the, the news this is the w news. why from berlin? russia attempts to silence its opposition movement election of all these anti corruption groups goes on trial in moscow accused of being extreme in the kremlin critics could face jail and be banned from election. also coming up the u. k. count down the days till the end of all social restrictions. but the cope at 1900 delta, very threatening to ruin. the restart experts are urging the government to abandon its plan to fully reopen on june 21st athlete without order to the international

olympic committee take. the team of refugee is compete at the tokyo ah, i'm see me. so i'm just going to thank you for joining us. supporters of jailed russian opposition, politician electing of only are set to go on trial today. in moscow, they're being accused of extremism. the court case is the toughest attempt yet to dismantle navarro. a nationwide network of support prosecutors accuses anti corruption foundation of trying to destabilize russia. if found guilty, members could face prison sentences and be prevented from running in september parliamentary election. and let's go right to moscow for the latest. we can speak to our correspondent emily sherwin. good morning, emily. tell us what that's take here for a lesson of only supporters and his organization. well,

this extremist label essentially will make the work of 3 of his organizations impossible. and it will also put almost a black mark, potentially on his supporters. the people who are involved with this organization with 3 of his organizations or have been involved, could face jail time. and we also don't know exactly actually how this extremism label will be used. it could even mean that anyone who kind of posts or posted in the past, symbols of these organizations could face fines or even up to 15 days in jail. and it could even mean that, you know, if you posted something in support of alex viney or posted one of his organizations, anti corruption investigations. and that could potentially be enough to get you in trouble. so it really puts a black mark on his whole organisation. 37 offices that were across the country

has already been disbanded and closed. and one of nobody's allies said that this is the most clearest, the clearest sign that the authorities want to dismantle. nevaeh nice organizations for you. we seen the crew, the kremlin steadily cracking down on russian opposition. is this all about the elections coming up in september? absolutely, assume we've seen this in the run up to the elections. and for example, this extremism label. now will also make it impossible for anyone involved with nobody's organization potentially to run in the duma elections if the court decides that those 3 organizations are extremists. and we've also seen in recent weeks and months, a crackdown on other opposition. politicians as well, including,

for example, too rather prominent opposition figures who were planning to run in the upcoming do my elections under the provide of the former coordinator of the n g o. the organization opened russia and also to meet. he could call good coff, a fairly prominent opposition, politician here, he's actually had to leave the country after having been arrested. he went to ukraine and we've seen a massive crackdown on critical voices just overall, you know, on, on critical journalists on other activists. people have been arrested, police searches have been been been carried out. so it really seems that the authority is kind of want to crack down and stamp out all critical voices. all dissent ahead of those elections to prevent problems with, with getting a majority for the ruling united, russia party d, w 's, emily sure. when reporting for us there for moscow. thank you. let's 2nd now and some other stories making headlines around the world. rival lawmakers

have come to blows on the floor of bolivia. parliament politicians from the right wing opposition brawled with the governing socialists. tensions were high as the chamber discussed, the political crisis that hasn't brought the country for 2 years. the opposition accuses the government of electoral fraud. the socialists accused them of aging, a cou, a woman in el salvador, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for having an abortion has been released early battle has denied having terminated her pregnancy and on appeal for sentence . was reduced to 10 years of salvatore has some of the strictest abortion laws in the world. canada, as prime minister just in judo, joined a vigil to remember for members of the muslim family killed in an attack in london, ontario. the attacker, a 20 year old man, drove his truck into the family as they were taking a walk. a 9 year old boy is the only survivor. and the u. s. senate passed the

$250000000000.00 spending bill and that countering china's growing economic and military power. it includes big investments and computer to production, artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. it also contains measures to limit paging political influence. the bill now goes to the u. s. house of representative it was the vice president come, harris has wrapped up her 1st foreign trip since taking office with a visit to mexico. she met with president and manuel lopez over there to discuss how to reduce illegal border crossings. earlier, harris warned people from latin america not to attempt to enter the us the daughter of immigrants making a case against migration afternoon, have us vice president, comma le harris concluded her 3 day latin america trip with a now familiar message right now. i cannot say it enough, most people don't want to leave home. and when they do,

it is usually for one of 2 reasons. either they are playing harm or to stay home means that they cannot satisfy the basic needs to sustain and take care of their families. illegal border crossings are rising once more. after the trump administration shut the door on migrants during the pandemic. they increased further after the bite and white house scrapped some of trumps hardline migration policies. biden is now looking for new ways to stem the tide. 27 year old front seal, left ponderous because severe drought made it impossible for him to grow crops and he couldn't support his family joke. i walked through guatemala and parts of mexico. i made it to the united states and i crossed through my own efforts. i didn't have anyone to receive me there. i didn't have anyone to pay to take me in

or anything if i'm on my own the father of 2. he's now back on his way home. after failing to find work in the us during her trip, harris pledged money to improve the lives of people like francisco in their home countries, systems we have in place. but with desperation, driving migration, it will take more than promises to convince latin america's poor not to make the dangerous journey north. british prime minister boris johnson is facing a difficult decision on whether to reopen the country on june 21st. that is the day johnson's government said people could look forward to lifting of all limits on social contacts. the u. k. started easing lockdown restrictions in mid april, but a corona virus variance. notice delta has put further reopening on hold as cases of mutation sharply rise. delta was 1st identified in india. it is now the dominant

strain among the average $5000.00 daily cases being reported in britain. and d. w. charlotte chelsea tell us following the story for us from london. hi charlotte, good to see you. tell us about the delta variant and why it has been spreading through the country so quickly. well, the latest information that we have here is this delta variance identified in india is roughly 40 percent more transmissible than the variant that was previously dominant. here in the u. k, that's called alpha variance will be the very 1st identified here in the u. k. in kent, and that is indeed causing a rise in cases that is though, combined with the fact that the u. k. has gradually been easing restriction. so what you're seeing is those 2 things in tandem and varying, that is more transmissible just as social contact is starting to increase here in the u. k. and just to give us a sense in those rising cases,

if you're looking at the data reported yesterday, there was some $6048.00 cases reported within a 24 hour period. that's up to 2883 on the same day. last week, so having had a dramatic decrease in cases throughout the course of the year from not very big around the south of the year. you on now something to see an uptick in cases. what that isn't yet being is followed by is a big such in hospitalization that we know that there is always a lag between the reported case, right data on those nations so that he bit of information as well. so are you going to be looking out very closely? what does this mean for prime minister burst johnson, and his government's plan to lift all restrictions on june 21st. or 1st of all, just important to,

to point out that the government is really focusing its assets on and such and texting in hotspot areas, particularly in the north west of england in door to do testing the send again, military support as well. to help with that, the following a model that they used in both and also in the indian which did see a big search of the india delta variance that really focusing their efforts to try and cut those cases down with an aim to continue to ease the final sets of restrictions on june 21st, they're also putting all efforts into the u. k vaccination campaign here. and we know that some 75 percent of the u. k had at least one dose. but the concern with this variance in particular is that it's not just just one dose isn't as effective as it would have been against the alpha very. and so that is why there is a real push to increase 2nd doses. but i remains

a huge question at the moment about that june 20 days, a lot of voices on both sides of the argument. scientists here warning that rise in cases does suggest that we could be heading for a wave in the u. k. they are calling for the very least the delay for the eating of restrictions, but then you have those voices from business need is saying that the uncertainty simply isn't good enough and that's using restrictions must go ahead. charlotte chelsea pill reporting there from london. get to talk to you the international lint, the committee has announced the members of it's refugee team for next month. tokyo games. this is the 2nd time a refugee team will take part. the 1st was the real games in 2016, and it's part of an effort to help raise awareness about the global refugee crisis . so congratulations to all of your you the, i use the refugee olympic team tokyo,

a 2020. and we are extremely proud of you and we thank you for all the energy you're bringing to the olympic community and to these olympic games just in a couple of days. that's how i see president thomas bock welcome. the athletes who will represent the refugee team in tokyo, 29 athletes from 11 countries, were selected by the i o c's executive board. that means almost 3 times as many refugees as at the last games in rio, we'll get the chance to live the of them pick dream. unfortunately, the reasons why we created these teams still persists that we even have more forcibly displaced persons in the, in the world. right now, and therefore it went with, i would think that we also wanted to create an i or c refugee olympic team, a talk with 2020 the i o. c. selection process was based on several criteria,

including performance, refugee status, and personal background. the organization also wanted to achieve a balance when it came to the athletes, sports, genders, and regions. it means so much it means so much for us because it means really showing that refugees, young refugees, are competitive. just like all other young people. it gives so much hope to old refugees around the world, and he sent a positive message about an issue that is so often difficult and contentious. during the opening ceremony, the team will enter the stadium, 2nd after greece, the ancient games founders. they'll compete under the olympic flag and with the olympic him as their and them, the team will continue to receive support after the games. each member of the

refugee team has a unique and inspiring story, but they all share. one dream are coming up next. the us wants to open up trade talks with taiwan and china is not happy. broadwater has the details on d. w. business. ah, ah, people in trucks injured was trying to feed into more and more refugees are being turned away. families to leave and trade people.