china's gateway to europe. starts feb 19th on d w. this is t w news coming to you live from berlin a wave of condemnation after a russian opposition leader alexina body is arrested in moscow the kremlin critic was detained at a moscow airport just hours after he departed for lynn you've been recovering from a nerve agent attack that almost killed him dozens of this quarter were arrested this well also coming out with just days to go until joe biden signal duration as

president the u.s. remains on high alert over the threat of violence. after losing in the lead then the cops and bounce back against pipelines fribourg side stretching their lead at the top of the goodness sleep. well i'm terry martin good to have you with us the u.s. the e.u. and canada have called for an immediate release of kremlin critic alexina bonnie he was arrested after landing at a moscow airport on his return from berlin a ball he had been in germany recovering from a nerve agent attack last august which people aims on the kremlin russian authorities said they detained avani for violating the terms of a suspended prison sentence. a kiss goodbye and he's taken it was.

arrested at passport control just minutes after expressing hope he might go free by use i'm not afraid. to go through border control cross the border and go home i know i'm right. against me are fake. just minutes earlier the plane had landed unexpectedly at moscow's sheremetyevo airport it had been diverted from a different moscow airport where it had previously been expected to land. dramatic scenes unfolded police arrested dozens of supporters who wanted to greet the kremlin critic personally authorities had declared their presence illegal and blocked access to the terminal with police vehicles some kremlin observers say the response shows the russian government is afraid of. me is dangerous otherwise they wouldn't want to imprison or kill him but he's fearless and now he's

also famous even outside of russia that is exactly what the kremlin doesn't want. who are recognized by 70 or 80 percent of the population and who cannot be controlled from. august 20th last year was admitted to hospital in siberia after he lost consciousness on a flight of all these wife asked president vladimir putin permission to send her husband to germany for treatment surprisingly the kremlin allowed it. was treated for several weeks at the charity hospital in berlin during this time german army scientists found evidence that the russian had been poisoned with a nerve agent novacek other western experts came to the same conclusion. russia meanwhile dismissed the allegations as a political ploy by the west and has so far refused to investigate the attack asked about. press conference that putin responded with mockery.

and one who needs him if we had wanted to we would have finished him off with a gun to. putin was responding to allegations that a so-called killer squad from the domestic intelligence agency the f.s.b. had poisoned him but instead of addressing these allegations moscow has now put behind bars. our correspondent emily sure when joins us now from moscow emily where is the election about the now we know where he was taken after his arrest. i see that arny's currently being held at the detention center in the city of he that's just outside of moscow in the region of moscow so kind of near the airport where he eventually landed yesterday night and his supporters say that his lawyer is not being allowed to see him since the arrest now he was arrested yesterday according to the authorities here for breaking the conditions of parole on the

suspended sentence so they say that he should have been turning up regularly to see his parole officer on this case despite the fact that he was actually in hospital after being poisoned in germany so that was kind of not possible now the prison service here is asking for that suspended sentence that conditional sentence to be turned into real jail time and it seems that he will be in detention in till that trial happens we don't know exactly when it will happen there has been some talk of the 29th of january the just to remind you though that that sentence that he was actually now arrested on the european human the european human rights court actually a few years ago said that that conviction that he's now being held over was actually unfair and on reasonable that's what they said no bonding is poisoning case as

a try to global attention and really what sort of reactions are you seeing to the fact that he has now returned to russia has been arrested. well this is certainly a really huge story in opposition circles on states state t.v. it really wasn't covered yesterday essentially and when journalists asked the kremlin's spokes person. to comment on the values arrest he said that he didn't know that not been arrested at all because he was on his last day of the holiday and that despite the fact that of course these plane seems to have been diverted that there was a huge amount of police waiting for him at the original airport that he was supposed to land at that his supporters who were waiting for him there were arrested but it is fitting to have a reaction from the kremlin like that after all they have always been careful to

downplay play the importance of here in russia they don't even usually refer to him by name including plenty of putin himself usually calls him the blogger and most recently he's been calling him the berlin patient now the reactions from the e.u. however on twitter we've seen various leaders calling for his release amnesty international has called him a prisoner of conscience but the question is whether those kind of rather heavy reactions from the western side will lead to any concrete steps and we thank you very much really sure when they're in moscow. it's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today policing what amala have fired tear gas and used the times against thousands of migrants from central america who are pushing north towards the united states it's thought the migrants are hoping joe biden's incoming administration will be less tough on migration and the current war

. in south korea the billionaire defacto head of samsung j. widely has been jailed for 2 and a half years on corruption charges this comes after the high court in seoul overturned lee's original suspended sentence he was convicted of bribing an associate of the former president park geun pay in 2017. china's economy beat expectations in the 4th quarter of 2020 growing by 2.3 percent this makes it the only major economy to avoid shrinking last year as countries struggle with the impact of coke in 90 beijing's tough measures to contain the virus so thought to be one reason behind the growth and brazil has started vaccinating its health workers against coated 19 after authorities granted emergency approval to 2 corona virus vaccines the shot manufactured by chinese firms sort of back and the vaccine from british partners astra zeneca oxford

university after the us brazil has the 2nd highest number of deaths from cope in the world and while the pandemic has left families unable to say goodbye to their loved ones with traditional mourning rituals it has given rise to new ways of dealing with grief. jose costa lost his daughter to corona virus in november he's planting a tree in her memory. tree symbolizes something that lasts forever to me it symbolizes eternity for me that i know that the name of my daughter is recorded here and i will come back here again and again i will see this tree growth. with so many brazilians losing loved ones to the coronavirus and unable to attend normal funerals many a choosing memorial such as this as a way to deal with their grief. and. many of these families did not have the

opportunity to bury their loved ones. it was a very painful process. 19 has hit brazil hard more than 200000 people have been killed. now people are starting to hope for life without the virus after the approval of 2 vaccines. monica color cern's the 1st to get the shot. here. i'm so proud of this of this great opportunity and tell you as a brazilian let's vaccinate don't be afraid this is what we need this is what we're looking forward to. this. brazilian authorities approved both the chinese develops in a vax and the u.k. made astra zeneca shots for emergency use. vaccination rollout has been slow in

brazil compared to its neighbors after the approval process was fraught with conflict as our laws of president jebel sonorities sought to cost doubt on the efficacy of the senior vax vaccine. the government says it will begin a nationwide rollout of vaccines on wednesday with health professionals 1st in line to get an ocular rated. u.s. police have arrested elected an elected official on charges relating to the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol quite griffen a new mexico county commissioner and founder of a group called cowboys for trial was also planning to travel to washington armed with a rifle and a revolver to protest joe biden's inauguration security government buildings across the country has been beefed up ahead of wednesday's ceremony. ahmed vehicles protect the state capitol in georgia national guard troops were out in force across

the u.s. after warnings that trump supporters would gather from all violent protests over the weekend but they had little on their hands protesters fail to show in large numbers in utah only a handful of heavily armed demonstrators gathered outside the statehouse. in michigan to the mood was a far cry from the scenes america witnessed an 11 days ago when a riot a small but still not the u.s. capitol. here not expect more from our top story or interest more to see what happens when you are going. through. why one protest said that right wing social media platforms had discouraged supporters from turning up. and a lot of people on the ear off especially on the right were saying you know not to

go because they believe that there could be violent attacks left for peace you know they're after is the capital right they don't want to be seen as violent that's why a lot of them are out to. the real test of how fog trumps supposes that willing to go will come on wednesday when the eyes of the world will be on washington d.c. for the inauguration of joe biden. sports now following their unexpected elimination from the german cup or earlier this week by in munich boosted their bonus league title ambitions with a win over from her on sunday after their close rivals were all held to droll as the reigning champion secured a victory to extend their lead at the top of the table through a cold and wet often noon in munich was the setting of the reigning champions hosted a fly ball decide on a hot streak coming off a stretch of 5 straight wins in which they've averaged 3 goals per game. but bion

have the league's leading goal scorer and they got off the mark off the 7 minutes robert lewandowski setting a new record for the most goals scored in the 1st half of the season $21.00 to his name already. the hosts have the better chances but 5 equalized just after the hour mark as striken eels pays us an extended his record hole of bundesliga goals scored as a substitute a stooping header is $28.00 coming off the bench but by and have the last laugh this goal didn't set any records but was remarkable the same i see roy sunday using a rather unconventional technique to set up. he tucked away the winner in a $21.00 victory that ended flyboys impressive run and gives byan a 4 point gap at the top of the sable. and fresh from their 1st win of the season

last week shaka travelled to frankfurt looking for another 3 points against the hosts went ahead through andre silva but just a minute later shako were level american youngster matthew hoh paid took advantage of frank for a sluggish defending to race clear and comb for his 4th goal in 2 games by a double and a 2nd half from returning heroes luka yo bitch including this a purposely sealed a 31 win for frank are. you watching d w news thanks for being with us. why are people forced to hide in trucks. there are many reasons. there are many answers.

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