story revolves around the new coach 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.g. is famous line of goal scorers including neymar and.

and. 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 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 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 what i listen. out favorite. stevie. and we here spend some holy of this and of course we

are also been faecal friends and to know that the m.p.'s here are playing in our favorite stadium 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 the terms we will but it won't feel the same as it will like everyone would say it's like anyone besides my own friends and so it's not as much. for me it's better than what it was like no terms of fun i would take it right through it. so by i mean it can pierce danger 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. correspondent dunya barcelona in lisbon there let's go to recap now of the top story we're following for you thousands of demonstrators have gathered on the streets of mints

for a show of force against president alexander lukashenko 2 weeks after an election they say was stolen. has vowed to put an end to the unrest and beefed up security. that's a news update at this hour coming up after a short break sports life asked why coaches on average get fired so much faster than other football professionals michael okuda thanks for watching. like. a mom gorgeous was food for the russians so. steve. so many different walks of life. some are. awfully strong.