on a journey of discovery. 2 without a. symptom or 68. this is t w news coming to you live from berlin the poisoning of russian opposition leader alexina vonnie fuels diplomatic tensions with germany and russia disputing what happened and who's to blame for the affair is casting doubt on the future of a crucial international gas pipeline also coming up defying a dictator tens of thousands marching belarus calling for an end to the decades

long rule of alexander lukashenko will his government crack under pressure from the people. hello i'm terry barton good to have you with us the recent poisoning of the russian opposition leader aleck's in the bonnie has raised tensions between germany and russia he is being treated in berlin after collapsing in siberia the german government says he was poisoned with a nerve agent nova truck the affair is casting doubt on the future of a strategic pipeline being built to carry russian gas to germany. construction is in the final stages yet the north stream to pipeline might never be completed because of the diplomatic storm over the poisoning of alexina valmy it is what you know not all over 100 companies are involved in this project half of them

a german backlash against the project would hurt them to perform for an hour or so but it would be wrong to assume that what's happened will not have any consequences after this point. must go denies the allegations of an avowal nature and to hit back with its own assertions the kremlin says germany has not responded to russian requests for legal assistance but in rejects this meanwhile ukraine has joined calls for tough sanctions to be imposed on russia be all from us money in the lean we. will react with tough measures that the month so that putin is left in no doubt country. and many german politicians agree. understands only 2 things money and gas stream $2.00 is crucial to our future relations with russia. the green party believes russian gas is incompatible with

clean energy. it. government must find ways to exit this project all states can't even if accepting ends up costing money and it is time. it all adds up to an uncertain future for a controversial pipeline. of more oil it's bring in our chief political editor mikhail kushner here in berlin and our correspondent in moscow emily sherwin good morning to you both mchale at the u.s. has been pressuring germany to scrap north stream 2 for a long time could we're lin's dispute with moscow over that novelli poisoning end up killing the pipeline. it could in the end but at the moment it very much so that the german government is not speaking with one voice necessarily we heard the foreign minister saying that one shouldn't rule out that this would have an effect on the north stream to pipeline than the violin the attempted murder at the same

time we have tons that ungrammatical wanting to see this decouple despite the fact that she called this attempted murder on him a direct attack on the fundamental rights and values we stand for those were the very strong very unusually strong words she used and the big question now is whether it will in the end have an impact despite the chancellor refusing to really raise the issue with vladimir putin and one must bear in mind that it's not just the americans it was deeply unpopular project throughout the you with very few exceptions from the word go. emily you're in moscow what can we make of the russian government's response to the bell these poisoning is moscow showing any interest in a transparent investigation. well judging from the words that we've been hearing from the russian side they are very interested in an open investigation that's at least what they're saying they've been talking about the

fact that they sent a request from the general prosecutor's office here in russia to germany asking for information about not viney on friday we heard from doctors here saying that they would be open to work with german doctors on the case to find out what's really behind this sort of showing that they are very open for dialogue but in fact we've heard various different versions of what may have happened in the past few days and weeks and there hasn't been an investigation that has been opened despite calls from these team from the word go to open an investigation we haven't actually seen that happen and i think that's a strategy that we've seen a lot in the past from russia including on things like the crash of the mh 17 plane a few years ago kind of different versions of what may have happened questioning the veracity of the other side and kind of creating almost

a smokescreen of war and so we'll have to see going forward whether the russian side is really open to open and open to opening an investigation rather. to both those tensions between the e.u. and the west in general and russia but 1st let me tell you a tell you about this pipeline project again germany's green party opposes north stream 2 on environmental grounds do they have a voyage alternative to meet germany's energy needs. well we're deep into geopolitical territory it's not just the environment without wanting to belittle the issue for now germany doesn't have an alternative it's an open secret that even ukraine through which a pipeline runs from to europe is receiving gas through that pipeline and that's also planned in the future but the big overarching question is whether there's no alternative whether this is i tend the tea for that was the word that the german

chancellor is used so many times in the past the american argument is hey by our liquid nitrogen gas build more terminals in europe which would create greater dependency on the united states but there's no easy one stop solution or alternative to north stream 2 the big question is what is the biggest party right now getting distance between the e.u. european values and russia or energy security in the future ok north stream 2 pipelines clearly caught up in the tensions between the west and russia russia is already at all with the west or is actions in ukraine and its position on bella reuss among other things could we see relations emily deteriorate even further between over the only case. well i think the words that we're hearing from the german side from the e.u. really are serious and russia probably knows that the fact that the threat of north

stream to kind of being cancelled is hanging in the air that is also very serious i think for the russian side but so far the german position has been to keep dialogue open with russia and that hasn't changed despite the kind of poisoning of sergei scrip olive few years ago a russian spy despite accusations of hacking at the top the german bundestag despite the murder of a citizen in the tear garden in berlin so despite really serious things happening german russians relations have remained especially on the economic front a very important for both sides and it's hard to know whether that really can change over this we'll have to wait and see. only correspondent thank you so much emily sure wonder and here in berlin our chief political editor became a coastal thank you very much to both. well let's have

a look at some other stories making news around the world today british prime minister boris johnson says the u.k. will pull out of talks aimed at striking a free trade deal with the european union if there's no agreement by october 15th britain left the e.u. in january and its membership of the single block single of the single market and customs union expires at the end of the year. india has overtaken brazil on the list of countries worst affected by the corona virus pandemic and it now is the 2nd highest tally in the world after more than 90000 new daily infections pushed its caseload past 4200000 india is now only behind the united states which has over 6000000 cases. the korean peninsula has been hit by its 3rd typhoon in as many weeks typhoon haiyan knocked to power stations to station power to thousands of homes flooded roads and damaged buildings on south

korea's southern tip hundreds of flights were canceled earlier the storm battered islands in southern japan. and california's governor has declared a state of emergency in pike county because of the wildfires raging across that state hundreds of people trapped at a remote camp side were lifted air lifted sue safely the air waves the heat wave is pushing temperatures up to a record levels 8 people have been killed. well at least 100 people have been arrested in better rooster earning a massive rally in the capital minsk for the past 4 weeks protesters have been demanding that longtime authoritarian leader of xander step down after last month's election he claimed victory but his opponents and many observers say the vote was rigged. a sea of dissent flooding minsk. more than 100000 protesters marched through the capital calling for an end to president of

exxon to look goes nearly 3 decades long rule. this protests cannot be stopped any more there's no way back to the point of no return has already been crossed the people will go to the end to defend their constitutional rights so as not is the new legal system does not function in our country violence rules our country one man that rules our country. the monthlong protests marks the biggest challenge to look at those grip on power and what's been called europe's lastic tator ship. the opposition has refused to accept the result of last month's election which the president says he won with 80 percent of the vote. in from exile in neighboring listen his rivals for atlanta to call for new elections. he skipped the countries in the state of political crisis and the only way out of

this crisis is send down sing another transparent and fair election. but show no intention of relinquishing power a visit by the russian prime minister last week seemed only to embolden the 66 year old straw man he spent the past days warning his neighbors poland lot yet lithuania and ukraine against interfering in bella bruce's internal business. rather than extending an olive branch what's the word he's has confronted the mostly peaceful protesters with sticks and tear gas and the president has unleashed pants of brass knuckles security forces on men women and children. from sports news in tennis world number one novak djokovic has been disqualified from the u.s. open the 33 year old was a favorite to win the grand slam in new york but that all ended when the serbian hit a line judge with the ball in the 1st set against spain's pablo car in your post up

it appeared on intentional but choke up joke of a child was still objected from the tournament despite his pleading with so many players missing the tournaments amid coronavirus the new men's champion will be crowned this year. it's back to school time for much of the world but the coronavirus has made returning to class as a challenge almost everywhere west our correspondents around the world tell us how school reopening or going in their country it was a mix of nerves and excitement and the kids at this east london high school headed back for the 1st time since march the teachers here tell me they're ready with stock at class times social distancing measures and one way systems but for the older students in particular the road back to the classroom hasn't been easy schools here are reeling from a series of chaotic government u. turns which left many kids over the summit facing days of uncertainty about how

their results would be awarded the canceled exams and this new school year isn't bringing back any more stability teachers here say many kids a month behind on the learning they're warning that the knock on effects could take that toll for some time to come students are back in school throughout the whole of china including more han where the epidemic has started. students need to where there are social distancing measures staggered schedules but otherwise schools are supposed to go back to their normal curricula colleges and other educational institutions continue to me. but the government has allowed to fall back some of this by the end of this month but online classes and other related. competitive examinations take place in the country every year. and finishes with. hundreds of spectators have lined the banks of venice

is famous grand canal for the city's annual historical regatta rowers and gondoliers paddled the waterways in historical costumed for the event which dates back centuries people came out despite coronavirus restrictions with many calling it one of venice is most beautiful traditions. you're watching news coming up next we've got a whole world stories for you i'm terry marsh thanks for being with us. why subscribe to d.w. books to meet your favorite writer write. to but i want is to share want to find beautiful. books on you to. influence the media's role in the

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