the baseball post that she had successfully prevented her forcible expulsion from bell roof. kolesnik over has been leaving mass protest against president alexander lukashenko the latest rally over the weekend more than 600 people were arrested let's bring in the connally who is standing by in the belarusians capital minsk with the very latest for us nick do we have any more information about where kolesnik all that could be right now especially given all of these competing claims . well now this is still an extraordinary situation or we're working with the information from the border service that she was detained as they say it trying to cross the border would actually be seen through being is an attempt to choke her out as has been already the case with so many other prominent opposition figures who being given the choice either to leave the country or to go behind bars. but who disappeared off the streets of minsk yesterday morning not often downtown minsk was taken to the ukrainian border in the early morning and unlike the other 2 men

the opposition who were traveling with her she refused to be deported thrown out of her own country as that ukraine official said by lifting up her own pa sport most extraordinary details emerging at the here as you mentioned one of her colleagues who was claiming that he was willing to leave the country if you get a look stephanie like you was taken under duress where this is all going we don't know because they still have being any one time we have the belarusians president mikhail shango speaking out today he apparently told a russian media outlet that he might have quote overstayed his presidency a bit nic what are we to make of that. i think we shouldn't take too much of this for right now looks think of someone who says a lot and acts often very differently to what he puts out in public just last week he spoke about the need to reform the constitution that you've heard people's desire for change and now a week later that's all been forgotten i think this an attempt to take the pressure

out of the equation and to convince people maybe who are going to wavering on their spoke protest that he is in some way going to listen i think right now the important thing is to see what his government does rather than what it says and what it's doing throwing its own people out of its own country and just imagine citizens bellows being deported from their own country arrests continuing people staying behind bars on charges to keep on getting extended we see the police going to universities trying to quell protests we see people still disappearing never able to contact the money that is the crucial story right now rather than any attempt by the government now to distract and to change the focus following all of those actions on the ground e.w.s. an economy with a view from men thank you nick. on moscow has some of the german ambassador over statements that the german government has made about the poisoning of russian opposition leader alexina vali berlin has warned that it could end its support of the 10000000000 euro nord stream 2 pipeline which is set to double russian gas to

liver east europe if russia fails to investigate the nov on the case on monday the volley woke up from a medically induced coma in a berlin hospital german doctors say there is unequivocal evidence that he was poisoned with a soviet era nerve agent of the case it draws parallels to another russian opposition figure who was poisoned 2 years ago he says the use of no if you talk indicates that the ball nice poisoning goes all the way to the top. correspondent you're a shadow reports. p.r. to face the law 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 me there were no signs of the nerve agent no fee chalk. boards and 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 poison we were it doesn't make a difference where you want to hurt someone or kill them. chalk is perfect for committing murder or their exit. from the corby way. like no volley was treated the balance charity hospital no one could confidently identify the substance that had been given to him. prompted doctors to suspect poisoning but with novell name says he says there is no doubt supports. the fact that north beach boys use clearly points to the russian president up them . one thing is. only secret agents have access to this specific poison and where you them through your call this operation could only have been carried out will be approval of law dimia pretty much. where they were to put all.

other opposition figures have been targeted with less deadly means among them is the independent politician dimitri good call one year ago he was barred from standing in the more school city council elections and jailed for 36 days. when he was just. another yemeni or 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. over the rights of the get that we live in an authoritarian country in a dictatorship began when vladimir putin was a lot into office with thousands. of stone 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 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 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 the war i'm sure we can achieve this goal. until then p.r. wouldn't let his daughter go out alone at night and every morning he's by her side on the walk to school. let's have a look now at some other stories making news around the world firefighters are tackling a 2nd blaze at an oil tanker off the sri lankan coast days after the 1st was extinguished the vessel is carrying nearly 2000000 barrels of crude oil officials have. warns of potentially massive environmental damage if there is a leak or the ship explodes. japan's olympics minister psycho hashimoto says the tokyo games will happen next year at any cost the olympics were postponed and told to live 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic he said that organizers

would focus all efforts on developing steps to counter the virus so that the games can take place. 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 an agreement barring the use of firearms india said the chinese guards fired into the air a border clash in june left 20 indian soldiers dead. 2 australian journalists have returned home from china after being embroiled in a 5 day diplomatic standoff between beijing and now michael smith of the australian financial review and build birtles from the public broadcaster the a.b.c. and sheltered in australian diplomatic missions following raids on their homes before their departure they were questioned by chinese authorities about the case

of an australian t.v. anchor working for chinese state t.v. and it was feared they could be arrested smith and birtles where the last 2 representatives of australian mainstream media in china. now we are joined by bill byrd also one of the australian journalists who left try to welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us if you could just outline for us the events that led to you leaving china. yes sarah thank you this was a pre unexpected situation just as i was preparing to break the story of the other of the time to stray and chung like last monday my bosses here in sydney received a call from a stranger as our affairs the ottman sighing we have good reason to think that i and other journalists in shanghai need to get out quickly and for the 1st couple of days it's pretty hard to get slots cut so you are right for surveying my we were

also questioning where was the boss was coming from you know being journalists were pretty cynical and we want some details but on wednesday night it kind clear it meet nice when 6 state security police plus a translator turned up on my doorstep the most curious thing was they weren't there to tide me they were there to tell me that i'm involved in a national security case and therefore i'm not allowed to leave the country they said you still have freedom of movement you still free to go around and do your duty or whatever your business. said we will call you the next day and we need to chat and this sort of. diplomatic situation where of course i went to the strain embassy and so what's your advice. and i said we think you should stay here for your safety and you you mentioned that you were going to do some reporting on the case of 10 lay that's potentially way they've been targeted here we know that she

has not been charged she's being held under what is called residential surveillance at a designated location reportedly this is an anchor who is the face of chinese state media has english service she is an australian citizen what do you think happened here. well i'm not even 100 percent convinced that the situation with myself and the other journalists in shanghai mark smith is actually related to channelize heist that was the pretext for a lace questioning us so i simply said we need to interrogate you in relation to chung lies case which they ultimately ended up doing at the conclusion of this diplomatic standoff the deal basically was. police will interview me and then the chinese government will lift its exit ban but having gone through that and to be not really convinced that police thought that i or the other journalist would have

any particularly useful information it seems to me this is much more related to the broader problems in the china australia relationship and apps we were just pawns in a much bigger situation that's beyond our control so do you think australians are then being targeted now well certainly because the only sostrata you may have journalists left in beijing with in china are the only 2 who were targeted to be questions about this case and then when we were actually questions they were really rigorous in trying to extract dances around that case. this particular news radio channel i do know that there are people including a stray ins in china you know who are a lot better but none of them are being called in and interrogated so if anything this looked like a concerted effort to target the strain media in beijing and i say that is

related more to the strategy on a relationship and there are now no representatives of the australian mainstream media and in china how problematic do you see this being considering the close economic relationship that the 2 countries have. well the relationship is is awful to be honest between australia and china at the moment it's probably the worst as been since they resumed tas back in the 1970s. it's not going to get any better anytime soon because by saw it's increasingly forming a view of each other there's no trust and i can't see a whites who result. so in the meantime yes there were at the australian journalists there i think that does a great disservice to a strain already and says but also to china so it doesn't do china or any side has to have you know less information less exchange and less understanding of what's going on there they'll birtles journalist joining us to tell your story we thank

you so much for sharing that here on the university. all around the world many people are coming up with a case of coronavirus 50 some who reject government regulations as to extreme are even taking their outrage public for example in germany where mass protests have erupted the skeptics now find themselves marching alongside right wing agitators and conspiracy theorists he met a man who took part in the recent berlin demonstrations he said that he's an ordinary citizen who just questions the science not a political extremist. for a volcano 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 does not believe that the corona virus is especially dangerous he says the infection numbers are low and that coronavirus

mortality rates are similar to those of influence or he feels the restrictions are excessive given. if i go somewhere to eat i have to leave my address behind and it makes no sense if i get up to use the toilet or i have to wear a mask as everybody knows these totally absurd regulations that i think are in themselves pointless 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 them. and that 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 if you can mention. these people stand for democracy for freedom and so on i found it all very peaceful as if it was a very peaceful demonstration was a huge gigantic and it showed me that there were many many people who think this way perceiving similarly to me. we need stream this 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 says that he had nothing to do with it. this president decide to distance myself from any kind of violence i distance myself from any kind of right wing extremist ideology he doesn't appeal to me. but does it not bother him that far right radicals also took part in the demonstration and follow it if it was a handful of people what else can i say for the imagine that you're writing a train and a right wing radical who gets on to get off the trains and of the. 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 garland 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 approach s. he says the government and to corunna measures are deaths proportional what do you make of that point that he is making i mean because he is specially given the fact that the mortality rate in germany is quite low. if. this is something we could call it creation paradox if. marius if of course the consequences should be not this dramatic as in other countries this does not. mean. that there is no condemn it or that the virus is harmless so this is this is one of the one of the difficulties a preemptive police sees. in which. this city of crises. 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. conspiracy theories one thing. i think. aspects. of religion here the 1st thing is. a new virus was the count was a huge amount of uncertainty not just with the old in the receipt and but also with china for scientists and. for policing makers so there. there is a protest ground for any kind of a conspiracy the 2nd aspect which is relevant is that. cruel not protest. in bed in you know way you know more general.

distrust you can go home you don't trust your government if there is a lot on 3rd and if the government imposes cv restrictions. the ingredients for. a full or all kinds of conspiracy theories and for poor immobilize ation not just against specific restrictions but against aid and because if you show and we are seeing that here really reflected by the 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 and they fresh into. let's get a check of some other stories around the world france's health minister olivier for iran says that the coronavirus situation in the country is quote worrying that says the number of new delhi infections reaches record levels but the health minister

said that he 2nd wave was avoidable because the virus was spreading more slowly than it did in the spring. aerial images show hundreds of people dancing masculist and packed close together on the streets of rio de janeiro early morning street parties took place during brazil's long independence day weekend the copa 19 stricken country has eased some of the restrictions imposed to fight the virus. told to france organizers have announced that no riders have tested positive for the corona virus but the race director has he has the text of the tours strict hygiene protocols which have kept riders in a body in secure bubble but he actually failed to avoid catching the virus himself as cases rise in france generally and must now go into quarantine the 3 week race is approaching the halfway. well no doubt beethoven might be turning in

his grave when he heard that covert 19 the pandemic arrived to rain on his 250th anniversary this year but with a few improvisations festivities planned to celebrate germany's most famous composer have gone ahead the berlin state opera was a case in point. another step towards the return of musical life in building state opera. under the platform of daniel barenboim. it's true $150.00 of birthday this year so no surprise that but it's over news on the program. also celebrating a birthday its own 450th. soloist so for you. to be back on stage you have to feel. so much that i can't wait to share this great

music again records are all well and good streaming is quite nice because sitting in peru you can be. part of berlin but the live experience being the lie. that. state opera for all it's an annual finites of the berlin summer a free concert. tickets have been stepped up but it looks poorly attended corona means attendance has been cut from the usual 40000 to just 2000 socially distance concert goers but it starts. open is in times of corona the only way to communicate with more than 200 listeners i don't think anyone really understands why social distancing is not an issue at demonstrations but when it comes to concerts people are so very exact almost painfully fussy for.

daniel barenboim has been at the forefront of attempts to bring live music back to berlin he's led to better state opera for almost 30 years and is of course an ardent beethoven whether the composer is in bombastic or in romantic mood. this is the melancholy lyrical beethoven it's not the explosive one nor the extremely virtue as a one this is very intimate chamber music actually but with an orchestra can stop. the evening ends with the 9th symphony one of the most famous works in the classical music repertoire. to join sung by a choir at a safe distance. fittingly this him to freedom and community is dedicated to help those in the front line of the coronavirus pandemic doctors nurses shop

workers and teachers were also given priority access to the free tickets a special and much appreciated. thank you. and they certainly deserve that but that now you're up to date on t.w. news coming up next e.w. news asia with my colleague there ash the energy i'm sara kelly thanks for watching .

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