german newspaper built following a piece accusing the network of spying on russian opposition figures alexina valmy . also ahead of the french schoolgirl admit she made up claims about samuel party the story sparked an online campaign against the teacher last year leading to his batting. the e.u. chief puts the blame on astra zeneca for covert vaccine supply failures with just 10 percent of voters delivered. says how the kremlin brands fresh u.s. claims of moscow meddling this time to supposedly discredit american vaccines in favor of russian shells. headline news 247 this is a national from moscow my name's colin bright welcome to the program we're going to start with some breaking news german language system which is filing a lawsuit against the german tabloid bills after it published a piece accusing stuff of spying for the russian government across his forces correspondent hi again when did i start to become a tool of the spying. while calling 1st of all let's look at the wording used by built that something that sounds absolutely sensational putting a rough quote of the whistleblower int

put forward a number of conclusions about what happened to alexina volley last summer from the invest. geishas that they carried out the un special rapporteur say the 5 laboratories of a critically proven in their eyes that missing a volley was poisoned with a novel talking nerve agent of a type that was only available in the russian federation and could only have been administered by somebody with expert abilities namely a state actor russia denies any involvement in his poisoning this report wasn't just a look at what had happened to mr novelli that would also serve as a tacit statement of support for the opposition figure as a politician and as a month something i question the un weapons has a pawn when put alongside statements that have been made by. amnesty international have said that they will no longer consider alexina volley a prisoner of conscience after it became clear that he advocated violence discrimination against ethnic minorities and migrants in russia human rights belong to all of us the best of us into the worst us and there is no excuse no justification for the vio

russia's federal security bureau that was behind the poisoning of alexina van. so this is you know their opinion russia russia said repeatedly there's been no investigation there's been no court no trial there's been no evidence presented how how are you going to come out and say that it was the russian state behind this and they you know there's been anything but a united front even in the united states especially in europe i mean just several weeks ago we heard european. members of parliament you the euro parliament coming out and say why are we doing this why are we supporting alexina vanny who you know if he had been arrested in any other country but russia we wouldn't even be saying his name and this is jew to his his nationalist past so he's been being called you know saying very anti-semitic things anti muslim things homophobic things anti anti immigrant things easy has been headlining white nationalist marches for years and years and he was recently asked in an interview in germany. you the same person if you still hold the belief that you held 510 years

the network of spying on russian opposition figure alexina valmy the details just ahead. also when i had learned stories of the french schoolgirl admits she made up claims about. her story sparked an online hate campaign against the teacher last year leading to his beheading. chief puts the blame on astra zeneca vaccine supply failures with just 10 percent of the orders delivered. nonsense is how the kremlin fresh claims of. this time to supposedly discredit american vaccines in favor of russian show. with global stories and the international insights this is moscow my name's colin brights just turned 10 in the evening on tuesday 9 pm in germany that's where we're going to start with some breaking news german language sister channel. is filing a lawsuit against the german tabloid built after it published a piece accusing stuff of spying for the russian government correspondent. bring us up to date with developments. well what's led this newspaper to accused of spying well let's understand on the other hand why r t is suing the german tabloid bill now ah. just want to make

experts call for an international investigation into the poisoning of the russian opposition leader alexina valmy and say the government is the russian government was likely responsible. for the russians change each demonstrated i don't expect the time to time on mr marandi spawning he was under can still be asked by russian intelligence war famine and coronavirus yemen is confronting it all the way says call for financial help from the rest of the world. and armenia's prime minister holds a massive rally to shore up support smith continued calls for him to resign. former french president nicolas sarkozy has been convicted on charges of corruption and influence peddling he could serve up to one year in jail his case surrounds an attempt to use his position to you all for a job in exchange for information on an investigation into his campaign finances judges handed sarkozy a 3 year prison sentence 2 of which are suspended his lawyers say he will appeal against the verdicts as a close up as court proceedings in paris. i think in terms of corruption in politics in france as in many places unfo

international investigation into the alleged poisoning of kremlin critic alexina. it's still waiting to be shown any actual. guilty as charged former french president nicolas sarkozy is convicted of corruption and sentenced to a year in prison. becoming the 1st former president in the country to receive a. lie from moscow this is our team my names you know me 30 minutes of news and views. tensions are running high in armenia protests both for and against the prime minister being playing out in the nation's capital. just hours ago the pm in a cold address supporters pledged to hold early elections with more on the day's developments here. in armenia. a lot has been going on in your of on lately and the 2 major rallies that were held both by the opposition and the supporters of the prime minister they are officially over but people are still outside on the streets and we're now let's actually follow with these supporters of the prime minister because after the rally it was over they started to march around the city they were shouting slogans in support of the prime m

sanctions send russia a message about both the treatment of kremlin critic alexina valmy and their broader relationship. i'm 40 bacteria watching al-jazeera live from doha also ahead france changes course its government says people above the age of 65 can now receive the astra zeneca kovi 1000 vaccine 279 schoolgirls have been released in northern nigeria after being kidnapped by gunmen on friday. and police in myanmar fire at protesters as neighboring countries hold talks with the military to find a way out of the crisis. the end. u.s. president joe biden has made his 1st major move against russia has imposed sanctions on russian officials and businesses in response to the poisoning and jailing of alexei navalny the kremlin critic was for years and with a nerve agent know the chalk in august and arrested when he returned to moscow after receiving treatment in germany and speak to a white house correspondent kimberly how could so can be the 1st sanctions by the biden administration talk getting russia what more do we know about these actions as sanctions and who are they talking. now we're

and the european union impose sanctions on russia for the poisoning of opposition leader alexina valley also we're now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every adult in america by the end of may the by the administration says it's speeding up production of the johnson and johnson crowd a virus vaccine announcing an unusual partnership with a rival drug company and. victims of another round of drug related violence in mexico the government orders urgent action. welcome to the program brazil has recorded its highest number of deaths from coronavirus in a single day 1641 fatalities were registered on chews day suppressing the previous record set in july it follows an urgent call from senior health officials to call for a nationwide lockdown the group of 27 states health secretary say more needs to be done to combat what they're warning as the worst moment of the pandemic since it began more than a quarter of a 1000000 people have ties present tribal sonora strongly opposes further restrictions on a stratton to pull funding for any states that go into lockdown you know kim of how sm

nations are demanding an international investigation into the alleged poisoning of kremlin critic alexina foley while concluding at the same time that russia was responsible something moscow has repeatedly denied our europe correspondent peter all over was out the u.n. conference in geneva. this report by the united nations special wrap on to put forward a number of conclave about what happened to alexina volley last summer from the investigation that they carried out the u.n. special operators say that 5 laboratories of unequivocal improvement in their eyes that missed in a volley was poisoned with a novel talking nerve agent of a type that was only available in the russian federation and could only have been administered by somebody with expert abilities namely a state actor russia denies any involvement in his poisoning this report wasn't just a look at what had happened to mr novelli that would also serve as a a tacit statement of support for the opposition figure as a politician and as a man something i question the u.n. weapon toes upon when put alongside statements that have been m

german newspaper bills following a piece accusing the network of spying on russian opposition figure alexina valmy. also this hour a french schoolgirl admit she made up claims about. her story sparks an online hate campaign against the teacher last year leading to his beheading. the chief puts the blame on astra zeneca vaccine supply fail with just 10 percent of orders delivered . and nonsense says how the kremlin brands fresh u.s. claims of moscow meddling this time to supposedly discredit american vaccines in favor of russian shells. that live on worldwide international from moscow. first for you are breaking news that a german language sister channel which is filing a lawsuit against the german tabloid published a piece accusing stuff of spying for the russian government across this forest correspondent. truth again isn't it how has german system channel suddenly morphed into a spy agency well 1st of all it's time to take a look at the wording that was used by built it sounds absolutely sensational that was putting into the title the headline a rough quote from the whistleblower which say

rights are demanding an international investigation into the alleged poisoning of kremlin critic alexina valmy while concluding at the same time russia was responsible something moscow has repeatedly denied let's go live now it peter all over in geneva right now peter tell us britain 1st not situation what the un ruppert tours have to say on this. well this report from the special raw pointers wasn't just a look at what happened in their eyes to alexei novell me in the summer of 2020 on that flight from thomas can siberia over to to moscow where he had to make an emergency landing in the siberian city of armed sky after suffering an apparent poisoning this report was also essentially a tacit approval of alexina vonnie the politician the man i asked the special upon ters how they could square that support alongside the derogatory remarks made by mist in the vile me concerning migrants and ethnic minorities in russia honesty international said that they will no longer consider alexina volley a prisoner of conscience after it became clear that he advocated violence and discrimination agains

for imposing sanctions over jailed opposition figure alexina valley saying they're interfering in russia's domestic affairs. good morning to you thanks for joining us here on art. in a clear sign of direct censorship you tube is blocked donald trump's 1st major speech since leaving the white house on channels including reuters say b. c. and r.t. over a lack of content warnings. from stress was widely criticized in liberal media with the washington post labeling it a quote stream of delusion depravity malevolence and megalomania but given that you to block the speech on many channels you may find it difficult to make up your own mind about it. however the video is still up on a number of western outlets without any warning messages there's also been no response from you tube on how this information should be provided during a life feed or pennsylvania senator bruce marks who represented donald trump in the supreme court believes that the former president still has a right to express his opinion whatever it might be. yes and brought it upon himself because he's doing what he's allowed to do

has imposed sanctions on russian officials and businesses related to the poisoning and jailing of alexina vonnie a kremlin critic was poisoned with a nerve agents know the chalk in august and the rest said when he returned to moscow russia's foreign minister says his country will respond to the sanctions and cast doubt on the next in of on his poisoning but didn't mention the kremlin critic by name. when all those who treated him thoroughly hyped all the facts which could help to understand what happened and in parallel instead of honest collaboration and not hiding they start to punish us this doesn't bring any credit to those who take decisions and will surely respond france's health minister says people above the age of 65 with health complications are now eligible to take astra zeneca scolded 1000 vaccine france had dressed strict to the vaccines used because data on its effect on older people was limited the change comes as new results proved the vaccines effectiveness people older than 75 will be given doses from pfizer and madonna 279 school girls kidnapped in the northwestern nige

corruption a call for an international investigation into the poisoning of russian opposition figure alexina valmy. war famine and coronavirus yemen's confronting it all the latest call for financial help from the rest of the world's. and abused and tortured the how rowing story of how women have suffered in the conflict in ethiopia is northern t. growing region. with all the sports spanish police have raided the offices of a of c. barcelona and made several arrests details coming up later in the program. but 1st former french president nicolas sarkozy has received a jail term for an infamous case of heat stroke paying he's been found guilty of corruption and influence peddling judges handed sarkozy its. year prison sentence to which are suspended or that sentencing has taken place within the past 2 hours let's go live to the time he joins us from paris sasha it's really quite something that a former french president is facing jail time just talk us through higher inequal or sarkozy ended up here. former french president nicolas sarkozy becoming the 1st of former french leader in history to

and russian opposition leader alexina volley claims he is being held in the equivalent of a concentration camp a kremlin critic spoke out in an instagram post mr of all the says he is under constant surveillance with a prison guard waking him throughout the night miss and evolve he is serving several years in a labor camp most recent of all the says he is under constant surveillance with a prison guard waking him throughout the night recent of all the years serving several years in a labor camp he was convicted of violating parole terms by traveling to germany after poisoning attack. let's get the latest now from journalist theo merits theo 1st of all how was mr vali able to send an instagram message from behind the prison walls. well as far as we understand he's passing these messages on to you his lawyer is he then pays them to social media only himself doesn't have access to a failure in he's not able to speak to journalists now he's in jail but all his accounts on all platforms are still active being run by his team and that's very important for him and for his supporters because that

with fire just several weeks ago we heard european pieces coming out and say why are we supporting alexina vonnie you know if he had been arrested in any other country but russia we wouldn't even 3 be saying his name and this is judy his nationalist past being called you know saying very anti-semitic things anti muslim things homophobic things and this is you know presumably why amnesty international for example recently decided to deprive him of the label of prisoner of conscious they they still say that you know he's a political prisoner they believe he's a political prisoner in the day should be released but he's not a prisoner prisoner of conscious because of the views that he holds this is obviously the opening salvo of the united states concurrently as it was announcing these sanctions so that there would be more to come for other reasons for having for whatever else i'm sure that europe will come out and say that this is unwarranted earlier we spoke to vlad images of russia's permanent representative to the e.u. he questioned the logic behind the move. these are not sanctions sancti

rights experts are calling for an international investigation into the poisoning of kremlin critic alexina valley developer was poisoned with nerve agent last year he was later arrested jailed by russian police for a parole violation which happened while he was recovering in germany u.n. experts and to our income believe the russian government may have been responsible and that a domestic investigation will not uncover the truth let's pick another andrew simmons joining us from staffordshire in the u.k. andrew what is the un said so far what else is the un said so far and what else might we expect. well 1st up this inquiry by agnes cullen marge and irene carr has been pretty intensive and the conclusion has been that this was a sinister warning put out by the kremlin that anyone who criticized it in any form of tickly like aleksei not only will face serious action and that is really what they're saying they want an international inquiry to be started on the goings on on the whole fact that it was very likely as they put it that k.g.b. agents were tracking. and were close to him over a long

this many times before with high confidence that it was the russian state behind the poisoning of alexina valley russia has said repeatedly there's been no investigation there's been no court no trial there's been no evidence presented how are you going to come out and say that it was the russian state behind this and they you know there's been anything but a united front i mean just several weeks ago we heard european any piece coming out and say why are we supporting alexina vonnie you know if the if he had been arrested in any other country but russia we wouldn't even 3 be saying his name and this is judy his nationalist party being called you know saying very anti-semitic things anti muslim things homophobic things and this is you know presumably why amnesty international for example recently decided to deprive him of the label of prisoner of conscious they they still say that you know he's a political prisoner they believe he's a political prisoner in the day should be released but he's not a prisoner prisoner of conscious because of the views that he holds amnesty international is n

newspaper to build a following i did a piece accusing the network of spying on russian opposition figure alexina volley . in french schoolgirl admits she made up her claims about samuel paddy her story sparked an online campaign against the teacher last year leading to his beheading. the chief puts of blame on astra zeneca for vaccine supply failures with just 10 percent of orders delivered. and nonsenses how the kremlin brands fresh u.s. claims of meddling this time to supposedly discredit american vaccines in favor of russian shots. broadcasting live from our studios moscow this is our 2 international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us on our german language web channel r.t. deutsche is filing a lawsuit against of the german tabloid building after it published a piece accusing staff of spying for the russian government correspondent go earlier joined my colleague on bray to go through the claims. but 1st of all it's time to take a look at the wording that was used by built it sounds absolutely sensational that was putting into the title the headline a rough quote from the whist

plus need russia's chick talk activists their support for opposition politician alexina volley has not gone unnoticed as the kremlin tightens its grip on social media. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us japanese media reporting that the owner of a huge container ship that's blocking egypt's suez canal aims to have it freed by saturday experts are however warning that it could take weeks more than 150 ships are waiting to get into what is one of the world's most important shipping routes with hundreds more headed there now a prolonged suspension of traffic in the suez will almost certainly impact global trade which has already been hit hard by the pandemic now the suez canal is a critical choke point for supply chains as a connect asia and europe and around 30 percent of the world's shipping container volume transits through this can now daily. dredging teams work through the night to try to clear the canal bed around the $200000.00 ton ship and no wonder the stranded ever given is holding up around $10000000000.00 in trade every day it is stuck diggers tugboat dredges and

president has slapped sanctions on top brushing officials for the poisoning of opposition leader alexina valley it's joe biden's 1st big move against vladimir putin's government since taking office nearly 6 weeks ago now the 7 people targeted include the heads of russia's f.s.b. security. service the prison service and the prosecutor general the u.s. is also targeting 14 companies or agencies associated with producing chemical agents in the valley is the most prominent critic of food in advance seriously ill last august the u.s. accuses the kremlin of poisoning him with a nerve agent which it denies the valley was jailed last month after returning to russia for violating parole or being treated in germany the european union is also imposing sanctions on 4 officials close to putin russia's vying to hit back against sanctions its foreign minister cast doubt on the valley's poisoning without mentioning the kremlin critic by name. we will eat you when all those who treated him thoroughly had all the facts which could help to understand what happened and in parallel instead of honest collabor

intelligence say of alexina volley the russian opposition leader and his subsequent jailing but also the united states is interested in another action by russia and that is the effect ing the american supply chain notably the hack that took place many months ago of american agencies which lay that supply chain bare to russian intelligence officials so we expect according to u.s. officials there will be further action this they say is just the 1st step in response to really a changing of the relationship that is taking place between the united states and russia and how the u.s. government will proceed moving forward yeah i was going to ask you about that but it signals in terms of the relationship between the u.s. and russia and how different it will be on the biden administration. it's a completely different relationship now when as a result of these actions taken so early in the biden administration you remember the the 2016 hacking by russia this was something that was concluded in terms of the intelligence here in the u.s. side that russia had interfered in the 2016 us election to

on russian officials and companies connected to the poisoning and the prism and of kremlin critic alexina valmy washington says its intelligence found that moscow was behind the valley's poisoning with a nerve agent last august. now the youngest person to plead guilty to writing during pro-democracy demonstrations in hong kong has been sentenced to a detention center the correctional facility is an alternative to prison for young people the protester was 14 at the time of his arrest during demonstrations in november of 2019 he admitted to throwing a petrol bomb towards police in a tense late night standoff the court convicted him of rioting and arson the identity of the protester hasn't been released because of his age. well for more on this story i'm joined by 2 w's correspondents on the ground. the defendant has been sentenced to a detention center is this verdict what was expected. what a sentence today is slightly softer then expect. the. 16 year old boy he was 14 when he participated in a protest and arrested in 2900. centers to a detention center today not only he is the youngest co

video sharing platform tick-tock is on the kremlin as well during opposition protests in support of alexina valmy the site was flooded with political content and as they doubly correspondent emily show one reports that main scrutiny for the sites 20000000 russian uses. time could be ticking for these bloggers the unlikely new enemy for the kremlin. the social network is mostly about entertainment with videos of cranks and downs. but this month at a meeting with the police russian president vladimir putin made it clear he wants the authorities to be watching anyway. unfortunately we all know what the internet is and how it is used to promote unacceptable content it's critical for you to unite with other government agencies in order to monitor the web and be more proactive in identifying people who are dragging minors into committing illegal actions the fact that minors are being dragged into illegal on authorized street protests as well is of course a violation of the law. to talk in particular has been on the authorities radar since the return of opposition politician i like me to russia hi

rights experts demanded an international investigation into the alleged poisoning of kremlin critic alexina valmy although russia say it's still waiting to be shown any actual. guilty as charged former.

sister channel sues a top german newspaper for claiming it was spying on russian opposition figure alexina valmy.

has announced sanctions against 7 senior russian officials over the poisoning of opposition leader alexina valley and then into the hands of russia's f.s.b. security service the prison service and the prosecutor general be a muslim bastard to the un and says he'll continue in his role despite being fired by the military genter chore more torn was dismissed after urging the un general assembly to use any means necessary to restore democracy amnesty international says war crimes are being committed in mozambique as comfortable guardo province the rights group says hundreds of people have been killed since 2017 it's documented to extrajudicial executions human rights violations and indiscriminate attacks those were the headlines that clock will be here with another half hour of news in 30 minutes now it's viewfinder asia here on our sara. march on al-jazeera studio b. unscripted 2 special guests in conversation exploring ideas and finding common solutions 10 years on from the tsunami that struck japan al-jazeera revisits the people most affected by the disaster. football rebels eric cantona p

president joe biden has made his 1st major move against russia for the poisoning of opposition leader alexina valley the white house is not sanctions against 7 senior russian officials including the heads of russia's f.s.b. security service the prison service and the prosecutor general but russia's vying to hit back against the sanctions that its foreign minister is casting doubt on the valley's poisoning. when all those who treated him thoroughly had all the facts which could help to understand what happened and in parallel instead of honest collaboration and not hiding they start to punish us this doesn't bring any credit to those who take decisions and we will surely respond. now senior health officials in brazil say an urgent nationwide lockdown is needed to slow the spread of corona virus more than a 1000 people are dying nationwide every day but present viable scenario is strongly opposing further restrictions we are muslim bastard to the u.n. insists he'll continue in his role despite being fired by the military janitor and that was he was dismissed after urging the u.n. general assemb

president biden has also made his 1st major move against russia for the poisoning of opposition leader alexina valley the white house has announced sun engines again 7 senior russian officials including the herds of russia's f.s.b. security service the prison service and the prosecutor general. the u.s. ascension to military leaders of the hugely rebels in yemen they're accused of getting weapons from iran and organizing attacks last month the state department removed a terrorist as ignition imposed on the who teased by the trumpet ministration muslim brotherhood to the u.n. insists he'll continue in his role despite being fired by the military didn't turn short more to was dismissed to urge in the u.n. general assembly to use any means necessary to restore democracy. a top e.u. official as offered more support for regions in ukraine near a conflict zone in the east european council president shall michel made the pledge as he visited an area close to where ukraine has been in a long running conflict with russian separatists he said a you help will include funding for checkpoints those weather

top human rights investigators blamed russia for last year's attempted murder of criminal critic alexina vaulting the ball he almost died after he came in contact with the nerve agent no beach oh he was treated here in berlin and has since returned to russia where he was immediately arrested and sent to prison the bone he has always maintained that the russian president vladimir putin ordered the poisoning to silence him and today's you when report gives credibility to that claim in a moment i'll speak with the co-author of that report a report that puts the you went on the same page with the european union the u.k. and the united states and with some people in russia this is what people are saying outside the prison where and of all he is serving his 2 and a half year sentence there still. but if we're living in a police state and avani went to prison for absolutely nothing. in the nationalist of how a state speak some people speak some moves the quantity. it's not that he's be moved. i don't really believe it i think will happen but i hope that justice will prevail and he will be free

newspaper build a following i think piece accusing the network of spying on russian opposition figure alexina volley. a french schoolgirl admin. she made up her claims about her story sparked an online campaign against the teacher last year leading to his beheading. the chief blame for vaccine supply failures with just 10 percent of orders delivered. and nonsenses how the. u.s. claims of meddling this time to supposedly discredit american vaccines in favor of russia.

archie george sousa famous german newspaper for claiming it was spying on russian opposition figure alexina volley. kevin i want to have you covered with the latest next hour right now cross talk takes an.

a lawyer for russian opposition leader alexina vali says his health has deteriorated in prison she says he's now suffering from back and leg ailments mist and of ali was arrested in january after returning from germany he spent months there being treated for equation and that he blames on the kremlin. north korea has launched 2 ballistic missiles according to south korea and japan it's believed the 2 short range missiles flew 450 kilometers before landing in the sea analysts say the country has a history of testing new u.s. administrations with missile launches and other provocations to force the americans back to the negotiating table. a judge has ordered the man accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a u.s. supermarket to be held without bail. elise out faces murder and attempted murder charges following following the rampage in boulder colorado on monday he will undergo a mental health assessment. greece is celebrating 200 years since the start of its struggle for independence from the ottoman empire the anniversary is being marked with parades and ceremonies attended by foreign di

on the action is thought to be related to demonstrations supporting the jailed opposition leader alexina vali the kremlin says twitter posts are inciting violence. and on the subject of russian opposition leader alex in a volley he claims he's being held in the equivalent of a concentration camp a kremlin critic spoke out in an instagram post mr volley says he is under constant surveillance with a prison guard waking him throughout the night question of ali is serving several years in a labor camp he was going to dictate of violating parole terms by traveling to germany after a poisoning attack. let's get the latest now from journalist at the merits theo 1st of all how was mr valma able to send an instagram message from behind the prison walls. well as far as we understand he's policy these messages on to his lawyer is he then pays them to social media and only himself doesn't have access to a failure when he's not able to speak to journalists now he's in jail but all his accounts on all platforms are still active being run by his team and that's very important for him and for his suppor

a lawyer for russian opposition leader alexina vali says his health has deteriorated in prison his lawyer says he's now suffering from back and leg elements of all he was arrested in january after returning to moscow from germany he spent months in germany being treated for a poisoning that he blames on the kremlin. china is going after global fashion brands that take a position on chinese human rights issues nike for example is the target of a chinese social media campaign after the company said it was quote concerned about reports of forced labor of the muslim minority in the she jang region the business backlash comes on top of new western sanctions against chinese officials for allegedly human rights violations in she's gone. nike is trending on social media in china but not in a good way it's facing a backlash after a statement on china's policies in the change young province saying it won't use cotton from the region. and it's not a look at the numbers singled out this week for issuing a statement last year in which it said it was concerned about allegations of forced labor engine j

warning that it will retaliate the new sanctions are an answer to the poisoning of privileged critics alexina of all these is u.s. president fighting is he keeping his promise to get tough on russia also coming up hundreds of kidnapped nigerian schoolgirls are released after being held captive by gunmen for danes it's the latest in a series of school abductions nigerians fear it will not be the last and a court imposed 3 activist did not offend religious beliefs with their rainbow image of the virgin mary you'll hear from some of the activists who say there is resistance to homophobia in poland. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with an answer to the poisoning today both the european union and the united states in a coordinated move slapped new sanctions on russian officials and companies connected with the poisoning and imprisonment of criminal critic of all me the opposition activists is now serving a 2 and a half year prison sentence washington says its intelligence found moscow was behind of all news poisoning with a nerve agent last august this is the 1st time.

for days the exact location of kremlin critic alexina valley has been secrets but we now know where he is and of ali himself is describing it as a quote real concentration camp this was posted to his instagram account on monday novelli all his team said he was inside in the tories penal colony outside of moscow the photo of him in the post is an old one but the volley said his head had been shaved he said inmates are under constant surveillance and that a prison guard wakes him every hour at night is serving several years behind bars for violating parole terms while he was with covering in germany from poisoning will pass into in germany have demanded his release. let's get an update on the situation now from journalist jill mansour joins us from moscow to what do we know about the penal colony number 2 well we've heard from former inmates even before mr novelli with transferred there that this is a very tough institution been reports of harsh conditions psychological pressure on inmates certain violence one former prisoner even said to this was where the state sent people when they wa