this is g.w. newsmonger from berlin tonight russia's top kremlin critic alexina german doctors say he was poisoned the german chancellor says moscow has to do something doctors treating the ball here in berlin say test results point to a toxin affecting his nervous system of all he is now under 24 hour police protection will russia hold anyone accountable also coming up tonight was president donald trump makes a surprise appearance on day one of the republican national convention as delegates formally back his bid for a 2nd term in office and again in the u.s.

protests after police shoot a black man multiple times in the back leaving him in serious conditions those who defied a curfew who pushed back with tear gas. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us german chancellor angela merkel is calling on russia tonight to investigate the poisoning of russian opposition leader. being treated here in berlin at the hospital today doctors said test showed traces of a group of substance is called. inhibitors in the system and no specific compound has been identified yet not only is currently in intensive care in a medically induced coma his condition is said to be serious but no longer wife

threatening. are for more on the story let's go now to our political correspondent emanuel johns manuals you've got the latest on this will start with uncle americal she reacted very quickly to the hospital's confirmation today that the volney was poised indeed a quick and a very strong reaction from chancellor angela merkel and she said that those responsible in of all these cases must be identified and held accountable she cold to get it was for i mean is the moscow to sunni and you know transparent manner investigate on the suspects suspected poisoning of alexei move on the because of his status as a political dissidents and also a gemini's vice-chancellor all that shows to say that as a democrat he couldn't accept that the lives of opposition members puts in then just a very strong statement issued by the german government in light of what appears to be enough on these poisoning the doctors confirming today that the tests show

traces of a taunt in his system what else are doctors saying well the doctors assaidi indeed that's enough on the was probably intoxicated by a substance on the kind of nest to raise in the group but the exact sense it's hasn't been identified and this is usually a substance found in drugs in pesticides but oh so a nerve agent so it acts on the brain's transmitters and there are transmitters and the tests have been run several times and in separate laboratories and the hospital also say that of course not on his condition was serious but that there is currently no acute danger of he's alive he's currently being treated as an antidote which is cold peeing and there's no visibility on what he could suffer from after he recovers if you cough is in there and we understand the security at the hospital is very tight the bowling has 24 hour police protection do german authorities do they think that the ball needs life could still be in danger. well you know

a balinese very much aware that's a german capital is a necessity a safe place for dissidents a russian every zima a year ago today on august 23rd 2023rd 2019 a former chechen the military commander was murdered in broad daylight here in berlin and barely in hot accused moscow to not call gratefully was investigation and exposed to russian diplomats and mosco so retaliated by expelling to jenin once and the german alterity even moved the alleged killer for fear doubt that russian intelligence might try to kill him within a jam and prison so that goes on to show how very late of trust there is between the 2 countries at the moment it's a very good point of view political correspondent my newish was on the story for us tonight and i thank you well here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world police in belarus of arrested several activists they say are responsible for organizing anti-government protests in factory strikes it's part of

a widening government crackdown on the opposition in the aftermath of president lukashenko disputed election victory earlier this month on sunday tens of thousands of people rallied in minsk to protest the result which they say was rigged. the gunman who shot and killed 51 people into mosques in new zealand has come face to face with the families of some of his victims relatives of the bereaved and injured confronted britain tamarind ahead of his sentencing in christ church he faces life in prison without parole for carrying out the worst mass shooting in the country's modern history rescuers in india racing to save people from the wreckage of a building collapse south of mumbai dozens of people were trapped when the structure came down following heavy monsoon rains authorities say at least 20 people have been pulled from the rubble. u.s.

republicans have formally backed donald trump's bid for a 2nd term as u.s. president trump secured the nomination in a roll call vote of republicans as republicans begin their national convention in charlotte north carolina the convention is being held in person though this year's event has been scaled down because of the coded 19 pandemic last week's democratic convention was an almost entirely virtual affair because of fears of spreading the coronavirus. after clinching the nomination the president defended his handling of the pandemic and said his administration had encouraged lockdowns at the right time we did the exact right thing we shut it down then we reopened and that's what we're doing now we're well into it but. if we didn't shut it down at that point we would have had millions of people dead the job that mike pence and the task force and all of us together have done has been incredible

what we've done what we've achieved. you know more than 170000 americans have died from 900 so far let's take this story now to our washington bureau chief in this poll in this good evening to you the formal nomination itself that was no surprise but it was brought forward time wise why right brain this is really unprecedented that a president or a candidate really delivers a speech before the exceptions speech which normally takes place at the very last day you don't trump obviously is really missing crowd so he took this opportunity to get teared on and off to all get the media attention he wants so what did he say when he accepted the nomination. it was really weird speeds there was hardly any substance besides spreading fear and chaos let's have

a look 7. if you want to really drive them crazy you say 12 more years. we caught them doing some really bad things. in 2016 let's see what happens we caught them doing some really bad things we have to be very careful because they're trying it again with this whole 80000000 mail in ballots that they're working on. so. what is he accusing the democrats of here. well basically you know he says if he loses these elections it's the fault of the democrats because they promote mail in wilding and absentee voting because of the pen demick obviously that's his main take they he accuses the democrats to be willing to steal these elections so that's how we're starting the convention what

can we expect over the next 4 days. that's also very on president. he will donald trump the president on trump will appear every single night and deliver a speech and then he will support to be supported by his family members his wife being his 2 sons will speak his 2 daughters will speak one thing i think it's worth looking out for is for him the key haley because some experts say that she will run in 2024 as president regardless of this outcome of this year's election that's right she's the former u.s. ambassador to the you've been and she's supposed to speak this monday night we'll be listening for that in this poll in washington is as always thank you. 3 u.s. democratic presidential nominee joe biden has called for an immediate full in transparent investigation into the police officers who shot an unarmed black man in

wisconsin 29 year old jacob blake was shot multiple times in the back as he got into a vehicle on sunday afternoon he's now in the hospital in serious condition police say they were responding to a domestic incident protests erupted across the city as news of the shooting spread officers used tear gas to try to disperse the crowds and in force an emergency over night curfew. or my colleague reporter alex forrest whiting has been following this story for the worse what more do we know we'll see where witnesses say that blake was trying to separate 2 women who were involved in a fight and video has been posted on social media which appears to show the shooting from the other side of the street 2 offices seen shouting and pointing their weapons at the man who walks around

a vehicle and leans in to get in one office of grabs his shirt from behind and fires into the vehicle and we've decided not to show that part but 7 shots are heard in total that was an emergency response to the shooting as blake is left lying on the road which we can see there and he's also claimed that his 3 children were in the vehicle at the time of the shooting we delay to see him stretching into an awaiting ambulance and taken to hospital where his condition is set now to be serious but stable meanwhile the offices involved have been put on administrative leave disturbing images they are immune to this follows weeks of protests against racism and police brutality in the u.s. yes it comes just 3 months off to the police killing of george floyd to minneapolis and all those protests that we saw not just in the u.s. but around the world and also many people at the time still calling for justice for

other black deaths including briona taylor and tammy rice and so many on those and and even in places like portland in oregon there are still protests going on every night as we speak this shooting in wisconsin and it comes on the eve of the republican national convention i mean good this play into what we're going to hear this week or even into the election in november well look at donald trump has tried to play down and belittle the black lives matter movement but at the same time the protesters he has tried to portray them as violent. anarchic dangerous evil and has made himself over and over again calling himself president of law and order now he's not said anything so far about this his son donald trump jr tweeted asking if any democrats have denounced the on the king of sunday night's protest but joe biden as we've heard is calling now for a transparent investigation i think this just shows the difference the huge

difference between these 2 parties 2 parties to very different approaches that is for sure alex thank you for its words news european football's newly crowned champions byron munich and arrive back in the bavarian capital after an historic night in lisbon looking through the famous names of the byron side who beat paris son john it's possible to overlook the man who took over the reins of a club in crisis just last november by and management introduced the flick as the interim coach but 9 months and 3 joy viz later the caretaker has become a fully fledged byron legend. for i it was once said by a munich could win the bundesliga trophy playing with their hands in their pockets . but after a humiliation in november last year the bavarians set forth in the table and were forced to sack then coach nico cove and hunt for

a savior to their season they didn't look far and in fact promoted then assistant coach kanzi flick on an interim basis the ones on for what's important for us now is to look ahead what happened we have to see to it that we start acting on the pitch often plots its future akiane past the byron head honchos went looking for a big name flick focused on getting the best out of his team. as days of searching turned to weeks management noticed that flick and his newly motivated charges were still winning and he was soon given the job on a permanent basis. biron were back moving in the right direction but few would have foreseen that the unassuming man from hyderabad was about to unleash a run of form that would take the football world by storm. the german cup in the bag. 6 as well as their 8th straight league title flick at 1st revived then refined a winning machine of epic proportions sunday's victory over paddy sanjit man has

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