this is news coming to you live from a flurry of reports on the whereabouts of an abducted belarusian opposition leader ukrainian officials say she arrived at their border but got a written states to tell of the television said maria. has been detained while the tempting to cross over into ukraine the latest from minsk also coming up united

in how to respond to european countries blame russia for the alleged nerve agent attack on russian dissident election a body but do they have enough evidence and political will to get. corona virus fatigue around the world and here in berlin is fueling not just skepticism but denial we talk to an expert about what's driving the protests and the spread of dangerous conspiracy theory. and trouble for boutique beer makers in thailand. producers and. microbrewers feeling tapped out. but i'm terry martin good to have you with us one of the leading figures in the opposition movement maria called. has been detained trying to leave the country and

cross into ukraine that's according to a spokesman for the better racin border force the official said 2 of her allies were able to leave the country kalashnikov a has been leading mass protests against president alexander lukashenko on monday the opposition movement said mass then pushed her into a vehicle in the capital minsk and drove her away it's followed another mass protest in the city which more than 600 people were arrested. for the very latest let's cross over to the better a c n capital minsk where our correspondent nick conley is standing by and nick what do we know concerning the whereabouts of maria. well terry this is all very much still up in the air we've had that statement in the foster hours from the border guard saying that she was detained the 2 men also

part of the coordination council of the opposition had left the country for ukraine but she had been detained while trying to cross the border illegally some state media even claiming that the 2 men. and one other member of the coalition's had thrown her out of the car between the border. checkpoints on the way to ukraine i think it's going to be sometimes we get any sense of what really is going is going on so far none of the 3 have contacted their loved ones their allies here in minsk so we have no way of verifying the statements but it does fit a wider picture of the government here trying to much like a position basically giving people an option between staying in the country and being put in prison or being forced out to join us at lunch the presidential candidate is over ukraine a poland that has been the picture in the last few weeks. to go itself had said in recent days that she was unwilling to leave the country that she would not go out on her own free will so it seems if there has been attempt to send its ukraine that

was against her will i think also this was probably a way for the government to explain why she was in detention after all she did disappear off the streets i mean yesterday morning and if they were going to put her in prison they would have to explain how that happened so this quote illegal attempt to cross the border an explanation a way of explaining that away and of putting her up with some kind of back story so . the most prominent opposition politician still in. her apparent abduction mean for the opposition movement. well it's a chilling signal it's meant to make clear to the opposition and people involved in politics the government is serious about this crackdown but i don't think it will finance the protests these protests are why does than the opposition after all these big march as we've been seeing weekend after weekend they don't involve speeches by people like you sure she's a very prominent figure she's very media savvy but she's not believe as such this

is a wide movement you have students organizing on their own you have people organizing with their neighbors on a kind of local level here means a whole district the city be meeting evening for evening the kind of local protests hang up flags not anti government symbols the government trying to take them down day to day and then being replaced again and again so i think by putting 101520 or even hundreds of opposition figures in prisons that is not going to finance these protests. are working. against the regime. is this expected to help the pro-democracy movement. i think it's important for its symbolism but in reality at least the things we've seen an out so not going to be too much of a blow to the regime this is a government that time of the time has come under sanctions and has survived and has come out of sanctions without doing very much in return so this is something that the authorities here in dollars will have been prepared for and will have known was coming will probably have hidden their assets abroad well enough to avoid

any kind of sanctions or freezes of those assets and more importantly i think i think this is a place providing places for exiled. political activity so that is the important thing lithuania and poland now sends a better version of position but in terms of practical measures there's not a whole deal the you can do right now. thank you very much. in minutes. well european countries are also grappling with how to respond to the alleged nerve agent attack on russian opposition leader. germany's economic interests with russia including a crucial oil pipeline are now on the line as the e.u. raises the possibility of sanctions though only beginning to recover in a berlin hospital his case appears to have put diplomatic relations on life support

. things looked bad for russian activists alexy novell me over 2 weeks ago after boarding a flight in siberia he started to moan and scream in pain 3 days later he was in a medically induced coma and being flown to berlin to get treatment from berlin doctors. they say it's beyond doubt that no dolly was poisoned with a highly toxic nerve agent in all the chalk but on monday those doctors had some good needs he's awake they say he's responding to verbal communication and has been gradually taken off mechanical ventilation doctors stressed it's too early to judge if there's been any long term effects from severe poisoning. as novelli begins his park area recovery the political fallout from the poisoning has spread to the new completed nord stream to pipeline designed to transport russian gas to europe by germany a few for good reasons to have the pipeline otherwise this project would not exist

. but what i think would be wrong would be to rule out from the beginning. that what is happening right now could have an impact on the project. this sentiment is echoed by chancellor merkel spokesperson. chancellor agrees it's wrong to rule anything out. the kremlin has denied any involvement in the poisoning of no felony and says that the german government is stalling on providing russian authorities with details about the case. of the very latest joined by the political correspondent anya 1st of all what's the hospital in berlin saying about alexina bodies condition the hospital said that they have been taken out of his coma it was a medically induced coma which was meant to help him along with the treatment and

recovery the doctor has stated in their 5th medical bulletin that he's responding to speech he's reacting but that doesn't mean that he himself can speak and can communicate he has been on mechanical ventilation as well and to take patients off this ventilation it can take weeks in some cases the doctors also said that it is not clear what long term effects of the suspect that poisoning would have this can be from a full recovery to some nerve damage. which will. they split in by the way in accordance with the wife because they they assume that publishing these details is in the interest of. ok so he has begun a tentative recovery germany is pressuring moscow meanwhile to provide answers about

his poisoning any sort of cooperation or. no no there's old terry both sides accusing. the other off not cooperating fully and the german government threatens russia with sanctions but it is not clear which sort of sanctions this should be they are striving for a coordinated european response and this could be economic sanctions targeted sanctions against russian individuals and hair in germany it is widely discussed how to deal with a gas pipeline project north stream to which is almost finished but the german government won't rule out that project this whole tit what is the russian there for possibly stopping that north stream to pipeline project now shortly before completion is this all about punishing russia. now it's not only about

punishing russia this project has been controversial from the beginning on apart from germany and russia the netherlands and france in on the project a lot of jobs depend on it but not only this but also. autonomy off energy supply for europe and the alternative for the russian gas would be importing liquefied gas from you and american fracking which is why the u.s. is highly opposed to this project it was a political project from the beginning on and highly disputed. thanks for that good to see you political correspondent and you colonel. political dissidents like alexis they say poison is just one method of attack used by the russian government to silence critics reporter your ear. this report from moscow.

is fighting fit but 2 years ago the activist was left fighting for his life struck down by a poison he situation was similar to the top alexina volley but unlike not only there were no signs of the nerve agent navi chalk. my poisoning wasn't as bad as his i was able to recover more quickly i was already able to speak in the 2nd week of recovery but navi chalk is an extremely strong point and we were it doesn't make a difference that he want to hurt someone or kill them. chocolates perfect for committing murder or. the way it's. like never. was treated that balance charity hospital no one could confidently identify the substance that had been given to him. terms prompted doctors to

suspect poisoning but was never. says there is no doubt. which used clearly points to the russian president. or one thing. only secret agents have access to this specific. operation could only have been carried out with the other group of la. where. other opposition figures have been targeted with less deadly means among them is the independent politician dimitri could call one year ago he was barred from standing in the more school city council elections and jailed for $36.00 days. when he was just. another. an independent low. politician and a prominent figure in the mass protests in moscow one year ago she's still free she's charges for patisserie pizza and demonstrations. and i forget that we live in

an authoritarian country in a dictatorship began when vladimir putin was noted into office with thousands. of tiny of human rights aren't part of the equation here freedom and justice don't exist here you can be jailed every time you called for people to join a protest. in the face of intimidation. refuses to stay silent since his recovery has become politically active again and that despite the fact he has a young daughter in the court system with me. what my friends my family my daughter to live in a wonderful country without putin and his disgusting system the years of war i'm sure we can achieve this goal. p.r. would let his daughter go out on loan at night and every morning he's by her side on the walk to school. here or shut her reporting the sort of look now at some of

the other stories making headlines around the world today official campaigning has begun in japan to replace shinzo obvious leader of the governing party is close chief cabinet secretary. is seen as a top candidate and likely successor to lead the government 3 candidates will face off in an internal vote on september 14th. 2 australian journalists of nell come home from china after sheltering in australian diplomatic compounds while officials negotiated their return reports say chinese police sought to interrogate michael smith of the australian financial review bill berthold from public broadcaster a.b.c. in connection with a case unrelated to their work they were the last 2 journalists working for australian media in mainland china. major wildfire tearing through southern california is believed to have been started by fireworks more than 500 firefighters are battling the blaze that started over the weekend scorching conditions are

fueling the flames temperatures reached a record 49 degrees celsius on sunday. you're watching news still to come how coronavirus restrictions are making the time microbreweries go fly. but 1st of all around the world many people are coming down with a case of coronavirus fatigue skeptics reject government regulations as to the extremes some are taking their rage public here in germany mass protests erupted these skeptics now find themselves marching alongside right wing extremists and conspiracy theorists d.w. met a man who took part in the recent berlin demonstration. for a volcano was at the big demonstration against the coronavirus images here at berlin's brandenburg gate he's 50 years old lives with his family in berlin and

does freelance work in advertising frank but good does not believe that the corona virus is especially dangerous he says the infection numbers are loaded and that coronavirus mortality rates are similar to those of influenza he feels the restrictions are excessive speed north and you'll move us as. if i go some way to 8 might have to leave my address behind it makes no sense if i get up to use the toilet i have to wear a mosque as everybody knows that these totally absurd regulations that i think are in themselves pointless not based on a theory that actually doesn't justify this. thousands of people demonstrated in central berlin against the policies to tackle coronavirus such as. social distancing and masks black friday protesters question the science behind and. we're all alive

because we've worn masks simplistic thinking. think that's something we should have left behind after the age of 5 or 6 it's as if we were to say someone's wearing red jim serious and has a headache and then i stand there and say oh man i'll go read jim shoes calls headaches. frank but not described himself as a democratic citizen for him the people protesting the coronavirus measures come from all walks of life. as it isn't mentioned. these people stand for democracy for freedom and so on yes i found it all very peaceful it was a very peaceful demonstration it was a huge gigantic and it showed me that there were many many people who think this way perceiving similarly to me. what we need stream is groups among the demonstrators called for the german parliament building to be stormed. a few 100

radicals breached the barriers and got to the steps of the bundestag symbolic images that made the news around the world the entire coronavirus demonstration was tainted by this action frank but says that he had nothing to do with it. this president this i distance myself from any kind of violence i distance myself from any kind of right wing extremist ideology it doesn't appeal to me. but does it not bother him that far right radicals also took part in the demonstration that. it was a handful of people what else can i say imagine that you're running a train and a right wing radical gets on to get off the train. frank says he accepts that his. protests will be joined by right wing extremists he says that one stop him from attending that next demonstration in berlin. well let's

get some perspective now on this from political scientist yun he's with the ahmadiyya antonio stiff tone that's a berlin based ngo focusing on democratic civil society including right wing extremism misrata we just watched a report featuring a man who took part in the berlin protests he says the presence of paul right protesters is not a problem because they are a minority what's your take on that well it is a problem because if we take a closer look at the organizers of these protests the group. which provides the center stage and booked speakers have in the past. had connections to ride conspiracy ideology who were hired on the whole program. well there are people here in germany and other parts of world who question the very existence of coded 19 and has given rise to outlandish conspiracy

theories some of them on the far right some of them not how do you explain that. well as we can see now conspiracy ideologies especially arise in times of crisis and this is a very special crisis because on the one hand you have the global crisis but on the other hand you can feel it individually because of the many measures that have to taken by government to protect abominable groups within that society so this is a special kind of crisis where people feel that something is really changing that there is uncertainty of what the future might bring and this is where conspiracy ideologies come into play because they address these fears and they try to promote an idea that everything is just fair or not as dangerous and as a teen but rather a plan by small and needs to have

a conspiracy against people. conspiracy theories they are proliferating now something other something we should simply ignore or should we be concerned you know we should be very concerned about this because conspiracy ideologies focus on majority within democratic societies it's very important to respect minorities and minority opinion. kind of society these people are envisioning it's a tie that basically ruled by the majority and they perceive their own opinion as the opinion of the majority but if you take a closer look for example at the german society right now you can see that they are the. minority opinion in that belief so this isn't very problematic especially if it comes to minorities what do you think can be done to convince skeptics of the

reality of this particular pandemic we're experiencing now and to help dispel conspiracy theories. that's not an easy task on the one hand it's basically on everyone with a friend on clearly or a family member who believes in the ideology to address. to problem magic part and to contradict them and on the other hand we have to focus on want to really try and motivate people to believe such stories because behind all this believe in conspiracy ideology that might be a motive but someone feels or don't want that future bad job awful about how and this is something that could be addressed in a democratic way and not in a way that relies on conspiracy ideology and this will be a very long have to make people accept that there are them out though if that

nation then just all it can be is to not to thank you very much for talking with us that was young the author of the untarnished of don't care. to thailand where country's microbreweries and beer lovers are facing a tough time they credit hours pandemic and a crackdown on social media posts about drinking have left the industry feeling flat on top of the small government rules favoring mass beer productions are forcing them to reconsider where they do business. is a craft. and this one shouldn't spalt after all she brooded. but was covert 19 battering baseness and government rules that favor mass produce these days beer leaves a better taste in the mouth. is now forced to migrate. i

have got to make do with here so it's with school and that is a treat i tell you what we have now would you sell for us. and. i think that is possible we will be of the. thailand's beer lovers have been left worried by something else not on one person blogs about drinks recently his work began attracting the attention of the police he's been charged after he uploaded an image of a glass of wine under an old law which prohibits images of alcohol that may promote drinking. from come here my man i've managed my page for almost 10 years i never had any problems related to my reviews until the pubs and bars closed and alcohol was banned during the lockdown i'm among several people facing this problem in

almost the same period of time when i see a. government official say the 2008 law fail to consider social media. recently advertising has lean more towards online and so have sailors speaking frankly the old law has been disrupted the old law which was analogue has been disrupted by social media without. the strict advertising rules have hit smaller independent craft brewers trying to compete with the stop list household beer brands. it's just another reason to say goodbye to thailand or. and just reminder of the top stories we're following for you this hour a border official says protest leader maria. ls think obama has been detained while attempting to cross into ukraine the opposition movement said kolesnikov a husband had been abducted from the streets of the compliments on monday. when

european countries are weighing their response to the alleged nerve agent attack on a russian opposition leader in germany and the u.k. have demanded answers from moscow election of all they was has regained consciousness after being taken out of an interest. in watching d.w. news our soccer so to call is up next of course into all those news information any time you want to call thanks want.

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