this is d.w. news live from berlin india's coronavirus cases surpassed 4000000 the country is leading the world in new infections but the government is sticking to plans to ease restrictions and open up the economy we'll talk to our correspondent in delhi also coming up nato demands answers from moscow over the poisoning of russia's opposition leader this comes after germany's said it has proof that ill extend of all night was dosed with a deadly nerve agent. and

a song for freedom and bill rose as protesters march for democracy and call for an end to the country's dictatorship the exiled opposition leader asked the un to support their struggle. by marrying a evanston welcome health authorities in india say the country has now exceeded 4000000 coronavirus cases nearly 2000000 new infections were recorded last month alone india has the 3rd highest total worldwide behind the u.s. and brazil even so restrictions in india have been eased as the government pushes to reopen the economy only the worst hit areas are still under lockdown. or for more. joined now by the correspondent the mission wall who's in delhi hello

to misha so a grim milestone $4000000.00 infections in india as we said it's the her 3rd highest national total in the world but a closing in on brazil and yet we're hearing that lockdown restrictions are being lifted do most people in the country support this government policy. matter and that it is safe to say yes actually because if you step out in cities like you're going to get bombed beat you will seek out you know about the enormous numbers of all media infections all the highly infectious disease locked down destructions have almost completely been lifted yet. of high density place the still not open but most shops markets. back in tracking deals and bottoms as the afghans just documenting them by the end of the month the b.b.c. to remove the government believe that india to learn to live with the gloom i want

nomics still don't. get on the borders a little bit is perhaps a lot don't have to be that some kind of people come out and say this is like not going to have to move. well as there is just as are being eased we know as you mentioned you know students are going back to the university and hundreds of thousands of students are also being told to go ahead with their and exams but how safe can that be you just send us a report let's have a look. at examinations during a pandemic i know that our rights to some colleges remain closed as india records the highest rise in cases in the world. these students are appealing for a crucial test. and it's just like never before. mosques assigned at the exam center constant sanitization and repeated calls for social distancing questions like this if you can i use my parents and students here are reassured by

these measures these see they cannot afford to lose any more time into the pandemic all the candidates are trying hard. because as all the measures were taken so that is a. little bit and they. could have conducted this examinate. but they pushed it to july and now just because deport any more delays yet not everyone has been listened to about that many of the competitive advance held every year in india have default position this time students have protested online against the risk they favor are being forced to take and have even approached the supreme court all of the students took to social media to trend the hard drives against exams and quit while the supreme court has rejected their demands didn't say forcing them to appeal for the exams is cruel it's probably a good while an aspiring doctor is expected to travel 150 kilometers next week to

the test center she hasn't stepped out in 5 months and istead a fight to do so she would do most all the social media that another exam led to dozens of school was 19 that. i knew many students whose parents are asking them to skip exams this year it is far too risky to go for them nothing is decided for me either my family is scared they don't know whether i should go for the 6 i'm not. opposition parties have taken up the cause as well as the accuse them or the government of being and i student protesters insist they don't want the exams cancelled but simply postponed until it is safe for the government in the. control . of the county. and the. or petition for government all of you don't. but i mean.

these students however intend to get on with their parents these see their could you have been have to be formed within this new normal. as you reported it seems like a lot of students want to get on with their exams and get on with their lives and others are more cautious but do you feel that most students do just want to get on with that what do the majority of students think when i do good to hear a majority and i have the capital one hundreds of thousands of students going to the art. to do these exams including to leave or to automate over $2000000.00 people or to leave an accident like specter will be up with these exams and we thought on the balancing be more than one last resort the semester we do not want to be it's an academic year let's just want to hear it from the other hand we can't deny it that's how the math of our mind but that's the opposition have taken up

this cry as well in fact just yesterday the supreme court of india shot down an opposition request was one of those exams but perhaps the bones are only light and that the general sentiment that this is a lie now and it must do you offer to do this by and. well one glimmer of hope perhaps is that despite the alarming rise in infections that say talladega rate in fact remains rather low it's about 2 percent do we know why that is. no they're not sure yet maggie and i'm not definite to get but one fact of the sex with seem to be frankly is that india does have jungle occupation in many of the developed countries that have not done as well and that in theory age groups in there have actually come better with a peach and usually it is going better to do the ninety's which suffered more he wants to have told us about what is. going to basically countries like india have high schools or do other cool and i want to assist wish me actually help fight off this train to put on

a light is better but if possible it is time to really find out what is the reason behind the things you do yet also to dictate a major debate may be underestimated unaccountable. he said as one of the heading for us from delhi many thanks indeed. nato has added its voice to the growing calls for answers from moscow over the poisoning of russian opposition leader alexei in a volley calling it an appalling assassination attempt the western military alliance is demanding that the kremlin cooperate with an international investigation for its part russia denies any involvement this week the german government concluded that the volley was poisoned with a deadly nerve agent from the now the chalk group which was developed by the soviet union the us president has also weighed in donald trump says he's not seen any direct evidence that the volley was poisoned but he would be very angry if that's the case. nato leaders meeting here to discuss an attempted assassination outside

their borders why does nato believe that it would have a mandate to act in this case for an attack that was not on nato territory because this is a violation of international law on the international norms it's a use over chemical of weapons and so use over all the united chemical nerve agent which is violating probation over any of the chemical weapons and matters for. secretary general again stoltenberg says germany provided evidence beyond doubt that he knows the child the nerve agent was used on a russian dissident alexina bellamy he also requested transparency from moscow just . made to our allies agree that russia will now house serious questions it must ensure the russian government must fully cooperate with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons an impartial international investigation.

also responsible for this attack must be held accountable brought to justice. the kremlin has dismissed the conclusion reached by german doctors saying it has received no proof from berlin that nobel it was poisoned. we listen to these lofty and pompous statements from our western colleagues with a certain amount of skepticism we will see what facts they provide about the behavior itself in the public sphere such of noxious and arrogant demands in the time that our western colleagues are using but i don't think they can provide anything other than fake evidence so far as are all of which were developed he is still in a coma in a barely hospital and faces a long and uncertain road to recovery the nature of poisoning means answers will be hard to come by nato and the european union have not yet decided how they will react as they try to untangle the issue of standing up for someone who was not

attacked on their soil. let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world. russia's defense minister is that a geisha who has been given a dose of an experimental covert 1000 vaccine early trial results suggest the jab does produce antibodies but the journal would publish the results as warning that the trials are too small to guarantee learnt a long term effectiveness. security forces have broken up anti-government protests in the chilean capital santiago clashes broke out of the central plaza italia the focus for the protest movement a referendum on reforming the constitution was delayed by the corona virus but is due to be held next month. more than 40 crew members are missing after a ship carrying the livestock sank off the coast of japan 2 survivors have been rescued but a 3rd crewman died later coast guard say they'll continue to search for the sailors

indefinitely thousands of cattle were also on board. melrose's exiled opposition leader is calling on the united nations to help stop human rights violations in her country state law to urge the security council to condemn the crackdown on opponents of authoritarian president alexander lukashenko well they include actors and musicians who have moved out of the theater and onto the streets u.w. correspondent nick connelly has been to me that. the league. is gathering is illegal and says these days singing in public can get you arrested here in minsk every day for most of the coup paulo come up and sing in front of the theater they've been locked out of to join tens of thousands of others demonstrating against the government. there it plays double

bass and we're used to since the election nearly organized he's been out to ministry to almost daily. know what i think most performers would not be able to go out on the stage and carry on as if nothing the top and. the loose is almost unrecognizable since the election was the 9th for weeks now hundreds of thousands of people are taking to the streets in peaceful protest demanding fresh elections they've been met with police brutality and. mass arrests now the protests are taking their message off the streets and into people's everyday lives it's a weekday afternoon like any other komorowski market that is until eric and his friends write i the song has become an unofficial national anthem and part to the soundtrack of these protests. the sharpest reaction is no incoming. another day and a new location. the response from possibly the world stage. was

as the street protests grow with every passing week police tactics are changing to blocking roads to spit protesters into smaller groups and arresting them every great in numbers. but these measures just make alternative forms of protest even more important for eric and his friends. and that's before the government is trying to demoralize us we get it working but we are stronger would be if we will wear them out with sheer numbers bit by bit we will get that work done because one thing you hear time and time again from protest is that they've just had enough of the. sports now only you know messi has announced that he's the stay of barcelona ending weeks of speculation about his future at the club he joined in 1000 years ago messi had applied for a transfer but was told he would not be released from his contract the argentinian

said he couldn't get into a legal dispute with what he called the club of his life but he slammed bars as president for his handling of the case. and that's the latest on the news this hour i'll be back at the top of the hour with another update for you american everything from me and the entire team in berlin thanks for watching. in the height of climate change. what's in store. for the future. come to make your city. inside clear picture. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when will all of this. just 3 of the topic.