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a russian dissident tells d.w. that the order to poison alexina bali came straight from the top. to the coalition operation could only have been carried out but will be approval most bloody me approaching the q 3. he suffered a similar attack and other activists say that poison is just one tactic that the kremlin uses against its enemies to cluster coronavirus fatigue around the world is fuelling skepticism and outright denial we meet a man who protested and for lead and talk to an expert about the spread of conspiracy theories. and the show must go on that's the spirit of venice where the 1st major film festival since the pandemic hit is underway this year's competition features a record number of entries from female directors. i'm

sara kelly welcome to the program uncertainty remains over what exactly happened on tuesday morning to one of the leading figures and the opposition movement officials say that maria kolesnik was detained trying to cross the border into ukraine but the ukrainian news agency interfax says that she resisted attempts to deport her a claim backed by ukraine's interior minister who said in a facebook post that she had successfully prevented her forcible expulsion from belo groups. has been leading mass protests against president alexander lukashenko on monday the opposition movement said that masked men bundled her into an unmarked vehicle in the capital minsk and drove away it followed another mass protest in the city at which more than 600 people were arrested. let's bring in correspondent nick connelly who is in the capital men do we have any

more information about where kolesnik over could be right now. that is the sort of thing sara no one has been in touch with her for over 24 hours now since she was arrested here on the streets or. detained rather on the streets. not far from her house in broad daylight we have had that confirmation now from the border police that she was the she hasn't crossed the border that she was detained but has always been trying to find out more information none forthcoming from now the other 2 opposition members that she was traveling with have now into ukraine the classic are still in belarus and doing her best to prevent the government from throwing her out i mean the extraordinary thing she's actually better or worse and the better option government has been throwing out its own opposition citizens of people in the opposition giving them the option of either going behind bars all being sent out of the country kalashnikov i had received threats the past and said she wouldn't follow them that she would stay in the country no matter what and we're now hearing from ukrainian she ripped up her passport to prevent her being

sent to ukraine tell us a little bit more about now what happens to the opposition movement because i mean see this is a very prominent figure who was leading the protest against sankoh. which is definitely a prominent face of these protests she's a symbol she's someone who's very media savvy and very good in gauging different groups of people but she isn't the only leader and i think she's more symbol than a leader of these protests these protests become so big now you know hundreds of thousands people coming out in a country of only 10000000 people that even without her active engagement these protests will continue people are organizing themselves on their own with some kind of hierarchy you see students organizing themselves you see the residents into 2 districts coming out not tonight dying on their pots and pans in the yards of that building organizing various kinds of protests graffiti hangouts flags all kinds of things even if the government would put her and more people behind bars that will not be enough to stop these protests nic meantime we have the opposition leader. is

just addressed the council of europe she's asking for more international pressure to be exerted on the regime of. what measures could the opposition regard as helpful at this point. it's a really tough one i think the main thing for the opposition the main important step was the fact the european union didn't recognize the results of these elections as caused by the looks i think a government beyond that this is a government that has come under sanctions time and time again over the years and it has survived them and even seen those sanctions withdrawn without them doing much in return i think if there is a section proof regime in europe or at least in this region that it is this one i think this is about symbolism right now showing that the outside world is watching but they are the success of this movement will be decided on the streets of belarus and not with the help of sanctions connelly and manske thank you next it's it's

it's on german chancellor angela merkel will not rule out consequences for a russian german gas pipeline project over the poisoning of russian opposition leader alexina vali the german government has warned that it could end its support of the $10000000000.00 euro nord stream to which is set to double russian gas deliveries to europe if russia fails to investigate in a volley case on monday devolving woke up from a medically induced coma in a berlin hospital german doctors say there is on the clinical evidence he was poisoned with a soviet era nerve agent. the case stars parallels between another russian opposition figure who was poisoned 2 years ago he says that the use of no other chuck indicates that nirvana is poisoning goes all the way to the top. reports. p.r. is fighting fit but 2 years ago the activist was left fighting for his life struck

down by a poison his situation was similar to that of alexina volley but unlike novell knee there were no signs of the nerve agent navi chalk. boards as you can see 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 we want to hurt someone or kill them. chocolates perfect for committing murder or. for 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 his symptoms prompted doctors to suspect poisoning but which never. says there is no doubt supports. the fact that not because bush used clearly points to the russian president up the

motivation of being at this or one thing is only secret agents have access to this specific poison prison where you and your coalition operation could only have been carried out with a group of law dimia pretty much. with all right where there are people. other opposition figures have been targeted with less deadly means among them the independent politician dimitri good called one year ago he was barred from standing in the mall school city council elections and jailed for 36 days. when he was just . another. an independent local politician and a prominent figure in the mass protests in moscow one year ago she still faces charges for participating in demonstrations. that dog of the let's put it that we live in an authoritarian country in a dictatorship began when it was a lot into office with thousands. of thrown in your human rights aren't part of the

equation here freedom and justice don't exist here you can be jailed every time you call 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 and her sister with me. i want my friends my family and my daughter to live in a wonderful country without putin and his disgusting system the years of getting war i'm sure we can achieve this goal when we visit the listicle. p.r. would let his daughter go out alone at night and every morning he's by her side on the walk to school. to have a look now at some other stories making news around the world tension is escalating between india and china over their disputed border in the himalayas beijing has accused indian soldiers of illegally crossing the frontier and firing warning shots

violating any agreement barring the use of firearms india says that chinese guards fired into the air a border clash in june left 20 indian soldiers stat. 2 australian media outlets have removed their journalists from china after police demanded interviews with them and temporarily blocked their departures michael smith of the australian financial review and bill burgles from the public broadcaster a.b.c. sought shelter at diplomatic compounds after midnight raids on their homes they were the last 2 journalists working for australian media in mainland china. firefighters are tackling a 2nd blaze on an oil tanker off the sri lankan coast stays after the 1st was extinguished the vessel is carrying $2000000.00 barrels of crude oil officials have warned of potentially massive environmental damage if there is a leak or the ship explodes. around the world many

people are coming down with a case of coronavirus fatigue some who rejects government regulations as too extreme or even taking their outrage to public for example in germany mass protests have erupted the skeptics now find themselves marching alongside right wing agitators and conspiracy theorists you have met a man who took part in the recent berlin demonstration he says that he's an ordinary citizen who just questions the science not a political extremists. wagner was at the big demonstration against the coronavirus measures 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 coronavirus is especially dangerous he says the infection numbers are low and that coronavirus mortality rates are similar to those of influenza he

feels the restrictions are excessive just give me. some way to eat my 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 are 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 in mosques like for god no protesters question the science behind them. you. i know we're all alive because we've worn masks is 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 describes himself as a democratic citizen for him the people protesting the coronavirus measures come from all walks of life. as if you can mention to. these people stand for democracy for freedom and so on 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 cold for the german parliament building to be stormed. $300.00 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 says that he had nothing to do with it. because you

need this i distance myself from any kind of violence i distance myself from any kind of raj weenie 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. he 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 but now says he accepts that his protests will be joined by right wing extremists he says that won't stop him from attending the next demonstration in berlin. let's get some perspective on this we're joined now by edgar grant a political scientist and the founding director of the center force civil society research and berlin welcome to the program and thank you for joining us and i'd like to begin by asking you because we just watched that report featuring a man who took part in the berlin protests he says the governments and to corunna

measures are deaths proportional what do you make of that point that he is making i mean because especially given the fact that the mortality rate in germany is quite low. if. this is something we could call it preemption paradox if. memory is if of course the consequences should be not this dramatic as in other countries but this does not. mean. that there is no condemn it or that the latter is harmless so this is this is one of the difficulties a preemptive policing is. in this in which. crises. and in the oppositions of those preventive policies that you have mentioned there are protectionist many other protest they've

clearly distanced themselves from the far right demonstrators saying that they are the minority who can be disregarded although they're demonstrating alongside each other as a political scientist what do you make of that dynamic. well 1st of all i think the dynamic is remarkable. in the past weeks or months because of the media. restrictions imposed in march because. that protest. but then there was a 1st wave of protest coming up. by the end of april early in may he made it mainly mainly local protests in large cities meanwhile we have the large number of smaller protests. in various places in particular in the

east of tripoli and the most recent events in the early in are just a spectacular moment in this regard so. in my house ending this indicate. quite a significant loss of support. for. the us. and it's quite interesting because there are people in germany other parts of the world who will actually go a step further questioning the very existence of covert 19 it's given rise to these outlandish conspiracy theories what do you see as fueling this phenomena. well conspiracy theories are one thing. i think. aspects. very relevant here the 1st thing is that

a new virus was to count as a huge amount of uncertainty and not just be the only receipt it was but also with china for scientists and. for policing makers it is so there it is there is a prototype ground for any kind of conspiracy the 2nd aspect which is relevant is that. cruel not protest. in bed it in you know way you know more general. distrust you can go home the lack of trust in government is it is it is the most one of the most important common denominators which characterizes these very heated genius. a group of people coming together and if you. don't trust your government if there

is a lot on 3rd and if the government imposes cv restrictions these are the ingredients for. a follower of all kinds of conspiracy theories and for the for immobilize ation not just against specific restrictions but against aid and because if you show these protesters. called. for a new constitution that's their one of their main objectives and we are seeing that really reflected by this certain segment of the population which has now been out on the streets and we thank you so much for your analysis your professional perspective on this at their ground as we mentioned you found the berlin based center for civil society research a facial. well let's have

a look at some more stories making news around the world a major wildfire tearing through southern california is believed to have been started by a firework 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 france's health minister of iran says that the coronavirus situation in the country is quote worrying that's as the number of new delhi infections reaches record levels the health minister says that a 2nd wave is unavoidable because of the virus the virus has been spreading more slowly than it did in the spring chinese president xi jinping has defended his country's handling of the corona virus outbreak saying beijing acted transparently in its response she was speaking at a ceremony honoring heroes in the fight against the virus is that china was bouncing back from the crisis and that nothing would stop the times people from

achieving a better future. it's the oldest film festival in the world the venice film festival and it's for its 77th edition it is the 1st to brave new territory as a physical event in the cold 19 era there are strict rules for social distancing spares the populated theaters and it's have less glitz and glamor than usual but the important thing is the show must go on. the 1st weekend of the venice film festival usually means stars on the red carpet for top 1st and film premieres and so it is this year with strict hygiene measures in place but there are also positive changes fate of 18 films in competition from female directors not quite parity but a new record on sunday mr moggs by italian director susannah rarely

had its premiere. the film tells the story of eleanor marx a committed socialist and feminist and the daughter of karl marx she was one of the 1st activists to speak about the exploitation of women and the situation within families. also on the weekend of the premiere of the world to come by norwegian director mona fastball. sorry half elm is set in the 1850s on the u.s. east coast. 2 farmers' wives fall in love with each other and start something they don't even have a vocabulary for instance if you have to bust a lesbian affair. stones are with the fortune they see.

in the leading role vanessa kirby who has 2 films in competition she's already being celebrated as the face of this year's festival. in pieces of a woman by director cornell money so kirby plays a woman who loses her child. with. it's a zoom around to where we were. you know so you know if that's how i did it was a choice my daughter interesting charming intelligent modest modest. now we are joined by scott roxboro who is in venice watching the movies for us he's also prepared to face the elements there so scott tell us pieces of a woman getting a lot of attention what do you think of it you know i was blown

away by this movie very very powerful it's really a wrong a look at the trauma that can result from the loss of a child not just for the mother but in this case for for the entire family particularly with this family involved because they are unable to really discuss the issue the acting in this film is excellent across the board but i was really blown away by vanessa kirby playing playing the mother an astounding really relevant tori performance from her and she's really my pick for the best actress award here in venice and it's just one example of an increase in female perspectives that we are seeing at this particular festival so tell us a little bit more about what you've seen. yeah there are a record number of female film directors presenting their movies here in venice this year and what i've been really impressed by is just the range of films of subject matter of genres it really goes the spans the entire spectrum from

historical romance like the world to come all the way to modern day political thrillers like the german movie that's going to be screening here later this week and to morrow the entire world in this film we follow a a young woman who joins the far left activist group and usually drawn into a world of political extremism so a very very topical story but what i've been so impressed by is that the women the female directors here in venice are being restricted in any way they're really telling exactly the stories that they want to tell and doing it in exactly the way that they want to that's the way they can see scott tell us today another very remarkable film will also make its world premiere it's called tor no it's been shot over the course of 3 years between syria iraq kurdistan levanon what more can you tell us about it yes a documentary from the italian director. who a couple of years ago one the berlin film festival with another documentary fire at

sea that film was about syrian refugees trying to escape across the mediterranean to come to europe here. goes and follows the stories of the people who stayed home looking at people trying to survive in the war zones of the middle east and what i really love about rossi is he really goes deep and he takes his time he spends years with his subjects to really get to know them and what i think this film promises is a much deeper and more human look at the refugee crisis than we could get from from hundreds of television news stories scott roxborough at the venice film festival with everything that we have to look forward to thank you. you're watching me in is a quick reminder of our top story about border official says that protest leader malia cholesky called up has been detained while attempting to cross into ukraine but ukraine's interior minister has said on facebook that kolesnik although was resisting its forced deportation. to german chancellor angela merkel will not rule

out consequences for a russian german gas pipeline project over the poisoning of a left. the russian opposition leader has regained consciousness after being taken out of an induced coma. up next sunday the news my colleague ben fizzling will join you with all the latest from the business world don't forget there's always more on our website www dot com you can also follow us on social media i'm sorry kelly and thanks for watching take care.

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