and the taj and the afghani have been targeted again and again. got a car the most needed stuff in the middle of the night should we suddenly heard someone sawing at our door vater of truck but not since you were protecting my husband opened it and 15 masked men stormed in and pointed their guns at us or the movie to this desire it must several special units were involved in searching our house including the secret service is this the good it's close by to see it saw they were all after us. you have get me an 8 other activists each received unwelcome visitors who were accompanied by t.v. crews. clearly these home searches were meant to serve as warnings. but since you have any began receiving death threats over the internet he now fears

for his life. knowing all the usual come talk to me one guy from 40 times 40 wrote that he's digging a grave for me in the park and that he plans to bury me there. because when i went to the police they said come back when you're dead got a little bit of each. but death threats are no laughing matter in russia. journalists lawyers and politicians have all been victims of deadly attacks. many still remember the assassination of opposition politician bar snaps off just steps from the kremlin themselves served as deputy prime minister of russia under boris yeltsin. he later criticized the corruption under vladimir putin . the funeral procession for next off turned into a protest march against putin. but the russian president denied any responsibility for the killing. of 52 year old engineer wants to make sure the murder isn't

forgotten. at the station i wrote a poem for nemtsov. in full. the public should be your reward for telling the truth that was getting hit with 4 bullets to go. like boris nemtsov hopes that post communist russia would develop into a democratic society. he's never belonged to a political party included. but he's protesting against what he views as a politically motivated murder. and all. people at the top can crank their subordinates to murder opposition leaders. today were governed by terrorists. once a week holds a night long vigil. his daughter and son in law worry about him. yes

book or no social come back safe and sound each times journalist as you say that many call us from the police station to come get you truly are no the police department well. exactly and that's not the only danger to us. but even numerous arrests haven't dissuaded. on this monday he'll once again spend hours in the cold to keep the memory of one of lattimer putin's most vocal critics alive. 50 kilometers to reach the site of the murder the bolshoi must for at ski bridge near the kremlin.

they asked you to call how long have you been married just me home has not much of cold in the news though it's ok we were a bit late anyways. together they've created a modest memorial. just one minute to go. to themself was murdered at 11 31 pm. the state. they observe a minute of silence in front of the walls of the kremlin. bureau is ill murdered heroes don't die only earth gives you only earth. a few passers by stopped to express their support he wasn't killed because he was

against. against bolton it's so well for very clear. and everybody knows who killed him. except our judges. that's a very sad story very sad story for our country 5 chechens acting as contract killers were jailed but there's been no investigation into who ordered the hit. i'm not types i'm sure that i'm in the safe when i speak i. prefer to start on the site is clean very often to drive would be protesters away. and his friends take turns guarding the memorial. 7 days a week around the clock. time

and again their vigil has been attacked by ultranationalists one of them struck down old as husband. the future. was golems a man came up to evolve and you don't like putin you. don't want to own this that you don't only see it why should i like him. then the man his him and read all of us all i. live on was taken to the hospital where he died of heart failure. since then his wife has attended the vigil on her own. less than 3 years after numb soft assassination another opposition politician was prevented from taking part in the russian presidential elections. protesters

chanted down with putin. alexei novell name made a name for himself lobbying against corruption he planned to challenge putin in the 2018 election but was barred from running due to a conviction for a legit embezzlement involving is convinced the kremlin leadership fears him. last. cut. at this rally was arrested and held for 8 hours authorities said the rally hadn't been approved. of all my supporters were furious and chanted russia without putin last shot. what. ever i was feeling like i said i was here for the gun to destroy our

country. iraq and. russia without kootenai. you. don't with the saw our. lives i. wasn't going to go over sloan so i don't think those that you'll get out of the city official today who has a new saw are just what else can you call someone who's been in power for almost 20 years. yes that's not how i live to say that i am russia has degenerated into nothing more than a feudal country that's ruled with bayonets clubs and crossers. yvonne is just 16 he'd love to vent his anger in front of the windows of the kremlin but hundreds of police officers are blocking the way.

for your son fortunately putin's one again today because there aren't enough of us . during his 19 years in power plant amir putin has a limited his most dangerous opponents. his united russia party holds close to 3 quarters of the seats in the state duma. one of putin's most faithful m.p.'s is fatality malone and. he's the architect of russia's gay propaganda law which has cost many teachers their jobs. so that means that you cannot judge it. precious self to an infant saying that.

that's sort of me southern me is a normal way of life that's what it's absolutely shared by the best majority of russians so we put this tradition into legislation. the gay propaganda law was passed almost unanimously with just one abstention. the european court of human rights has ruled that discriminatory. malone of comes from st petersburg the former russian capital is also the birthplace of vladimir putin's. long known as russia's window to the west st petersburg is home to many sexual minorities. but gay bars aren't recognisable from the outside. they don't advertise or fly rainbow flags.

in a modest apartment on the edge of the city lives a man who is waging his own personal war on homosexuals. he's a jeweler by day. but at night he takes on the role of a criminal investigator he tracks down. using the internet we relay what she didn't know who had him and if i see teachers on a gay or lesbian website then i find out where they work and contact the interior ministry if you are not on their legal action is taken against them when you would have so sometimes they just quit on their own. to more doesn't require much evidence one photo on the net is enough. when she gets that goes a look at this music teacher. she's pictured here with her girlfriend.

there clearly lesbian in people's can see that. she published all or photos now she's been fired one and she even went abroad to escape the pressure we call it on you up national about india to more claims he's caused 70 educators to be sacked so far. due to his activities he's now barred from entering the u.s. and the e.u. . meanwhile in the ritzy area of moscow where barbara lives her family is looking forward to the school ball. her mother has hired a hairdresser to make sure barber shines in front of putin's friends. i'm very excited about. this program and. yeah it's like a dream where and there princes came to your home and. my

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. this estate news live from birding protesters in thailand send a message to the monarchy have installed a plot close to the grand palace inscribed with the message that thailand belongs to the people thousands of pedo monster present day the man's to the king also coming up tributes applied to the late us supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg a death has ignited a partisan battle over who will nominate her successor will have more on the latest issue to divide the new whips. and delicacy and police crackdown on democracy

protesters for the anti-government demonstrations are followed by more abrasives talking when. i met me how vocal fell. thousands of people in thailand have continued their protests calling for fresh elections and reform has handed a letter to gods at the royal palace containing a list of demands to the king the protesters want the country's prime minister to be removed from office a new constitution and limits to the powers of the. they also installed a pluck symbolizing to thailand's transition to democracy the protests began on saturday the biggest the country has seen this year.

well in the united states republicans are vowing to push ahead with selecting a new supreme court justice to replace ruth bader ginsburg who died on friday president trump has pledged to select a woman and says he could make a nomination as early as next week democrats argue that the process should take place after this november's election meanwhile tributes to the late supreme court justice continue to come in. the steps of the supreme court have become a makeshift memorial to ruth bader ginsburg the collection of flowers and cards grew throughout the day. in the eyes of some people in spoke was more than a leading judge a champion of women's rights even a liberal icon. it was because of the work that she's done that i was able to have a good job that allowed me as

a single woman to support myself and 6 years to have a family to have reproductive choices that allowed me to. delay pregnancy and till i was ready for it and then to choose to do it on my own. the next supreme court judge could be very different plus some grief ginsburg's passing moves to find their replacements i gather in pace. president trumps ac could send a nomination to the senate as soon as next week the process will move i think it's going to move very quickly actually i agree with this a bit put out by ridge the god of. higher druid that actually 100 percent i put out a very similar sacred you saw so i think we're going to start the brushes extremely soon. we will have a nominee version of the statement president trump is referring to is senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's pledge to hold a vote on a nominee before the election that's angered these protesters outside his kentucky

home. democrats complained that mcconnell refused to move on president barack obama's supreme court nomination 4 years ago. but there's no legal reason the republicans can't go forward. a 3rd of the presidents have a point that justice is during an election year and some even appointed them after they had been defeated so there is precedent for that but the lack of consistency between 20162021 the part of the republicans is stark the stakes are of course high republicans could secure a 6 to 3 conservative majority on the supreme court and that could have far reaching implications on issues like abortion obamacare and gun rights whoever wins the white house in november. they doubly correspondent carolyn a she more sent this report from washington on when the process to fill ginsburg

seat is likely to stop while the white house already announced that they want to name the next supreme court justice before the 1st presidential debate and that is less than 2 weeks away president donald trump said that and i mean might be a woman that the procedure is not that simple the nomination of the justice will depend on how long the debate will take in the senate the usually a procedure the procedure is the president in this case only trump names a candidate in the same day the justice come in interviews the nominee for some days and then leave their of the senate in this case a republican mitch mcconnell decides when the whole said we'll vote on the nominee . ok returning now to our top story pro-democracy protests in thailand correspondent florin is following the story for us in bangkok florian how significant are the scenes that have played out this weekend in the thai capital.

well one cannot overstate the significance of what we have seen over the last 24 hours even a little more than that well after the protesters thousands of protesters have camped out on the protest ground that originally had been off limits so they had forced their way into this wall ground. and right after sunrise this morning they installed a brass plaque on this royal ground. a replica of a plaque that was there and was sort of commemorating the 1932. revolution here in thailand and that basically read thailand belongs to the people not to the monarch so now they have installed a replica of that plaque ride on the roll grounds so that can be seen as a major provocation to the authorities then after they had done that they marched

towards the grand palace which was just a few minutes away you could see it actually from the protest grounds and they demanded to hand over their their demands to a pretty councilor to one of the sort of representatives of the monarchy and so there was a little bit of a tense moment there because obviously the privy councillor did not show up but instead in the end they negotiated that the chief of metropolitan police basically one of the bodyguards of the king and off the palace received that document and we'll have to see what he's going to do with that but that was some very very unprecedented. things that we have witnessed here too if you would say attention and provocation how have the authority to respond.

yeah there was also a very interesting to see overnight around 2 am last night they had started putting up massive barricades even with barbed wire basically all across the in a city so they wanted to make sure that the original riginal plan of the protesters that was to march to government house with floor to it then the governor the protesters instead went towards the grand palace and they were even equipped the front line or so were quick with oxygen masks because they were expecting tear gas to be fired but that didn't happen the police remained quite lenient yet again and they actually negotiated with the protesters and in the end the police chief agreed to take on this petition so again the police have acted very calmly very responsibly very deescalating. in bangkok thanks so much.

ok let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. the u.s. has delayed a ban on downloading one point it comes off to president donald trump supported a new deal to allow to talk to continue to walk right in the united states under the control of u.s. based companies oracle and. u.s. has been targeting the chinese and. i think security concerns. the greek government says more than $200.00 people have tested positive for corona virus the refugees shelter on the island of lesbos europe's largest refugee camp and earlier this month leaving some $12000.00 people without shelter the migration ministry says 3 quarters of them have moved into a new camp which is already full. russian opposition leader

alexeyevna valley has posted another picture of himself recovering in hospital she had the photo on instagram saying his path to recovery was clear although long the valley is being treated in berkeley enough that being poisoned with a nerve agent in russia will of resume police detained around 250 people on saturday during a women's match in the capital minsk the weekly demonstrations have become some of the largest anti-government protests since a disputed presidential election triggered unrest in delivers but in an attempt to reassert control police have begun to round up and the wrist female protesters in recent weeks. thank you. thank. only cowards beat women shout hundreds of women as they faced down the police but the thirty's no longer want to let this weekly march go ahead unchallenged. police barely seem to hesitate as they pack women into their trucks even 73 year olds nina

by his career was briefly detained her defiance of the authorities has made her an i can of these protests overwhelmingly led by women. it was scary at the beginning but then you get used to it what can you do you know i'm more scared about living with the feeling that i'd have nothing when all this was happening in my country. the crackdown is getting harsher by the day and there's still little sign the riot police are deserving president alexander lukashenko who demonstrators say richt the august 9th presidential election. booklet you know what is democracy that's been the majority has voted for the president you know it was you know you know nobody voted for him. women taking part in opposition rallies now not only have to fear for their safety but also that of their children must already have been threatening truly move

children from protester parents a warning that's only been fueling the anger on the streets. well day doubly correspondent nick connelly was at the protest in minsk and he sent us this report . it began with glitter balloons and relaxed smiles but just an hour in and this week's women's march came to a screeching halt as riot police in balaclavas jumped out of unmarked violence in the protestors part within minutes the police encircled the marchers breaking them down into smaller groups but only a handful tried to get away even though they had the chance to do so most it seemed resigned to the prospect of being arrested you know is that could mean spending 10 days in jail. one thing you hear from protesters here time time again is this they called throw us all in jail they just don't have enough space there are just too many of us and as if to prove exactly that point just as the arrests were reaching a climax a giant opposition flag appeared in the sky pulled by

a drone all the police could do was scratch their heads as the last few weeks are anything to go by it seems that every time the government ups the pressure on the protestors it brings yet more people out into the streets against itself people who tell you that whatever happens now the tide is being scared. and connelly in minutes then i've got the german football now and if by meaning the bundesliga is gold standard then and i very often the silver medalists around a stop in 3 of the last 4 seasons hosted berish you mention glad back in the light game on saturday also had a strong season last time out finishing alongside don't mind in the champions league places. there were more than a few bricks missing in the famous wall as dortmund kicked off their season. but even with that reliably solid foundation the home side went in front on 35 minutes

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