ah ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. russia attempts to silence its opposition movement. the election of only the anti corruption group goes on trial and wasco accused of being extreme in kremlin critics could face jail and be back from elections. also coming up the u. s. vice president visit from mexico on a mission to reduce migration. commonly, harris that hope not force will keep people from leaving their home,

but worn. there was no quick fix to poverty and violence. the clock is ticking on germany's nuclear reactors with just over one year until the last is scheduled to shut down. we look at how the country is preparing for its posted atomic future. and that athletes without borders, international olympic committee pick the team of refugees to compete at the tokyo ah, ah, i'm see me so i'm glad you could join us supporters of jailed russian opposition. politician alexi and yvonne. they are set to go on trial today in moscow, they're being accused of extremism. the court case is the toughest attempt to dismantle novalis nationwide network, the support prosecutors accused his anti corruption foundation of to destabilize

russia. if found guilty, members could face prison sentences and be prevented from running in september's parliamentary election. and let's go right to moscow now our corresponding wish, or when standing by 1st there. hi emily. what is at stake here for less than have only supporters and for his organization. while over the years of i, me is built up kind of a network of supporters across the country and also opened 37 offices across the country. and this ruling could make the work of all 3 of the organizations that are in court today, or in this court case today, impossible is 37 offices have already been forced to close. it could mean that anyone who was involved with any of those 3 organizations could actually face jail sentences. and the dangerous thing i think about this potential verdict is that we also don't know how it will be used. it could actually mean that anyone who posted

one is, for example, the anti corruption funds and investigations on their facebook page could even face 15 days in jail, or a find anyone who posts vine. these logos could face a fine could face punishment. and one of the seen by nice allies said that this is a very clear signal that, that the authorities are trying to dismantle all of these structures across the country. right? this appears to be part of an expanding crackdown on russian opposition. and i'll ask you about that in a moment, emily. but 1st, let's take a look at how no volley and his organization have inspired a new wave of activists. all right, it looks like the report we had planned to play there, emily, about this new wave of activists that elected volunteers, organization of inspired, we're having some technical troubles with it. so let's talk about this. the

crackdown on opposition that we were just mentioning is this all about the legislative elections that we're going to see in september? absolutely, it seems that the authorities don't want any opposition. candidates, any potential trouble makers to even be registered in those duma elections that are coming up in september. that seems to be the signal that we're getting this. there's a new law that has been passed. that means that any members or former members of extremist organizations won't be able to run in any in the duma elections and that law seems to be squarely aimed at news organizations. but also we've seen a wider crackdown, for example on to prominent opposition figures. so we're planning to run in those elections just as an example, under evolve out of who was the coordinator of open russia, civil society organization. he was arrested, taken out of

a plane as he was trying to fly to poland just a few weeks ago. and also a need he could good cause a prominent opposition politician was arrested, let free and has now left. the country has gone to ukraine. and along with that crack down on opposition. politicians. we've also seen a crackdown on activists on critical media organizations. and even on, on people who took apart in opposition probably in the opposition protests rather earlier this year. and emily was on a less seen of only himself. we know there was so much media attention on him when he was arrested when he went on a hunger strike. can you bring us up to date on how he's doing? well alex, seen by me earlier this week was moved from a hospital ward in a prison that he was in to back to his initial prison, one of the strictest prisons in russia,

apparently. and he was in hospital because he was on a hunger strike, demanding medical attention after having been poisoned, of course, last year with a military grade nerve agent. now, he is apparently stable his condition is apparently stable. he's been using letters that he's passed to his wife and also to his lawyers to kind of communicate with his supporters across the country. those letters that are being posted on his instagram page. and he's almost also been joking about, for example, growing a moustache because he's so bored. so it seems that his spirits are good, but of course he's still in that notorious prison that very strict prison. and it doesn't seem that he'll be let out anytime soon. do you ever used emily show when reporting there from moscow? thank you very much. us vice president, come la harris has wrapped up her 1st foreign trip since taking office with

a visit to mexico. she met with president and manuel lopez hoping to discuss how to reduce illegal border crossing earlier paris 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 la 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. the 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 that ponderous because severe drought made it impossible for him to grow crops and he couldn't support his family yoke. i walked through guatemala and parts of mexico. i made it to the united states. so i crossed through my own efforts. i didn't have any one to receive me there. i didn't have anyone to pay to take me in or anything. yes, i'm on my own. on 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 from c o in their home country 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 dw is catalina to moiz in washington, and as more on the political implications of the vice president trip. the images are fully crowded. cheddar's had the us mexico border in march and april this year were an easy instrumental republicans who have been constructing a narrative for fear and threat to gain voters. both parties have their eyes on the midterm elections next year. and the closer we get to those elections, the more important the migration issue will be harris trip. it was a step in that direction. she wants to avoid now migration in flux that could put in danger the razor thing. majority the democrats having congress. but the problem is that the root cause is like corruption, like violence and missing perspectives in the northern triangle and mexico. our long standing problems that need long term solution. this trip will not rapidly change the situation at the u. s. souder and border. or let's get

a round up now of some other headlines. rival lawmakers has come to blows on the floor of bolivia. parliament politicians from the right wing opposition rolled with the governing socialist tension. were high in the chamber, discussed the political crisis. that isn't bro, the country for 2 years. the opposition accuses the government of electoral fraud. the socialist accused them of staging. acute mongolians have been voting for a new president to mid corona virus restriction. the pandemic played a major role in the campaign with it. they cancelled in one candidates, catching cope with 19 former prime minister, not could as soon as tip to make a political come back after being forced to resign. in january. the us senate passed the $250000000000.00 spending bill aimed at countering china's growing economic and military power. it includes a big investment in computer to production, artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. it also contains measures to

limit paging political influence, the bill that goes to the us house of representatives and candidates. prime minister justin trudeau joined a vigil to honor for members of a 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. here in germany, many schools have finally returned to their regular schedules. after closing for the pandemic, students must be regularly tested for coven 19 a process that usually involves an uncomfortable nasal swab. but in one region, children can instead use something called the lollipop method dw visited one classroom to see if it makes testing any easier. i doubt to provide you already 30 seconds go then it's been loaded.

so it's not the 2nd the children at this elementary school in cologne. second, which was the swabs then go to a lab where they are tested for this you method aims to make testing easier for young children to nick in and it's quite good. it's definitely better than no test and have a shindig outcomes. i find this quite handy because afterwards i feel safe about whether or not i have corona, danny, over the mac, can help. but the taste is disgusting. i always tried to think of lollipops afterwards. tastes still doesn't leave my mouth from the camp, takes the cotton swabs to the lab for logistical challenge. because another 500 schools, i'm bringing their tests here in the lab,

the swaps i tested using what's known as the pudding method. this means all cotton swabs from one class evaluated together in one test. this is because the lonely test is expensive. save pays around 50 euros per analysis. each month, if you take 20 swaps are presenting 20 students and divide them by 50 euro's then you get a good price. additionally, if you would have to at the cost of the just think and the materials use. but i think what absolutely competitive with the rep it if the pool is positive, individual retesting is required. generally, the left doesn't deliver the results until the next morning. but that would still be early enough to break a potential chain of infection that's on the clip sod. the need to come up. we are multiplying the genetic material of this virus by effective 30

trillion the doors. this means that you can recognize a virus activity and it is very low fee and not only when someone is highly infectious and already spreading that virus load among animals mentioned sometimes here at the elementary school, several infections have been detected at an early stage using lee test, although covet cases are currently declining in germany. the kids will continue using the test, at least until the summer holidays. now, 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 a lifting of all limits on social contact. the u. k. started eating lockdown restrictions and mid april, but a corona virus variant known as delta has put further reopening in doubt. as cases of the mutation rise,

delta was 1st identified in india. it is now the dominant strain among the average $5000.00 and day re 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, as identified in india, is roughly 40 percent more transmissible than the variant that was previously dominant. here in the u. k. the cycle alpha variance will be very fast identified here in the u. k. in tense, 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 barrier 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 24 hour period. that's up to 1883 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 are now starting to see an uptick in cases. what that isn't yet being is followed by is a big size in hospitalization that we know that there is always a lag between the reported case, right? data, offsite, asian, so that he bit of information. what are you going to be looking out very closely here? what does this mean for prime minister boris johnson and his government 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 efforts on and such and texting in hot spot areas, particularly in the north west of england, they didn't do 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 and also the indian which did see a big surge of the india dosa variance that really focusing their efforts to try and cut those cases down. we've been able 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 output

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 june 20 days, a lot of voices on both sides of the argument. scientists have a warning that rise in cases don't suggest that we could be heading for a wave in the u. k. they are calling for at the very least the delay for the evening and restrictions. but then you have those voices from business leaders saying that the uncertainty simply isn't good enough and starts using restrictions . go ahead. charlotte chelsea pill reporting there from london. get to talk to you . and let's get an update. now some other developments in the pandemic authority say, melbourne, australia, a 2nd largest city, will exit a snap lockdown on thursday as planned. but some restrictions on travel and gatherings will remain in place. disco, the night clubs can open again in ukraine limits on opening hours for cafes and restaurants have also been lifted. and the u. s. as east its travel recommendations

for more than $100.00 countries. now, 10 years ago today, chancellor anglo merkel announced germany which shut down its nuclear power plants . it was an unexpected reaction to the disaster at japan fukushima plant after a phase out period. the last of germany's atomic reactors are scheduled to go offline in just over a year. and let's talk about that now with cardio comfort. she's the head of the department of energy, transportation, and environment of the german institute for economic research here in berlin. good morning to you. was it the right decision on a decade ago to phase out nuclear power in germany? yeah, it's the right decision, and it's not only 10 years old, but it's also 20 years old because to ad spend 2 years ago. the government at that time decided to phase out nuclear power by 2020 to 2023 layers, which we face right now. it's a good decision because nuclear power is economically very costly. we will

have to deal with a waste for a thousands of years, which costs a lot of money and we intend to increase their share of renewable energy and to make the event happen. and that's a decision. yeah, the energy vendor, the, the energy transition, but the medical had announced still that announcements you made 10 years ago. i took a lot of people by surprise. so how's the government provided enough alternatives or do you think nuclear power might still be necessary? no nuclear power is not necessary anymore because we could shut down all the remaining 6 nuclear reactors immediately without any black out am because we have increase the shaft renewable energy, which provide right now as approximately 50 percent of electricity and germany. and that's enough to phase out the nuclear power. however, the energy transition is much more than that. we have to reach the shelf when you

even further, and also to attack the coupling and use electricity for all 2nd. you said you could shut down nuclear power plants today. we've been germany wouldn't see any black black outs essentially. but will that make energy more expensive for consumers like you and me? not necessarily if we do it in a clever way, because renewable energy is much cheaper and we could decline the costs if we want to high. but the government has decided to increase also the costs and to provide also and more taxes and other components on the electricity prices. but an energy system based on renewable energy is much more cheaper. and we could all benefit from a lower electricity price that we talked about shutting down nuclear power. we know that the german government also wants to phase out coal power by the year 2038. does the government have a real plan in place to make sure that this energy transition you mentioned

succeeds where there is a plan and to shut down also now and coal power plants by 20? 38 a latest. but what we also need to do is phase in we only talking about phase out and nuclear or coal pop plans, but we have to phase and renew will energy and increase the shaft renewable energy match passed. so that we do right now and also provide the right incentives that we use this green electricity and all sectors in the mobility sectors with electric quality and also in other sectors. and that i would say we still need a framework. we need incentives to do that. no right will take, facing out and phasing in their clouded comfort from the german institute of economic research in berlin. thank you for your insights. thank you. now, the international olympic committee is announced the members of its refugee team for next month's tokyo games. this is the 2nd time

a refugee team will take part. the 1st was the rio games in 2016. 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 theme. tokyo 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 the 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 a 20 was i would think that we also wanted to create an ios, the refugee olympic team to kill 2020 the i. 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 all refugees around the world any tend to 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 they are and them, the team will continue to receive i o. c, support after the games. each member of the refugee team has the unique and inspiring story, but they all share one dream. while improving access to the site for people with disabilities is something that just want everyone agrees is a good idea. but in greece, there's been an outcry from some critics about the visual changes that have been made to one of the world's best known heritage sites. the acropolis, greece is most iconic landmark. it was built in athens some 2500 years ago during europe's 1st experiment with democracy. but it's a steep climb up. and in the spirit of 21st century inclusiveness,

the current government has decided to make the monument more accessible to visitors . a new cement walkway enables wheelchair access and authorities now plan to ad, rails, and braille signs for the visually impaired. what's the answer to bush, ma'am? i've seen people in wheelchairs who came up for the 1st time and felt happy. i think this is something that should also make us happy, scanning that manner. but not everyone is happy. some politicians and academics in say the new additions are ruining the classical stomachs with pneumonia over the course. this site was never paid when fixed. it was always just the rock throughout history. if there had been a ramp, it would have been paved with marble or stone, but that never existed. i lost any bit except that some foreign tourists say they aren't bothered by the modifications. this is one of the most recognizable sites on

the entire planet. and with the technology, we have not to make it accessible to people who have mobility issues is just kind of brutal. actually. the culture ministry says the improvements have been design installed with care. and that the criticism is politically motivated. coming up next, star documentary series closer focuses on child slavery in the presence. thank you for watching the news. the news, news, news, news,

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