it's alexina valley's arrest last week that's behind the protests he was taken into custody soon after he touched down in moscow on a flight from germany where he had received months of treatment for a poisoning which nearly killed him he's accused president coton of ordering his murder. violated the terms of a 2014 conviction for financial misdeeds and jailed him for 30 days in a video posted soon after his arrest he said. don't be silent resist take to the streets no one will protect us except ourselves. his supporters have said his calls dozens of videos on take talk of gone viral showing students taking down pictures of person in their classrooms or covering his photo with novell nice image instead the kremlin's warned online platforms they could face fines of up to 50000 dollars for allowing content that encourages protests russia's largest social media network the contact has blocked all pages linked to the rallies today is an incredibly important moment. for the kremlin that wants to show that not only doesn't have the support that he. needs team they want to show that in fact a

out over the weekend is that transcripts of interviews carried out by berlin prosecutors with alexina valley were given to russian prosecutors and what the german government said was that now it has these transcripts and it also has forensic evidence like blood tissue and clothing samples that all of these together is more than enough all that it needs to to carry out a thorough investigation into what happened to alexina valley the government saying that any investigation should be carried out inside russia. emily alexina is clearly a thorn in vladimir putin side how is russia likely to deal with them though. well i think that for the kremlin certainly going forward having alex enough i mean back in russia is as you say a thorn in their side certainly an inconvenience as i said ahead of the elections which are coming up we don't of course know what will happen to alex in pretrial detention now and the prison service has recommended that his conditional service his conditional sentence rather on an old embezzlement conviction should be turned into real jail time it could mean that could mean

it actually started so it was it was quite a surprise thing and not a lot of people expected alexina valley to get this rest sentence so quickly now lexan of ali he as you've said he returned back to russia from berlin just yesterday where he was in berlin obviously he was treated for what he and some western labs of called a poisoning by a military grade nerve agent so he has come back to russia and he was arrested at border a he boarded checkpoint now white thing is back in 2014 alexina valley got a suspended sentence he was found guilty of embezzle meant and he was out essentially he was out on parole so he was supposed to report on his whereabouts to the authorities regularly but when he fell into a coma and was transported to berlin for treatment obviously he couldn't do so but the authorities they well the closed the close their eyes on it and they didn't just didn't bother him with that but he was he was released from hospital at the end of september and for several months the russian authorities were unaware about his whereabouts so this is the reasoning behind what the authorities

dozens of cities across russia this subject calling for the release of the opposition activists alexina valley just behind me here is the situation right now in the northern city of st petersburg 6 minutes past 8 pm in the evening sizeable police turned out in force indeed across the country and over dozens of arrests were made. was. was. was was. alexina folly was detained last weekend on his arrival from germany for violating the terms of his parole in question has been reporting from the rally in central moscow here's his file it is getting a little bit hectic because the police special forces have begun at least their initial attempts to clear out this square which has been completely packed for about an hour now so people have been trying to escape the security forces through this corner as well we managed to keep our vantage point but though we're not sure how much longer we will be able to do that because there's a lot of people it's a huge crowd it's very very packed so it's difficult to let people through here and not be taken away with this a flood of protesters now it does feel like

shortages by the russian billionaire says he owns a seaside palace which jailed kremlin critic alexina valley has accused president vladimir putin of owning putin's friend doc 80 rottenberg says he owns the property worth more than a $1000000000.00 the valley has claimed who said he used illicit funds to build a much. protesters angry over a fatal fire to remain in the hospital and calling for the president health minister and police chief to resign hundreds attended a rally outside the health ministry on saturday at least 5 people died in the blaze at the hospital in bucharest on friday it's the country's main hospital for coronavirus patients it was the 3rd hospital fire in romania it was many months. a court ruling making abortion illegal in almost all cases the wave of protests in poland thousands have been defying quite a virus restrictions to attend rallies in several cities alexia bryant reports fresh air. these protesters say they're marching for freedom and equality they want women to have the right to choose what's best for their bodies and their babies and that and that args the co

the russian billionaire says he owns a seaside palace which jailed kremlin critic alexina valley has accused president vladimir putin of owning putin's friend katie ruff burke says he owes the property worth more than a $1000000000.00 the valley has claimed that putin used elicit funds to build a mansion. u.s. president joe biden is facing an uphill battle to get his $1.00 trillion dollars economic relief plan through congress biden's plans to raise minimum wages to $15.00 an hour facing strong republican opposition article he joins me now from capitol hill patty i mean president biden of course continues to push forward his agenda to help the u.s. public during this very difficult time but his stimulus package as we've just said is getting pushed back i mean how difficult is this going to get in terms of getting approval. it's going to be incredibly difficult the white house says he was meeting with his advisors today inside the white house trying to figure out how to get this passed republicans have a couple of complaints they say they just passed a there's no need for any additiona

outside of moscow police station protesters demand alexina valley's release inside the kremlin's chief critic found himself in front of a judge in a hastily convened court and urged his supporters to take to the streets against vladimir putin. what is this toad sitting on a pipeline most afraid of what are these thieves from the bunker most afraid of you know the people protesting on the streets because that is the thing the political factor that cannot be ignored it's the most important thing the essence of politics so don't be afraid go out on the streets not for me but for yourselves and your future. novelli was detained on arrival from berlin on sunday arrested for breaking parole on a suspended sentence the reason he missed his parole hearing is because he was in a coma after being poisoned with the nova chalk nerve agent doctors say he should still be resting and recovering from the attack which many countries believe was sanctioned by the kremlin outside the police station his lawyers and journalists were denied entry into the impromptu court city by stars of that those 2 actual

protester a lot of all stop to st petersburg russians come out in support of jailed kremlin critic alexina valley thousands of detained. columns a whole robbery watching officer allies my headquarters here in doha also coming up germany sends medical support to portugal as coronavirus infection surge and intensive care beds run out. a 2 week lockdown comes into force in large parts of peru as virus cases surge. and calling for compromise 10 republican senators propose a crow virus relief package that's one 3rd of what president biden is seeking. welcome to the program from st petersburg him the west to lot of all stalled in the far east tens of thousands of rallied across russia demanding the release of jailed a kremlin critic alexina valley more than 5000 people have reportedly be detained it's the 2nd weekend of protests and follows the values returned to russia earlier this month and he's been recovering in germany from the poisoning which he accuses the credibility of a kremlin of sanctioning as the back reports that. we don't have to stay longer to demonstration in. before you might be arres

also business when allied to vladimir putin says he owns the huge palace that opposition leader alexina valley linked to the russian president. and then go home the streets of rumanians capital after 5 people were killed in a fire at a leading coronavirus hospital. but into the program the world health organization is calling on governments to pause their coronavirus vaccine rollouts once health workers and vulnerable people are inoculated to ensure there's a global supply the un bodies says it's worried about vaccine nationalism when one nation stockpiles vaccines causing others to miss out and as the virus continues to spread around the world more governments are closing their borders france has banned all but essential travel from outside of the european union and singapore has suspended its so-called travel bubble with malaysia south korea and germany and south africa joins a growing list of countries on the u.s. travel ban list since the pandemic began more than 2000000 people have died globally and there have been more than 102000000 infections while there's hope that immunization will h

they use of harsh tactics against protesters demanding the release of child opposition later alexina valley they demonstrate as i said cole to rally made after he was detained upon his return to moscow last weekend had been receiving treatment here in berlin after recovering from a near fatal poisoning with a nerve agent saturday as protests were and on president on an unprecedented scale spanning more than 100 cities across the country thousands of people were arrested . with chance of putin is a criminal and freedom for an of only thousands of demonstrators rallied throughout russia. government officials say at least 4000 people gathered in moscow's pushkin skya square independent observers put the number at more than 10 times that . police detained participants in mass at the un sanctioned demonstrations amongst those who were bundled into police vans were alexei navalny his wife yulia and prominent supporters of the opposition leader like his aides who buff civil. servants. in. the city is holding the demonstrations after he was arrested at a moscow airport and quickly sentenced to 30 d

russian opposition leader alexina valley is heading home after hospital treatment in germany following a near fatal nerve agent attack the kremlin critic insists president vladimir putin personally ordered the poisoning the russian authorities deny any involvement developing is facing jail for breaching an earlier suspended sentence. a strict a nationwide curfew has come into force in france people now have to stay at home from 6 pm as 2 hours earlier than the previous curfew residents face fines or even jail time if they don't comply infection rates in france have stabilized but the number of covert patients needing intensive care in hospitals is still rising rapidly. normally bustling with saturday night shopping and these paris businesses closed their doors much earlier than normal. but we trust the government but once again it's a loss in revenue for us we need to reorganize our staffing we don't know how we will get financial help for that will we be able to use the furlough scheme for our staff what kind of impact will it have on our revenue but. it's a tough new measure and aime

the kremlin critic alexina valley has called on russians to take to the streets in protest after being jailed for 30 days amount he was detained on his return to moscow on sunday from germany where he for comment from poisoning with a nerve agent prosecutors saying he violated the parole terms of a suspended sentence the amount he called his jamming a mockery of justice. attorney. prime minister just have a contest has won a confidence vote in italy's lower house of commons on tuesday he faces another such vote in the senate where his position is weak conti's government was plunged into crisis last week after losing the support of a junior coalition now for no. more than 20 safia trucks have parked on roads near the u.k. parliament to protest problems in getting their projects to the european union many fishermen have been on able to export to the u. because of the extra document extra documentation required often wrecks that the government has said post breaks and taping problems that should be resolved shortly . and sport news bellerose has been stripped of co-hosting the ice hockey

today authorities in russia have crackdown on protests by supporters of jailed opposition figure alexina valley rallies have been planned in some 16 russian cities several of an invalid and his associates have been detained in recent days for calling for an authorised protest novelli was sentenced to 30 days jail upon his return to russia last sunday. but about it pictures showing threatening storm clouds rolling in overnight a province in more than spain lightning heavy rain and strong winds battered the catalonian region a market square in one town suffered extensive damage as the fast moving storm swept through no injuries have so far been reported. a rare portrait by renascence old master sun robot a chile is said to fetch as much as $100000000.00 at auction the work dated to $1480.00 is titled a young man holding a roundel the painting is the star attraction at an art auction in new york next week. when the when this leg at the battle of the brissie is dortmund arriving much in blood desperate for a wind to get their title babe back on track but the visit his defense was once again in a ge

have been arrested and sent petersburg at a rally in support of russian opposition politician alexina valley he's been jailed for 30 days for breaching parole conditions when he was in the hospital the nerve agent poisoning he was arrested on arrival from germany. going to publix president fox then todd darragh celebrated his re-election with supporters the constitutional court confirmed his win a monday despite calls for a rerun by the opposition turnout was just 35 percent reelection violence is being blamed for scaring voters away those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after al-jazeera well stay tuned thanks for watching life and. mine is sure loni go again. i leave. you know in beirut and i want to have. a message sent from beirut by cohan in the 1940 s. to the intelligence section of the jewish agency. the agency played a major role in founding israel. and the new states intelligence service would later become mossad started its only bill farah was thought the last birdie gamble with kelly already a lot of. dollars so that he was selling double as she can be false if y

a quick look at the headlines now police have detained the russian opposition politician alexina valley as he arrived back in moscow he flew in from berlin after treatment in the german capital after a poison attack last year his plane was redirected to another of the city's airports away from the crowds of supporters who gathered to meet him legal papers had been presented to a court last week over alleged violations of the previous suspended prison sentence alexandra 4 is in moscow. they issued a warrant on him for as they say to quote a multiple violations of his probation as a bar of his suspended sentence not the court date on their own bill or on their motion has not been set yet and what they're arguing is that he violated his. probation by not reporting months one would say he was in germany recovering from almost dying from boys and in but that apparently they're not taking into account. in our other top stories a militarized green zone has been established in the u.s. capital arraf is of armed violence ahead of the presidential inauguration on wednesday 25000 national guard tr

it's alexina valley's arrest last week that's behind the protests he was taken into custody soon after he touched down in moscow on a flight from germany where he had received months of treatment for a poisoning which nearly killed him he's accused president clinton of ordering his murder. violated the terms of a 2014 conviction for financial misdeeds and jailed him for 30 days in a video posted soon after his arrest he said. don't be silent resist take to the streets no one will protect us except ourselves. his supporters have said his calls dozens of videos on take talk of gone viral showing students taking down pictures of cruisin in their classrooms or covering his photo with nivelle nice image instead the kremlin's warned online platforms they could face fines of up to $50000.00 for allowing content that encourages protests russia's largest social media network the contact has blocked all pages linked to the release system coming to them or so russian investigative committee has initiated a criminal case on enticement of minors into eagle activities that pose a danger to their liv

the kidnapping and murder of journalist daniel pearl a russian court rejects kremlin critic alexina valley's appeal against his detention and stock surges for u.s. retailer game stop abruptly ended as trading platforms deal a blow to amateur investors in their battle against the wall street professionals i'm german ash with sports at the olympics and not in doubt that's according to organizers in tokyo you say none of the upon us of raised objections to hosting the games in july. so welcome to the news our main story protesters in northern lebanon are refusing to back down as anger rises over corruption a collapsed economy and the impact of a strict code 19 lockdown they've been rallying for a 4th night in lebanon's forrest city more than half the people in tripoli live below the poverty line and it's also home to some of lebanon's richest and most powerful people to protesters have now died after wednesday's demonstrations and raging people further they blame the government for mishandling the corona virus outbreak which has led to a harsh lockdown many say is destroying their livelihoods.

welcome back our main stories now russian opposition politician alexina valley has been detained after he arrived back in moscow following treatment in germany for a poison attack last year his plane was redirected to another of the city's airports away from crowds of his supporters who gathered to meet him. a minute's rise green zone has been established in the u.s. capitol with fears of violence ahead of the presidential inauguration 25000 national guard troops have been deployed to washington d.c. . and security forces in guatemala as you sticks and tear gas to try and stop a caravan of thousands of migrants heading north through the country between $7.80 people are for trying a foot to be trying to reach the united states. let's get more on this story now john home and joins us live from mexico city and we're seeing images earlier on of . really scuffles between the thousands of under and migrants who are with guatemalan police who really seem to be overwhelmed what do we know about the movements now whereabouts are they. they're in the same place i actually am by the on the which

after an incident last summer in which he fell seriously ill during a flight a large group of alexina valley supporters arrived earlier at moscow's were new cover international airport where his flight was originally do so learned around half an hour ago weather conditions forced the plane to be diverted to the capital's larger share metier terminal or police had to push the crowd back to avoid crowding out the arrivals hall and getting in the way of passengers at least 10 people have been arrested airport bosses had earlier advised supporters not to gather on mass because of distancing rules. scientists were left stunned when britain revealed it was significantly lengthening the time between covert vaccine doses now a senior minister has hinted it might take even longer the government had said that people might have to wait more than 3 months to get a 2nd job far longer than the time scale in which the drugs have been tested but even that gap called apparently be fully guaranteed can you guarantee that on 5 years for example you will be able to get a 2nd dose we absolutely are in fact we sh

reportedly been detained across russia during protests demanding the release of jailed kremlin critic alexina valley it's the 2nd weekend of demonstrations and follows the valleys return to russia earlier this month alexander god france has more from moscow the organizers announced that that is it for today that they made their point by managing to reach the tension center where nevada has been held the but that didn't come easy today 1st of all the original point where the best is were supposed to gather was completely sealed of the whole center of moscow in the heart of moscow was sealed off with buses not running metro not stopping so they started gathering at the reserve points and these points were changing in an hour because every time they would start together in coming out on the streets then police would immediately detain people. germany is sending medical workers on the quitman to portugal after it asked for assistance while battling one of the world's worst krone virus our breaks the portuguese government also closed its borders with neighboring spain and banned its citizens from traveli

so there are news now from around the world the younger brother of kremlin critic alexina valley has been put under house arrest for allegedly violating coronavirus restrictions authorities say only broke the law when he called people to join anti-government protests this sunday he's one of several opposition figures to be detained ahead of the planned demonstrations. portugal's parliament has voted to legalize euthanasia the bill passed by a large majority and to the lives assisted suicide for terminally ill patients the bill still requires the approval of the conservative president if he signs it into law portugal will become the 4th e.u. country to permit the practice. at least president is trying to resolve disputes between party leaders following the collapse of the government earlier this month he's given the squabbling factions 4 days to form a new coalition prime minister to step to contain resigned this week. sports news and in the bundesliga stuttgart hosted in friday night's match the home team were rainbow striped wore rainbow striped jerseys in support of diversity on an

what is alexina valley's strategy now and also why what can you tell us about why he chose to return to the country because he has a very strong presence on the ground he has activists and people campaigning for men of very strong online presence as well. it just follows his strategy as far as his character his the work of his life is in russia yes build a political army is a show. in russia he's a very effective but we additionally an activist and his struggle is in russia has done nothing wrong so it's only natural that he would return to russia after some months of huling and recuperation in germany how important is the election coming up in september well the election political system in russia is totally controlled by putin and his cronies and the system of economic and political corruption that he put in place. we believe that elections in any case are a point of instability for the government and will try to use the elections to who want our independent candidates in the parliament to use those elections for competing do you expect that there will be some sort of unrest then a

russia for arresting thousands of protesters demanding the release of the jailed opposition leader alexina valley police rounded up protesters who came out in defiance of government orders to stay at home activists say more than 4500 people have been detained on sunday a setback has this report. i think. you don't have to stay longer to demonstration in russia before you might be arrested right here of the. police wasting no time in taking these protesters away. with heelys they had been warned that's still floating in the current circumstances the risk of the protest organizers and active participants provocations is increasing and their aim is to violate civil order in this situation your personal safety can be under threat but alexina valmy supporters braved the subzero temperatures to have this a movie of these ones pushed out by police 5 themselves on 2 frozen waters of austin. justice just what i'm seeing now is some kind of inadequate reaction people were coming out peacefully they were not doing anything illegal now there is intimidation but as you can see no one is afraid of the city squ

in general they have been chanting slogans like shame all 3 of them calling on the release of alexina valley a prominent opposition figure here in russia also they've been calling for the resignation of the russian president vladimir putin which is a traditional traditional thing a traditional chant during protests like this some some protesters also climb to these street lights and you could put you on the show if you can but you could probably see that they left their banners that. well earlier hundreds to turn out for an unsanctioned rally to him bradley stalking russia's far east bringing the city center there to a standstill police used force to disperse the crowd detaining dozens of protesters some of those taking part to appear to have been school children well under the age of 18 russians on batsman for children has denounced what she described as opposition activists using youngsters as a human shield against the police similar scenes played out in the city. although on a much smaller scale with a few 100 demonstrators taking part marches have been happening across the country but t

and the us have been backing protests in support of jailed kremlin critic alexina valley in russia however at the same time they have been criticizing the far bigger rallies taking place in their own backyard so is it a case of one rule for us and another for you is artie's more against the. the united states has come out in the strongest terms against the suppression of protests and against police prove let me try again the united states says it can deadens police brutality it other countries the united states strongly condemns the use of harsh tactics against protesters and journalists this weekend in cities throughout russia prior to today's events the russian government sought to suppress the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression i've go to ahead and put together a least a list of people in that disease that have the right to lecture others on police brutality so there's luas for example they knew this stuff right what's legal and what isn't there is the pope i'm not catholic but i haven't seen vatican security roughing anyone up recently than is yada yada oh oh there's

secretary state might pompei or has condemned the arrest of alexina valley what do you make of pompei as a response and is it likely to make any difference in moscow in the dying days of the trump administration. it's hard to tell i mean look as it as you said these are the last days the dying days of the administration the real question is what will the biden administration do once it takes over in days from now in just a few days from now and that in and of itself remains unclear we don't fully know what but what type of policy by aims to pursue towards russia and the fact of the matter is putin always tests for an international response and if there's no strong pushback. he really interprets that as a signal to continue and that's an important point to make because president trump had a very cozy relationship with president putin and there was a response from the kremlin we know when joe biden won is moscow bracing itself then for more confrontational relationship with washington. while out to be perfectly frank i think the kremlin expected a difficult relationship with washington

to russia and he was arrested a border he boarded checkpoint now white thing is back in 2014 alexina valley got a suspended sentence he was found guilty of embezzle meant and he was out essentially he was out on parole so he was supposed to report on his whereabouts to the authorities regularly but when he fell into a coma and was transported to berlin for treatment obviously he couldn't do so but the authorities the world the closed the closed their eyes on it and they didn't just didn't bother him with that but he was he was released from hospital at the end of september and for several months the russian authorities were unaware about his whereabouts so this is the reasoning behind what the authorities are doing here this is essentially the official position of russia's law enforcement that he that he violated his parole terms and that's why they are now demanding that the suspended sentence should be swapped for a real one now the this this whole thing this election of the election of ali's ordeal starting with the world with the treatment in berlin and we with his return back home it h

from an opposition figure alexina valley has landed back in russia and was immediately arrested while police on arrival bringing the details after the break. the world is determined shaped by. the day. we dare to ask. aesop's fables caution us to be careful what we wish for because it might just come true after 4 years of donald trump the democrats a triumphant lee retaking power in the united states is a cause for celebration or concern. welcome back. in a valley is back on russian soil and was immediately arrested by police on arrival the valley had been in germany receiving medical treatment after an incident. last summer in which she fell seriously ill during a flight so let's get taylor reports from moscow international airport where these plane was originally. but here i am. just to the southwest of moscow and around 7 30 pm local time russian opposition forgot it was a cue to land on that flight from by lynn however at the last minute we got word that all incoming flights were being diverted to other ports and the found his flight was set to shut me up to the other side of the

treatment for what he and some western labs called a poisoning by a military grade nerve agent now alexina valley he was a pre handed at the border checkpoint now the thing is back in 2014 he was found guilty of embezzlement and received a suspended sentence with a probation period now while on probation he was supposed to report on his whereabouts to the authorities but when he fell into a coma and was transferred to the german capital for treatment obviously he couldn't do so but at the end of september last year election of ali was released from hospital so the authorities here in russia they expected to hear from him which they didn't this is why they are saying they put him back on the wanted list and this is why they're saying they are demanding that the suspended sentence is swapped for a real one for this opposition figure now this whole detention and this whole process sparked an outcry in the west starting from the secretary the u.s. secretary of state might bump a 0 to the chief of nato against stoltenberg to france and some other european nations all calling on the kremlin to immediat

the russian president has responded to the widely watched video from opposition figures alexina valley claiming that he owns a luxurious palace compound on the black sea coast lattimer putin dismissed the claims as old rumors and speculation andrew fowler got more details earlier from correspondent mike garcia. this video was widely promoted by and by anyone with an interest in it so even you tube was promoting it giving it in recommended videos section to almost everyone across the entire world which is incredibly rare you had pardoned it western media for example pick it up and spread it like you know the gospel this video which was itself lacking details but that is a characteristic of the violin the investigations in this particular video. they stipulated that these huge mansion was being built for vladimir putin about a $1000000000.00 worth. you know government complex or whatever and they said that this was who vladimir putin we've heard the kremlin come out various spokespeople and deny it and now the president himself has come out and said that it's nonsense . i want to answer

dozens of cities across russia bestseller a calling for the release of the opposition activists alexina valley the police were out in force today that is under a boiled over dozens of arrests were made. was . was was was the was the 1st free. election of ali was detained last week and on his arrival from germany for violating the terms of his parole artie's either he said out of spain covering the rally in central moscow throughout the day. it is getting a little bit hectic because the police special forces have begun at least their initial attempts to clear out this square which has been completely packed for about an hour now so people have been trying to escape the security forces through this corner as well we managed to keep our vantage point but no we're not sure for how much longer we will be able to do that because there's a lot of people it's a huge crowd it's very very packed so it's difficult to let people through here and not be taken away with this a flood of protesters now it does feel like there's a good few 1000 people here although i haven't seen any official of figures as of

from an opposition figure alexina valley has a lot of back and russia and was immediately arrested by police on arrival bringing the details of the break. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe from. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by a. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. aura made in the shallows. welcome back to the program from an uncritical accent of ali is back on russian soil and was immediately arrested by police on arrival of ali had been in germany receiving medical treatment after an incident last summer in which he felt seriously ill during a flight saskia taylor reports from moscow's international airport one of all these plane was originally. but here i am. just to the southwest of moscow and around 7 30 pm local time russian opposition forgot it was a cue to land on th

russian president vladimir putin has condemned protests demanding the release of opposition leader alexina valley describing them as dangerous and illegal police detained more than 3 and a half 1000 people across russia during saturday's demonstrations tens of thousands defied extreme cold and police warnings to call from the valleys release from jail he was held when he returned from germany to meanwhile a video posted by novell may has forced that of a person in 2 of rare and denial the valley claimed that the president owns this lavish palace on the black sea its investigation team says the palace was built for putin through an elaborate corruption scheme. so it's a good thing for months it was the information about this palace has been discussed for more than 10 years but now that the opposition has gotten this opportunity they've compiled everything and decided to brainwash our people with this information italian prime minister just to pick on day is expected to resign in the hopes that he'll be able to form a new government his office says it will submit his resignation on tuesday constant

and russian opposition leader alexina valley's arrested on arrival from germany after recovering from a poison that. u.s. defense officials have told the associated press news agency they fear a possible inside attack at the inauguration of president elect joe biden and will have national guard troops vetted the army says there's no place for extremism in the military and it's working to determine which service members require additional background checks but washington d.c. meanwhile is almost closed off with unprecedented levels of security roads around the capitol building up been blocked with barricades and metal fences there are also fears of more violence by supporters of the outgoing president donald trump following an insurrection there that left 5 people dead. i'm not i'm not only concerned about their state capitals i'm also concerned about other parts of washington d.c. and what you're showing it's really the federal enclave of washington d.c. now where the 700000 of us live so our police department working with our federal law enforcement partners and the united states arm

a russian court rejects kremlin kremlin critic alexina valley's appeal against his detention. of the $1000000.00 means how one charity has cashed in on this viral photo of the u.s. senator bernie sanders. it's $23.00 g.m.t. and we begin this news hour with the global effort to contain the corona virus pandemic as a positive development on vaccines a new job developed by nov axes proved to be 89 percent effective in late stage trials in the u.k. meanwhile german health officials have warned that the astra zeneca vaccine should only be used on people under 65 years old saying there isn't enough data on older people and the european commission has demanded belgian authorities inspect an astra zeneca plant in the country it said the delivery of millions of doses would be delayed portugal meanwhile has extended and nationwide lockdown and announced new limits on international travel and the highly infectious south african variant of the corona virus has reached the united states to infections were confirmed in the state of south carolina donna kane is in berlin with more on the sit

russia's president has condemned protests calling for the release of opposition leader alexina valley describing them as dangerous and illegal police detained more than 3 and a half 1000 people across from during saturday's demonstrations the valley was held when he returned from germany for medical treatment after a suspected nerve agent poisoning. well meanwhile a video posted by in a valley has forced flight amy a putin into a rare denial of all they claim that the president opened this lavish palace on the black sea his investigation team says the palace was built for putin through an elaborate corruption scheme particularly for months it was the information about this palace has been discussed for more than 10 years but now that the opposition has gotten this opportunity they've compiled everything and decided to brainwash our people with this information. it's been 10 years since the start of an uprising in egypt that toppled its longtime president hosni mubarak but the arab spring has a lift up to the hopes of those who took to the streets as jamal o'shea oh now explains. they

st petersburg defied police warnings on saturday to demand the release of the kremlin critic alexina valley sungai a go house the story was from the far eastern city of lagos stock was the only supporters faced off with police in subzero temperatures was the searches have denied permission for the demonstration was such i was but it didn't stop the crowd gathering to call for the release of the man leading russia's most prominent opposition movement. in the capital moscow tens of thousands could gather it was released using batons on the crowds so more fierce backed by protesters as the childhood freedom alexei navalny was was you know you among those detained never alys wife u.t.m. . apologies for the poor quality she wrote on her social media page very bad light in the police van was as much as president vladimir putin has attempted to play down relaxing of ali's influence the arrest of one of russia's most prominent opposition leaders has only inflamed his supporters was on the law is being trampled on can an absolutely incredible man and this arrest is one of the most serious violations

so for alexina valley the next hearing. to take place on the 29th of january and the authorities the prosecution will be looking and will be demanding a real sentence this time germany has condemned the arrest and urged the russia to probe novelle these alleged poisoning and in turn russian prosecutors have repeated their complaint to berlin that it's failed to provide the necessary data to back up their accusation russian authorities claim they sent 15 legal requests of those germany complied with to related to transcripts of interviews with novelli and his wife beating moscow's still waiting for medical files biomaterials and the german research that led to the novel shock diagnosis a spokesman for the russian prosecutor's office expressed doubt that germany and other western countries actually want to get to the bottom of what happened. you know when you but germany has taken a formal approach in responding to russia's requests and in fact has not provided anything which could shed light on the alleged poisoning it seems

a spokesman for jailed a kremlin critic alexina valley has been sentenced to 9 days in jail after calling for a demonstration here a young motions hearing lasted just 5 minutes as he was detained along with other new value associates ahead of protests planned across russia this weekend in support of the jailed kremlin critic horses in china say it will take at least 15 more days to reach a group of gold miners trapped underground they have delivered food and medicine to some of the men who have been trapped for 11 days following an explosion one man is known to have died. donald trump's impeachment trial or abuse roll of the u.s. capitol right could begin as early as next week house speaker nancy pelosi plans to send the article of impeachment against the former president to the senate on monday mr trump has been in florida since joe biden's innovation on wednesday. well joe biden says he wants to extend america's last remaining nuclear arms control deal with russia the new start treaty the current deal was signed back in 2010 caps the number of nuclear weapons each country can deploy it'

the biggest bribe in history russia's detained opposition leader alexina valley makes new allegations against president vladimir putin. on the eve of joe biden's inauguration the number of corona virus deaths in the united states has passed 400000 biden says his number one priority is containing the pandemic he spoke to somebody morial those cost a way to heal we must remember it's hard sometimes. but that's how we. it's important to do that as a nation that's why we're here today between sundown and dusk. to shine the lights the darkness along the sink or pull of the flexion remember all we lost meanwhile donald trump has given his farewell speech celebrating achievements at home and abroad he blamed china on leasing a virus that ravaged the economy we imposed historic and monumental tariffs on china made a great new deal with china but before the ink was even dry we and the whole world got hit with the china virus our trade relationship was rapidly changing billions and billions of dollars were pouring into the us but the virus forced us to go in a different direction the whole worl

in general they have been chanting slogans like shame all 3 of them calling on the release of alexina valley a prominent opposition figure here in russia also they've been calling for the resignation of the russian president vladimir putin which is a traditional traditional thing a traditional chant during protests like this some some protesters also climb to these street lights and you could put you i'm not sure if you can but you could probably see that they left their banners that. igor taking us through the situation in moscow the other side of the country hundreds also turned out for an unsanctioned rally and lobby for stalking the far east. bay city center there it was brought to a standstill police use force this person a crowd detaining dozens of protesters some of those taking part were school children some of whom were preteen in fact russia's all but one for children has tonight's what she described as opposition activists using youngsters as a human shield against the police similar scenes meanwhile play out here in cheetah on a smaller scale though marches helping happening acro

so for alexina valley the next hearing. to take place on the 29th of january and the authorities the prosecution will be looking and will be demanding a real sentence this time. let's start off the world update by bringing it to southern russia where an avalanche has buried part of a ski resort a skier captured this video showing the moment disaster struck in the caucasus mountains one person has been confirmed as dead 12 others are missing a major search operation is underway rescue teams are urging people nearby to remain silent while listening for the voices of potential survivors on the slow so far 6 people have been rescued. to central america where a car a van of around 7000 migrants has been stopped in quarter mile of the migrants who are mostly from 100 jurists are heading to the u.s. to escape poverty that's been exacerbated by the. they were met with truncheons tear gas by security forces several people were injured also. i. i i i by ellen protests erupted in the netherlands over the weekend against a cruel a viru

other cities around on the streets as we speak calling for the release of the opposition activist alexina valley with a high turnout amongst the younger generation. also to come this hour a poll suggests that trust in the media has fallen in america in the wake of the elections that is the mainstream media swings over joe biden amid ongoing divisions in the united states and major muslim federations in france reject and i know my cronies and stream is uncharted designed to combat radical islam the president of the paris islamic confederation told us why. draw many paragraphs anyway asking muslims explicitly words of where required their position on subjects of this subject so that they have respected for years and years. good afternoon just gone 4 o'clock in moscow you get r.t. international now let's start this hour with some sad breaking news because it is coming from los angeles where the legendary us t.v. and radio host larry king has passed away in hospital at the age of 87 he interviewed many famous people from around the world during his extensive career will bring you more on this story

russian opposition leader alexina valley's due to return home later on sunday despite threats he'll be arrested russia's prison authorities warn deal be immediately detained once he comes back from germany been treated since being poisoned with almost dying in august about he says it was the work of the kremlin they deny to go live now to moscow and alexander god froid so our exams are all kind of reception is he going to get when he arrives. well sam his supporters are organizing for days to come to the airport and greet him but to most probably it will be the police that welcomes him back to his homeland namely after he announced the supporters started organizing saying that they're going to come in big masses and greet him back home immediately also the police said that there is a warrant on him issued by prison authorities and that they will do their best to detain him immediately yesterday evening and this morning we know that some people from st petersburg gnome supporters of the violin and also some journalists of oppositional media have been denied boarding trains and planes go