50 cities across russia demonstrators are calling for the release of jailed opposition leader alexei novelli as follows president vladimir putin's annual state of the nation address. a forceful message delivered on a grand stage at his annual state of the nation address russian president vladimir putin warned western powers not to meddle in moscow's affairs. we're just beginning you must we really don't want to burn in. bridges. but if some mistake are good intentions for indifference or weakness and intent to burn or even lower those bridges themselves. russia's response will be even more forceful quick and tough we stood him. in recent weeks russia has been building up its military presence on the ukrainian border and in crimea pouring fuel on a simmering territorial conflict between ukraine forces and russian backed separatists this escalation was met with condemnation from abroad. but as he delivered his warning to the west was facing headwinds at home across the country people gathered to protest at news of the deteriorating health of imprisoned opposition leader alexina valley. heavy p

mass arrests as protesters in russia demand the release of opposition leader alexey novelli. and warnings of severe food shortages in afghanistan after one of its worst droughts in decades. fairly quiet was around the arabian peninsula at the moment there's been a big drop in temperature around them a violent several degrees as the breeze comes on shore that's true north boss of egypt the breeze is coming down the door of the red sea or so. and the last remaining showers in northern turkey are on their way through to the caucuses then we're left with quite conditions not especially hot there were 3800 but only 33 in doha and there's a little bit of cloud in the sky but even the potential of showers in the west american society that dissipate about tommy get to friday on saturday prophet what's happening in western turkey what if you got to say a nice shower to iran otherwise it's fine and dry a reasonably. there is actions or desires just developed and this is within the last 24 hours this tropical cyclone job or now it's heading towards the african coast you might think moza

kremlin critic alexei novelli has appeared in public for the 1st time since ending a hunger strike the jailed russian opposition figure was seen on video for a court hearing at the same time the valley's political network announced it was disbanding after a court imposed a ban on the group. germany's highest court has ruled that climate protection laws don't go far enough to protect the future generations the ruling is considered a victory for environmentalists who argue that greenhouse gas reduction targets must go well beyond current legislation focused on the 2030 the court has given the german government until the end of next year to reform the current small. this is e w news from but you can find much more news on our website that is d w dot com. before u.s. president biden delivered his 1st speech to congress last night history had already been made behind him seated side by side the speaker of the house of the vice president the 2 people in line to become president should anything happen for the 1st time ever we're both women it wasn't making history but rather repeating history

now russia's prison service says it has moved jailed opposition leader alexei novelli to a medical facility the valdés doctors say he is on the brink of death 3 weeks into a hunger strike the u.s. and e.u. have warned moscow of consequences if he dies in prison. this is the prison compound where alexei navalny was being held and when he went on hunger strike 3 weeks ago his health deteriorated so rapidly that he has now been transferred to this medical facility at another prison the russian officials call his condition satisfactory these doctors say he is that acute risk of heart failure they're demanding access to their patient but we spent 2 hours here waiting on these health is in critical condition but unfortunately we were not allowed to see him. the opposition leader survived a poisoning with nerve agent last august he holds the kremlin responsible for the attack after treatment in a berlin hospital novotny returned to russia and january where he was promptly arrested and sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison. in washington has threatened moscow with consequences of novelli dies i

russian officials ordered the officers of jailed opposition leader alexei novelli to suspend their activities will take a look at the latest legal attempt to block the porches from russian elections and politics. and i had a mohammed welcome to the program india has reported another record high number of new corona virus infections more than 350000 in just 24 hours the u.s. the u.k. and the european union are sending medical supplies including oxygen was which hospitals need to treat to cope with 900 patients can exit now at full capacity and turning people away. but. crowds waiting for a shot of hope as the coronavirus devastates india people queue outside a vaccination center in mumbai even though the country is a major coronavirus vaccine maker many fear there is not enough to go around. in many parts of the country ill people are queuing outside hospitals they desperately need treatment. in delhi animesh kumar is looking after a family member they've been turned away from 2 hospitals already. all 3 an oxygen ambulance is running out his condition a serious west standing here in the middle

the jailed a kremlin critic alexei novelli has announced he is going on hunger strike and all he has been detained at a penal camp since february he survived a near fatal poison i tagged last. year. and a campaign group of bereaved families have drawing around 100000 hots on a wall opposite britain's houses of parliament as a memorial for those who died from cove and 19 the group is calling for a public inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic. of france has extended its coronavirus lockdown for one more month president warns the country is risks losing control of the pandemic if action isn't taken cases are still rising in france with almost now $68000.00 new infections reported in just the past day. i don't know how difficult the effort you know view is but i know what the consequences are for our country for lives. and you also know that we have done everything possible to take these measures as late as possible and on the time when they were strictly necessary. these are the times. but i also want to tell you tonight but thanks to vaccination the end of the crisis i

pandemic but over a 2nd look at other stories making headlines around the world kremlin critic alexei novelli has appeared in public for the 1st time since ending a 3 week hunger strike the jailed opposition leader was seen on video for court hearing at the same time the valleys political network announced it was disbanding . at least 13 people have been killed in fighting on the frontier between the central asian nations of. on and kurdistan dozens more were injured poorly drawn border states in back to the soviet union have caused tension between the 2 neighbors. authorities in los angeles have charged 5 people with attempted murder and robbery in connection with the theft of 80 gawkers dogs the singer's dogs were stolen in february in hollywood. who was shot in the chest jury in the incident did survive his injuries. are germany's foreign minister has pledged to support afghanistan as nato starts to withdraw its forces in iran's wants to end its 20 year presence by september germany has the 2nd biggest shift contingent after the united states. the taliban are a sentence again issuing beati

cities across russia the demonstrators are calling for the release of jailed opposition leader alexei novelli and follows president vladimir putin's annual state of the nation address. a forceful message delivered on a grand stage at his annual state of the nation address russian president vladimir putin warned western powers not to meddle in moscow's affairs. we're just beginning you must we really don't want to burn any bridges. but if some mistake are good intentions for indifference or weakness and intend to burn or even blow up those bridges themselves. russia's response will be even more forceful quick and tough. in recent weeks russia has been building up its military presence on the ukrainian border and in crimea pouring fuel on a simmering territorial conflict between ukraine forces and russian backed separatists this escalation was met with condemnation from abroad. but as he delivered his warning to the west was facing headwinds at home across the country people gathered to protest that news of the deteriorating health of imprisoned opposition leader alexina valley. heavy police pr

of a court in russia has ordered all organizations connected to the jailed opposition leader alexei novelli to freeze their operations as it considers a permanent ban on mr the family's anticorruption foundation and its regional network in germany has criticised the ruling. all to sports starting with football and germany's blunders league a title race has heated up unexpectedly on match day $3134.00 abi leipsic a knew that anything less than a win at home to stuttgart would effectively hand the league title to buy a new nick luckily for them the visitors were in an obliging mood. byron's surprise last month's on saturday meant that leipzig went into this one knowing that to win would keep the championship race alive for another much day. and their task seemed simpler after 15 minutes in stuttgart a mother was sent off the young frenchman's one jim i'm going to haidara looked worse with every viewing like sick dominated proceedings thereafter but phone stuttgart keep. an unbeatable for. the swiss made sure it was nil nil going into the break. coble couldn't stop like secrets taking the lead

with 53 people on board on weapons day jailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny is ending his hunger strike after 24 days novelli supporters and doctors had urged him to end the protests because of his deteriorating health and the british socialite elaine maxwell has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges involving the late finance jeffrey epstein maxwell appeared in a new york court in person for the 1st time since her arrest last july she is accused of procuring under-age girls for epstein to abuse. once again you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera the latest inside story is next. already at all does the european union wants to sue astra zeneca the company is accused of failing to deliver the agreed numbers of covert one to crack scenes but will legal action work who benefits and how much of this is really about politics this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter davi the e.u. is the biggest exporter of coronavirus vaccines anywhere in the world yet within its own borders the rate of inoculation has been disappointing the world health organization is warning that could

least 10 bodies have now been found the jailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny is ending his hunger strike of 24 days novelli supporters and doctors urged him to end the protests today was deteriorating health there's been a 2nd night of violence in occupied east jerusalem israelis and palestinians of fought with each other in the old city tensions have been high ever since police put restrictions on gatherings during the muslim holy month of ramadan and the british socialite guillen maxwell has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges involving the late to finance the jeffrey epstein maxwell appeared in a new york court in person for the 1st time since her arrest last july she is accused of procuring underage girls for epstein to abuse. and once again you know up to date with the headlines. the one nation team is back at the national rifle association headquarters. after trying to break down the narratives of the people's reaction to gun use in. the meeting played caroline whose role is to galvanize the n.r.a. has 5000000 members to vote for pro-gun politicians. so we're trying to identify that speech

group linked to the russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been suspended prosecutors are seeking to have the anti corruption foundation which novelli founded declared as an extremist group. ukraine's president told me the landscape says he expects to meet russia's president vladimir putin soon russia closed access to the curch strike on saturday and had amassed large numbers of troops on ukraine's border before recently pulling them back. you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera the latest edition of inside story is next. global military spending reached nearly 2 trillion dollars last year the u.s. is still by far the biggest spender a new report finds many countries have spent lavishly on their militaries despite the global pandemic so what's fuelling this spending spree this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter one might think governments facing a global pandemic would be tempted to spend much on buying weapons one would be wrong so despite the economic impact of kuwait 19 military spending reached nearly 2 trillion dollars last year that's according to a report from the stockholm international pe

program i understand that you were at a pro alexei navalny protest tell us what did you see yes well so the outlook among the protesters tonight among the novelli movement was in some ways a little bit mournful because all 3 dominating russian politics rational position politics for some years now the new movement is facing some really serious legal penalties that would essentially criminalize any involvement with novelli today's crowd was was big but it wasn't massive it was certainly large from moscow standards we saw certainly perhaps north of of 10000 people on the streets of moscow at least today and it was a crowd of young people of all people have really sort of cutting across the coalition of on the support but there what really was this recognition that this is perhaps the end of the line for sort of mass protest activity in moscow for the time being we hear that police detained hundreds of protesters can you confirm that did you see any of that happening. i didn't personally see it myself in fact though there is there are reliable reports of several 100 detentions today this was a were almost rather restrained by the standards of russ

walks with difficulty he has no strength alexei alec is one of these doctors he's not been allowed to seize patient but going by his latest records says novelli is at risk of kidney failure which riseth just released his health is already in higher then or now and every day the risk increases the longer person stays on hunger strike the deeper the metabolic disturbance has become and the harder it is for them to get back to normal because a long hunger strike list the demolition of all the bodies organ functions is serving a 2 and a half year sentence for embezzlement that he says is trumped up he was arrested in january after returning to russia from germany he spent 5 months there recuperating after almost being killed by what the germans say was poisoning with a banned nerve agent his cases added to moscow's international isolation. russian diplomats have been expelled and the u.s. and e.u. have imposed sanctions for allegations of cyber hacking election interference spying and the occupation of crimea we have very much worried about the health situation unleashed in the valley yesterday we issued a statement of behavior the 27 member stat

program i understand that you were at a pro alexei navalny protest tell us what did you see yes well so the the outlook among the protesters tonight among the novelli movement was in some ways a little bit mournful because all 3 dominating russian politics rational position politics for some years now the new movement is facing some really serious legal penalties that will essentially criminalize any involvement with novelli today's crowd was was big but it wasn't massive it was certainly large from moscow standards we saw certainly perhaps north of of 10000 people on the streets of moscow at least today and it was a crowd of young people of all people have really sort of cutting across the coalition of on the support but there won't really was this recognition that this is perhaps the end of the line for sort of mass protest activity in moscow for the time being yet we hear the police detained hundreds of protesters can you confirm that did you see any of that happening. i didn't personally see it myself and in fact though there is there are reliable reports of several 100 detentions today this was almost rather restrained by the standards of russ

alexei navalny. just tell us what did you see. yes well so the outlook among the protesters tonight among the novelli movement was in some ways a little bit mournful because author really dominating russian politics rational position politics for some years now the new movement is facing some really serious legal penalties that would essentially criminalize any involvement with novelli today's crowd was was big it wasn't massive it was certainly large from moscow standards we saw certainly perhaps north of of 10000 people on the streets of moscow at least today and it was a crowd of young people of all people have really sort of cutting across the coalition of on the support but there what really was this recognition that this is perhaps the end of the line for sort of mass protest activity in moscow for the time being we hear the police detained hundreds of protestors can you confirm that did you see any of that happening i didn't personally see it myself and in fact though there is there are reliable reports of several 100 detentions today this was almost rather restrained by the standards of russian policing certainly in january we